Essex County Council

Senior Transportation Strategy & Engagement Officer 6860

Salary from £28,500

Permanent Contract

Full Time, 37 hours per week

The Senior Transportation Strategy & Engagement Officer will play a key role in producing area based integrated transport strategies across Essex. The role will support the strategic co-ordination of land use and transportation planning activities by working across the service, and in collaboration with a wide range of local authority, government agency and private sector organisations. The postholder will play a key role in working with major infrastructure teams to deliver schemes.

The postholder will make a key contribution to explore funding opportunities, and help devise delivery programmes to provide an effective forward planning service. The postholder will help assemble policies, initiatives, schemes and measures on primarily, a geographical basis to integrate land use and transportation provision, and on a case by case basis sub-commission subsequent design and delivery work, often being responsible for a complete programme of activities.

Operating primarily on a locality basis, and engaging with key strategic stakeholders within an operations management environment, the role is to support the Transportation Strategy & Engagement Manager in securing multi million pound programmes of work designed specifically to manage congestion and stimulate economic growth. The role will also have responsibility for engaging with senior politicians, district/borough/city councils and key stakeholders with respect to transportation strategy.

The role will operate under tight financial constraints and deliver using matrix management principles, ensuring excellence of service across the department, and contribute to change management, concluding ECC’s transformation and ensuring it is configured for continuous improvement.

Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Relevant Degree in a related numerate, social science or humanities subject or appropriate experience.
• Relevant post graduate qualification in Transport Planning (desirable).
• Membership of Chartered Institute of Transport, Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation, Institute of Civil Engineers or other appropriate professional body.
• A detailed knowledge of transportation planning and of UK transportation policy.
• Demonstrable experience in the field of transportation and/or planning.
• Experience in commissioning and managing consultants including project management and project governance.
• Experience in dealing with the transportation implications of major development proposals.
• Experience with dealing with elected members at formal and informal levels.
• Experience with meeting the public and engaging with stakeholders in a variety of situations and dealing with their concerns.
• Experience with partnership working including joint working across cross functional area.

Essex County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.

Our aim is to be an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications, regardless of race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, disability, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, age or religion or belief. All applications will be considered solely on merit.

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Essex County Council are proud to offer an excellent benefits package to all of our employees.

This includes:

• A Local Government pension scheme
• Interest free bus & rail season ticket loans, from £100 - £5,000 as well as pool bikes & a car sharing scheme
• Childcare voucher scheme
• Excellent opportunities for personal & professional development through our specialist L&D teams
• Extensive induction programmes
• At least 25 days annual leave + 8 bank holiday days (rising to 29 days dependant on grade & length of service)
• Continued service benefits
• Staff discounts in gyms / travel agents / car sales / restaurants & days out