Sustainable Travel Assistant

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: County Hall Glenfield Leicester LE3 8RA

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: 25995 - 26409 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Working Hours:37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: 8th January 2026

Interview Date(s): Proposed dates: 21st & 22nd January 2026

This is an exciting opportunity for a driven and ambitious individual who has an interest in Active and Sustainable Travel to work within a large and multi-faceted team to drive forward the councils sustainable travel agenda which includes the vision for Leicestershire to become a county where walking and cycling are safe accessible and obvious choices for short journeys and a natural part of longer journeys helping to deliver healthier greener communities.

The work of the team includes the promotion of cycling walking wheeling car-sharing and public transport the management of the councils supported passenger transport network and the councils extensive Public Rights of Way network.

About the Role

• You will be responsible for assisting the Team Manager to develop and deliver commissioning strategies for integrated sustainable transport across all modes including Enhanced Partnership and local passenger transport provision Leicestershires PROW network administrative support for Blue Badge appeals travel planning and information that promotes the safe and sustainable use of the transport network throughout Leicestershire. The role involves assisting the Team Manager and senior officers to deliver the day-to-day team business programmes and processes.

• The role is responsible for ensuring services are delivered effectively for the benefit of the people of Leicestershire fostering strong partnerships with statutory voluntary private agencies and local communities. It involves delivering activities efficiently preparing technical reports for stakeholders and supporting performance management through contribution to departmental business planning. Additionally the position requires safeguarding and managing information securely including reporting any breaches in compliance.

About You

To apply for this post you must have:

• Good standard of education including English & mathematics GCSE Grade 4-9 (or equivalent)
• Demonstrable work experience in a public focused business with an understanding of political awareness.
• Good organisational skills with a willingness to be flexible learn and undertake a variety of different tasks.
• Problem solving and collecting collating and manipulating statistical information/data
• Good written and verbal communication skills including handling customer enquiries to a high standard whilst demonstrating tact assertiveness and diplomacy
• Good numerical and analysis skills including experience of using Microsoft Office systems (excel access etc) and attention to detail
• Awareness and appreciation of transportation issues as they relate to the service area with a particular focus on active and sustainable travel

You must also have an understanding of and commitment toequality diversity and inclusion.

In addition we also expect you to shareour commitment to our valuesand will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working

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. This may include requests for term-time working part-time hours compressed hours flexible start and finish times home/remote working etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories in the Our Working Stylespage on our career site.

For more information or an informal discussionplease contact:

Julia Thomas Senior Sustainable Travel Officer

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How to Apply

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement detailing how you meet the requirements of the supporting statement should beno longer than 500 words. Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the About You section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the About You section above. For more information see the How to Applysection on our career site.

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.

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