Principal Sustainable Travel and Road Safety Officer

An exciting opportunity delivering sustainable travel and road safety projects is becoming available in North Somerset within the West of England. Working in the Sustainable Travel & Road Safety Team, you will be expected to supervise consultants and staff, write policy and funding bids and manage projects to time and budget. Work will be varied with current schemes ranging from projects as diverse as electric vehicle charging provision, smarter choices campaigns, education, training and publicity, walking and cycling schemes, development management, and business, schools and communities work.

You will need to have excellent communications skills, be able to mobilise varied professional expertise to client priority schemes, write clear reports and be flexible and creative in your approach to work. You will need to be skilled at joint working with other teams, partners and with Councillors.

You are joining us at a key time. NSC have declared a climate emergency and delivering sustainable transport schemes is key to how we will address this. We need you to help us develop a programme to deliver more sustainable transport options, including addressing suppressed demand for walking and cycling.

You will have five years work experience and a background in transport planning, project management, road safety and/ or policy and bid writing. A degree in a relevant discipline such as business studies, geography, planning, engineering or a subject directly transferable will be essential. A further post-graduate qualification is desirable as is membership of a relevant organisation such as RTPI or IHT.

The post will be based at Clevedon in North Somerset, with regular travel to Weston-super-Mare, Bristol and other West of England offices. The post is initially a twelve month contract with opportunities to extend the contract and potentially make it permanent. The role comes with a competitive salary, local authority pension scheme, tax free childcare incentives, cycle to work scheme and flexible working.

For an informal discussion, call Frankie Mann, Sustainable Travel and Road Safety Manager on 01275 888 904.

Want to know more and apply? Visit www.n-somerset.gov.uk/jobs to download an application pack and apply online.

Closing date: Monday 13 January 2020

Anticipated interview date: Monday 20 January 2020

North Somerset Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all sections of our community regardless of age, disability, sex, race, religion, belief or sexual orientation. North Somerset Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.