Transport Planners
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£ 26409 - 32654
1 Vacancy
Job Description
Transport Planner (School Travel & Road Safety)
Permanent
Grade
Consultation grade - subject to formal evaluation under the Pay Equity Review
Working 36.5 hours per week
A rare and exciting opportunity has arisen for passionate and enthusiastic people to join our Transport Planning Service and enable safer healthier more sustainable travel in Birmingham.
The team works with schools community groups and other organisations to deliver travel plans. Working with schools across the city you will meet with staff and stakeholders to develop action plans and support initiatives to encourage children and families to change how they travel. You will help with the delivery of audits travel surveys and engagement activities that create environments where people can choose to walk wheel and cycle for the journey to school.
Our ideal candidates will have some experience (paid or voluntary) of working with schools or community groups and be committed to promoting sustainable travel and road safety. You may have an under-graduate degree in a subject such as Geography Environmental Science Spatial Planning Civil Engineering Public Health or Education or equivalent skills and experience gained elsewhere.
We are currently seeing billions of pounds of investment in major developments and infrastructure projects across the West Midlands while the Council is working at scale and pace to bring forward its ambitious Birmingham Transport Plan. Our transport system is being transformed to ensure the city accommodates this growth sustainably and adapts to climate change.
The demand for transport planning expertise is greater than ever to shape our transport strategies and ensure the development delivery and activation of a range of new projects and programmes. We are looking for talented individuals to contribute to specialist sub-teams with areas of focus including school travel planning road harm reduction and improving air quality come and join the team supporting people on this journey!
For any informal enquires please contact:
Please upload an up-to-date CV and Personal Statement via the attachments part of your application. The Personal Statement should outline how you meet the essential criteria for the role through your personal qualities skills and experience and include your motivation for applying to the post. Note the Personal Statement should be no more than 1500 words. Unfortunately we cannot consider any applications without a CV and Personal Statement attached.
Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer andwe arecommitted to employing retaining and developing all of our people.
We are dedicated to supporting internal mobility and the development of our people. As such applications from internal employees and those under S118 will be given priority and reviewed before external applications are considered.
We want to ensure your recruitment journey with us is a positive and equitable one so please let us know if there are any reasonable adjustments additional support accessibility needs or if there is any way in which we can support you through your application.
We welcome applications from people with caring responsibilities and flexible working options (including part-time hours shorter days and term-time only) will be considered.
A Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check will be undertaken.
Proof of Right to work in the UK will be required for all applicants in accordance withUK Home Office requirements before any employment offer can be confirmed.
Job Description and PersonSpecification
We strive to advertise all roles for a minimum of two weeks. However due to high application volumes vacancies may close earlier than the stated deadline. We encourage you to submit your application without delay to ensure consideration.
Employment Type
Full-Time
