Contract to start ASAP

Permanent

Job Purpose

The ultimate goal of the Transport planning team is to deliver better experiences for passengers, residents and businesses, better connectivity both inward and outward to our neighbours, region and nations and ultimately a better place to live.

Our goal is to ensure transport is a focus for all relevant plans from a wide range of council departments, for example the Local Plan, Climate Change mitigation plan, Public Health, Care leavers plan, and so on.

You will need to build alliances and relationships across the whole council, and with the many external agencies we work with.

This is a key role taking a leading position in what and how we deliver connectivity, and how we make intelligent investment decisions for DfT funding streams.

We are proud of our close-knit and supportive team at Herefordshire Council.

This role offers not just a platform to make an impact, but also a chance to grow your career in a workplace that values your expertise and ambition with formal training already funded and lots more opportunities to develop available.

Responsibilities:

ou will take on some of our great strategic challenges – the Local Transport Plan, transport strategies, County-wide engagement, policy horizon scanning, infrastructure strategy – and bring your skills, expertise and tenacious manner to building the very best transport networks, be it public transport, walking, cycling and wheeling, or those to support housing and economic growth.

If you are enthusiastic about building your career and building a new era of transport then this could be the role for you, the Council are dedicated to developing our staff and as such the post comes with formal Transport Planning training if needed.

You will:

Developing and delivering strategic transportation strategies and policies

Local and regional rail and bus strategy and policy

Securing transport funding

Commissioning and managing projects

Engaging with communities and stakeholders to ensure transport solutions are inclusive and effective.

Tackling key challenges, from rural connectivity to modernizing urban infrastructure.

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