West Midlands Combined Authority

We have a brand-new role for someone who has a keen interest in transport, perhaps demonstrated by their education to date, work experience, or membership of a professional body, and who now wants to expand their knowledge within an award-winning organisation. If you are seeking a varied role where you will work on projects that impact the region, then this may be the role for you.

This is the perfect opportunity for someone who is looking for a role where they can develop their skills and progress. There is scope to make a real difference to the West Midlands community too, as Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) have secured £1 Billion for transport projects via the City Region Sustainable Transport Settlement (CRSTS). The CRSTS programme will see transport improvements across the region; to cross-city bus routes, new rail services and stations, light rail and rapid transit, and active travel and micromobility.

As a Transport Planning Officer, you will work closely with the transport planning team, and others in our Policy, Strategy, and Innovation Directorate; with Policy on our long-term Local Transport Plan, with Data Insight Service and Human Intelligence colleagues on the information the team’s work relies on, and with Innovation and other Directorates responsible for project and service delivery too. This is a diverse role where you will work on business cases and monitoring and evaluation (M&E), for CRSTS and other projects, research, and policy support.

We are looking for someone who enjoys working at a fast pace and is detail orientated, cooperative, and has high standards of quality and accuracy.

What you will be doing
• Assist in forecasting, prioritisation, and economic appraisal of schemes and programmes
• Assist in M&E of schemes and programmes to add to an understanding of their outcomes and impacts
• Support with primary and secondary data collection, research and analysis
• Develop capability in demand modelling, accessibility modelling in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), and economic analysis including wider benefits and regeneration impacts
• Contribute to transport planning inputs for related documents in the public domain, including funding bids, and proofs of evidence
• Assist in public and stakeholder consultation events and exercises for schemes and programmes
• Help maintain, operate, update, and develop the tools and models used in forecasting, prioritisation, and appraisal, principally PRISM, the West Midlands Strategic Transport Model
• Support the Transport Planning and Evaluation Manager in specifying, and reviewing, new and additional software and tools for transport planning work
• Work closely with corporate support functions, help prepare briefs for, and procure, transport planning consultants on work for schemes and programmes
• Assist with the supervision of transport planning consultants, and in checking and reviewing their work

About you
• Awareness of transport modelling practices and government guidance on transport scheme appraisal, including M&E
• Ability to use Microsoft Office tools and Microsoft Access
• Good communication and inter-personal skills
• Good presentation skills
• Good organisational skills
• Good numerical, analytical and problem-solving skills

About us
WMCA is committed to a better connected, more prosperous, fairer, greener and healthier region. This is our vision. We will achieve our vision through living our values which are central to how we work and interact with our wider partners and stakeholders.

We’re a partnership organisation. Our people feel valued and respected, have a can-do attitude and are innovators. We try new ways of doing things, we aren’t afraid to fail, learn from what went wrong and try again. Our people are empowered to be creative and explore and innovate.

We are a “Leaders in Diversity” accredited organisation, are in the Inclusive Top 50 Employers List and are one of The Times Top 50 Employers for Women. As a Disability Confident Employer, we have made a positive commitment to interviewing all applicants with a disability who meet the essential role criteria. We are committed to building a team of people with varied backgrounds and experiences as we recognise that this will only benefit us as an employer, the more inclusive we are the better our work will be.

As an organisation, we will continue to adapt and develop to the opportunities and challenges ahead. We will continue to transform ourselves and our organisation into the best we can be, underpinned by our values and behaviours and everyone contributes towards achieving our vision.

Furthermore, wherever possible we will offer flexible working options which assist work-life balance. We are very happy to discuss a flexible working pattern that suits your needs, so please do not let that be a barrier to applying. If your values align with ours and you’re committed to working towards creating a future we can all be proud of, we want to hear from you.

Location
16 Summer Lane, Birmingham, B19 3SD. Hybrid working conditions are currently in place.

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