Permanent

Project Manager - Strategic Rail

Transport for the North

Transport for the North

Reference: OCT20190288
Closing date: 12:00pm noon, Tuesday 29th October 2019
Location: Flexible across the North of England, but with a requirement to regularly work from our office in Manchester
Salary: £38,341 - £44,731 per annum
Contract: Full time, 2-year fixed term
Attachments: See Role Profile

Transport for the North (TfN) is England’s first Sub-national Transport Body. We were formed to transform the transport system across the North of England, providing the infrastructure needed to drive economic growth.

We bring together the North’s twenty local transport authorities and business leaders together with Network Rail, Highways England, and HS2 Ltd and working with Central Government. We enable the North to speak with one voice on the transport infrastructure investment needed to drive transformational growth and rebalance the UK economy.

Our role is to add strategic value by ensuring that funding and strategy decisions about transport in the North are informed by local knowledge and requirements. This fits with the devolution agenda and we draw powers down from central government rather than up from local government.

Our vision is of a thriving North of England, where modern transport connections drive economic growth and support an excellent quality of life.

TfN is looking to recruit the following role:

As Project Manager you will be responsible for the management, control and/or delivery of agreed projects to meet defined objectives. You will be expected to deliver your scope of work in line with budgetary, compliance, regulatory and planning controls.

What we’re looking for:
The successful candidate will be educated to degree level or equivalent and possess a professional qualification in project/programme management.

You will have demonstrable post qualification experience in successful management of rail related projects and programmes, with an ability to compile clear and concise technical and non-technical reports for a range of political, professional and lay-person audiences. Proven experience of successful partnership working with a range of third parties as well as maintaining good communication and building/managing relationships with stakeholders is key.

Knowledge and experience in the transport/rail industry is essential and as you will be exposed to budget management, you must also possess a level financial awareness and previous knowledge of cost control.

Provisional Interview Date: Wednesday 6th November 2019

In return, as well as a competitive salary, our other benefits include:

• 27 days holiday per annum (Pro-Rata for part time employees)
• Access to the local government pension scheme
• Access to various salary sacrifice benefits, including Travel Pass purchase scheme.
• Access to TfN’s Flexi-Time Scheme, allowing accrual of up to 18 additional days leave per year

For more information on the role and the kind of person we’re looking for please refer to the role profile and person specification.

If you believe you have the skills and experience we’re looking for please apply online by clicking here ensuring that in your application you provide evidence in the form of specific examples of how you meet the essential criteria in the role profile.

We welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from women, members of ethnic minority groups and people with disabilities who are currently under-represented.

As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, all applications will be considered on their merit.

Want to know more about Transport for The North, then visit us on www.transportforthenorth.com, or look at our twitter page or find us on LinkedIn.

Overview

  • Location: Leeds
  • Job Title: Project Manager - Strategic Rail
  • Salary: £38,341 - £44,731
  • Closed: 29 Oct 2019

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