To lead the Council’s active travel programme supporting the identification, initial development and promotion of new infrastructure within the Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan.
Provide leadership in strategy and policy development for active travel, manage the Council’s road safety education and travel planning activity and deliver engagement with key local, regional and national stakeholders.
The postholder will monitor and evaluate the success of the Council’s activity across a range active travel functions and will have need to work closely with officers at the Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority.
Organisation
Cheshire West and Chester Council
Job Category
Highways and Transport
Grade
CWAC NJC - Grade 11
Salary Min
£48,072 per annum
Salary Max
£54,992 per annum
Employment Type
Permanent
Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.
Cheshire West and Chester is looking for an enthusiastic and committed person to join the Transport and Infrastructure team. The successful candidate will join the Council at an exciting time, making a meaningful contribution to the necessary change required to fulfil, contribute and realise the aims of our Local Transport Plan revision, forthcoming Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan renewal and Bus Service Improvement Plan delivery.
We are looking for a highly organised, proactive and solutions focused Active Travel Lead, who will be responsible for the management of a small team, developing and support the delivery of a programme of road safety education, smarter choices, active travel and travel planning activities initiatives.
You should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience of working in a transport or sustainability related environment. Understanding the critical role of transport in underpinning accessibility, sustainability, health and wellbeing for our residents, businesses and visitors. You must be computer literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, self-motivated with a flexible approach to work, able to represent the service/council to a variety of internal and external audiences. You will be required to work collaboratively across departments ensuring high standards of service are provided.
For an informal discussion on this post, please contact Kristy Littler on 01244 977269 or [email protected]
To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk
No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!
Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.
Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £13.45 per hour for all contracted hours.
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