INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY Sustainable Transport Project Support Officer
INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY Sustainable Transport Project Support Officer
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Job Description
***Internal Applicants Only***
Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest
Salary:Scale 5 31524 - 33417
Contract Type:Full time Fixed term (12 Months)
Working hours per week:36
Application Deadline: 12/09/2025
Proposed Interview Date(s):TBC
Reference:1820
About Us:
Bursting with culture energy and opportunity the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work.
We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused insight-led digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.
London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of Londons Good Work Standardemployers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions workplace well-being skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.
About the role:
Waltham Forest is recognised as a leading borough for sustainable transport in London and the UK. Over the past 10 years the Highways and Traffic Management Department have delivered the highly successful and award winningEnjoy Waltham Forest Programme aimed at radically changing our neighbourhoods by placing active and sustainable travel at the heart of everything we do. Subsequently our investment in walking cycling and Electric Vehicle (EV) infrastructure parklets cargo bike sharing and other active travel initiatives has made it easier for people to travel more sustainably across the borough.
As a Project Support Officer youll play an important role in supporting this work by contributing to the planning design implementation and management of sustainable transport climate education and behaviour change schemes initiatives and events. Youll be based within the ambitious and creative Sustainable Transport Team and work closely with collagues in the Climate Public Health and Air Quality Teams.
This is a varied hands-on role where youll work closely with colleagues and partners to help deliver projects that support our ambition for 80% of journeys in the borough to be made by walking cycling or public transport by 2030.
Youll also have the opportunity to work on complementary climate education projects too through The Hive our dedicated environmental education centre.
We are looking for someone with a relevant degree or equivalent practical experience with excellent customer service and communication skills who is self-motivated organised has good analytical and problem-solving skills and ideally has a keen interest in sustainable transport and climate change.
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Key Responsibilities:
- Support the day-to-day administration and operation of key sustainable transport services operated by the Council including the Councils secure cycle parking portfolio and School Streets.
- Assist in the organisation and delivery of a range of sustainable transport and climate education projects events and initiatives including our community cycle loan scheme and Travel for Life school travel plan programme
- Collate analyse and produce reports on performance data
- Assist in the production of printed and digital promotional and communication materials
Qualifications and Requirements:
To be considered for this position you should meet the following requirements:
- Demonstratable interest in sustainability transport and/or climate change.
- Degree or equivalent or vocational qualification in relevant subject or area
- Minimum 5 GCSEs at Grade 4/C including Maths and English.
Terms and conditions:
- Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
- Satisfactory declaration of interest;
- This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
- Satisfactory DBS check;
- Continued professional body registration;
- As a public authority we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English with confidence and accuracy sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications regional or international accents dialects speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.
How to Apply:
Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the Apply button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore if you are interested please submit your application as early as possible.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair appropriate accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value.
To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2 internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.
We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore wherever possible we will consider working arrangements that suit an individuals personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.
For more information on the benefits of working for the Council please visit Information:
If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process please contact Jane Sherry Head of Sustainable Transport at or.
If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post please contact our Recruitment Team via email at .
The Councils preference is for online application. However if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application please email so we can arrange an alternative application method.
Click here for further information on the Human Resources recruitment privacy notice.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
