Transport Policy and Active Travel Officer

The Transport Policy and Active Travel Officer position at inploi involves developing transport policies and projects to enhance public transport and active travel in Oldham. The role requires collaboration with stakeholders, securing funding, and monitoring project impacts. Candidates should have relevant qualifications or experience in project management and policy development. This is a permanent role with flexible home working arrangements based in Oldham, UK.
Place

Strategic Transportation

Transport Policy & Active Travel Officer (x2)

Ref: 000612

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £37,938 - £41,511 per annum (Grade 7)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Based: Spindles Offices, Oldham (with flexible home working arrangements)

Closing Date: Thursday 20th March 2025

Shortlisting & Interview Dates: TBC.

Role Overview:

An exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join Oldham Council’s Strategic Transportation team to help the council progress its wide range of transport and active travel projects across the borough and improve the lives of our residents through delivering new opportunities for public transport and active travel.

Working in a collaborative way with our residents, partners, stakeholders and with colleagues in the council, you will be responsible for developing transport policy and strategies and bringing new transport-related projects and initiatives forward. You will identify and secure funding for projects, support colleagues in designing them, promote the projects and initiatives to embed them in the everyday lives of Oldham’s communities and monitor the impact of them.

You will have knowledge and understanding of wider regional and local transport plans and active travel opportunities, project management approaches, funding opportunities and processes, and ensure you make connections and relationships across Oldham and the wider system.

Come and join the Team as we support Oldham to #MoveMoreFeelBetter.

Key Responsibilities:
• Shaping and implementing transport policies that promote sustainable, efficient, and accessible transport systems, both within Oldham and across the wider Greater Manchester area.
• Identifying and securing funding for improvements across the network for all users.
• Working with colleagues and stakeholders to develop and deliver varied transport projects and initiatives that meet Oldham’s transport ambitions and support GM targets and ambitions.
• Promoting these projects and initiatives and embedding them into the everyday lives of Oldham’s communities, businesses, and visitors.
• Monitoring the impact of implemented policies and projects and utilising this learning in future policy and project development and delivery.

Key Requirements:

To succeed in this role, you will need as a minimum:
• A degree or equivalent qualification/s, or substantial project management experience in a related field, coupled with a commitment to continuous professional development
• Experience of developing and interpreting strategic policies, programme management and preparing applications for funding
• Experience of proactively working in partnership with others to achieve organisational priorities and communicating effectively with stakeholders
• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain constructive working relationships with internal / external leaders, and to persuade and influence others to bring about behavioural change and achieve desired outcomes / results as appropriate
• Excellent organisational skills to complete tasks to potentially conflicting deadlines, re-prioritising own work as appropriate
• An understanding of Active Travel, sustainability, public transport, and their intersection with community dynamics and the expectations of communities

Oldham Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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NB. - Any candidate that meets the criteria of our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme and meets the essential criteria of the role, will be guaranteed the first stage of assessment (whether that is an interview or another assessment, as appropriate).

Our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme supports candidates with disabilities, have previously been in or currently in care, those that are carers, and those who have served in the Armed Forces as a regular, reserve or cadet.

Diversity and Inclusion:

At Oldham Council, we are committed to creating a fair and inclusive workplace that is as diverse as the communities we serve. We aim to develop a culture of respect, where differences are recognised regardless of background. We aim to be an employer of choice by engaging in fair and open recruitment processes and Applications are encouraged from all communities across the borough to create a workforce that represents the diversity of our population.

About Us:

Oldham is committed to developing a Co-operative future; one where citizens, partners and staff work together to improve the borough. Anyone joining the council is coming into an ambitious organisation with big plans. We are working hard to build a brighter future for our borough and we need people from a wide range of backgrounds to continue delivering the best for our communities.

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