Transport Policy Officer

Reference:

JUN20160904

Expiry date:

16:00, 06 July 2016

Location:

North of England

Salary:

£40,000 Per Annum

Benefits:

Free rail or Metrolink travel to/from work within Greater Manchester and free bus travel within Greater Manchester.

Attachment:

RoleProfile-TransportPolicyOfficer.doc

Transport for the North (TfN) has been formed as part of the strategic response to the changing transport and infrastructure needs of the whole of the North of England. It incorporates the city regions of Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle and Sheffield connecting these cities and the wider regional towns and cities across the North of England, to drive better connectivity, economic growth and better opportunity for all. It is crystal clear that “the cities of the North together can be greater than the sum of their parts”.

The Government has committed to establishing TfN as a statutory body, with statutory powers and duties, and is now delivering on this important commitment. Amendments to the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill will provide for the creation of sub-national transport bodies (STBs), which would be established through secondary legislation at the request of local areas in England. STBs will initially advise the Secretary of State for Transport on strategic transport schemes and investment priorities in their own area. The Secretary of State may grant individual STBs additional responsibilities around the decision-making and delivery of strategic transport schemes and significant cross-regional schemes such as smart ticketing. TfN will be the first of these.

Devolving strategic transport planning powers through STBs via this amendment to the Bill demonstrates the Government’s clear commitment to the Northern Powerhouse and rebalancing the economy outside of London.

This role is offered for a Two Year Fixed-Term Contract / Secondment (public sector bodies only)

The Transport Policy Officer will support the development of policy approaches across all Transport for the North (TfN) functions to support the organisations evidence base for connectivity across the North.

You will be responsible for developing comprehensive policy and strategy capacity, providing input required to meet the needs of TfN and its partners, continually reflecting changing requirements and external context. Key to success in this role is the ability to present to a range of different audiences and manage senior level stakeholder relationships in order to represent the TfN overall transport policy.

The successful candidate will have previous experience of supporting transport policy development activities. You will be experienced in analysing information and evidence and making recommendations and of working within a project management framework. In addition you will have experience of effectively communicating research findings to a range of audiences and presenting complex information concisely and to non-technical audiences.

The base location for this role is flexible across the North of England but with a requirement to regularly work from our offices in Manchester.