Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Transport Planner x 2 posts
Directorate - Regeneration and Environment
Job reference REQ14632
Location Riverside House, Rotherham, South Yorkshire
Salary £34,723 - £41,496 (Pay Award Pending)
Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week

This is an exciting Transport Planning role in the Transport Planning and Policy Team. We are seeking an experienced and passionate Transport Planner who can shape our longer-term transport strategy. You will be responsible for drafting business cases for specific transport projects and coordinating the inputs. The post holder will formulate and revise a range of transportation policies and strategies, ensuring their alignment with partner organisations and stakeholder groups.

We are looking for someone who can champion the sustainable travel agenda, promoting a step change in our transport infrastructure. From the application of new legislative powers to transformational railway stations. We also have an ambitious Active Travel programme, to create new infrastructure and promote behavioural change to enable more walking and cycling.

You will need strong communication, influencing and problem solving skills aligned with excellent project management to be a key member of our team. This is an exceptional opportunity for career progression in an ambitious Local Authority.

For an informal discussion please contact Head of Transportation Infrastructure Service, Matthew Reynolds on [email protected] 

This post operates under a Career Grade/Grading Assessment Scheme, with starting salary and progression through the grades being linked to experience, qualifications and level of work being undertaken.

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.

From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2024 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).

Closing date 20/08/2023

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