Permanent
Graduate Transport Projects Officer
Graduate Transport Projects Officer
£22,956 - £30,108 per annum
Permanent, Full time – 36 hours per week
Would you like to be a part of The London Borough of Hounslow, whose diverse workforce are committed to making a positive difference for our residents and visitors by ensuring the quality of our services are maintained to a high standard?
The Council is embarking upon a major programme of change to modernise the way we work and reduce our carbon footprint. We will be moving to a new landmark building in 2019 located in Hounslow town centre, and our new technology will enable staff to work remotely and flexibly to improve the service we provide to residents and to help our staff achieve a better work/life balance. To find out more please visit: http://hounslowciviccentre.org.uk/
About The Team
The Transport Planning & Road Safety team deals with a wide range of transport planning issues such as assessing the transport implications of new development; road safety education; developing the council’s transport strategy; working with schools to promote behaviour change and road safety; and promoting walking and cycling.
Recently graduated with a relevant first degree or masters qualification, or with equivalent relevant practical experience, you are keen to start your career in transport. You will have a broad knowledge of the transport planning context in London, the tenets of good highway and public realm design and some of the challenges associated with managing competing demands for road space. You will have excellent written and verbal communication skills and will be confident meeting and dealing with the public. You have the ability to work on a wide range of projects quickly and efficiently with minimal supervision. Above all you will be passionate about working collaboratively as part of an innovative team to achieve our challenging targets to improve safety, reduce traffic related pollution and promote increases in sustainable travel modes.
In return we offer clear career progression linked to achievement of targets, opportunities for further continuing professional development and first class flexible working opportunities.
Key Responsibilities
- To assess and respond to applications for development proposals across the borough
- To assist in negotiating transport improvements resulting from new developments.
- To promote road safety
- To assist in implementing the council’s transport strategy
Your skills
- Proven ICT skills, preferably in relevant applications such as GIS
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
Essential for the Role
Minimum degree/comparable qualification or commensurate experience.
This post is considered by the authority to be a customer-facing position; as such it falls within scope of the Code of Practice on English language requirement for public sector workers. The council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016 to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the employee specification.
If you would like an informal conversation regarding the position please contact [email protected] or 020 8583 5056
To apply, please visit https://lbhouli.webitrent.com/lbhouli_webrecruitment/wrd/run/etrec105gf.open?wvid=64487200ZM
To view the Job Description and Employee Specification please visit our website.
To view the Hounslow Employee Benefits, please visit our website.
Closing date: 10/03/19
Interviews will be held in the week commencing 18/03/19
It is our practice that any offer of employment will be made at the bottom of our pay scale of the appropriate grade (for those applying with demonstrable existing experience it may be possible to commence at a higher grade to SC5).