Active Travel England
Inspector
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469334 Senior Inspector
Active Travel England
Apply before 11:55 pm on Tuesday 28th July 2026
š Location: York
š· Salary: Ā£44,241 - A Civil Service Pension with an employer contribution of 28.97%
šļø Contract Type: Permanent ā Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time
šļø Available Positions: 1
Active Travel England (ATE) is the governmentās executive agency responsible for making walking, wheeling, and cycling the preferred choice for everyone to get around in England. There has never been a more exciting time to join us to create happier, healthier communities, by helping to transform local transport and enabling 55% of all short stages in towns and cities to be walked, wheeled, or cycled by 2035. We are raising the standards of walking, wheeling, and cycling infrastructure across England, by overseeing improved design, and increasing skills and capability in local authorities.
Active Travel England is seeking experienced transport, highways, planning, design, and accessibility professionals to help build its inspection function. You will support improved walking, wheeling, and cycling infrastructure across England by assessing schemes, promoting high design standards, and strengthening local authority capability. This is an exciting opportunity for someone with active travel expertise, strong technical and stakeholder skills, and a commitment to creating healthier, more inclusive communities.
Top Responsibilities
- Driving delivery by ensuring quality in scheme design through the utilisation of Active Travel Englandās design assurance tools.
- Work with local, combined, and mayoral strategic authorities, as well as with other delivery partners such as Prime Ministerās Office, other government departments, and organisations such as Sustrans and Living Streets.
- Support the provision of information to support the technical and legislative changes undertaken by the Department for Transport.
- Responsible for managing and providing technical responses to internal and external stakeholders, which include TfL Directors, Ministers, MPs, Councillors, Mayorās Questions.
- Uphold the scheme inspection regime, highlighting examples of good and poor practice, and engaging with local authorities to raise standards.
- Provide advice and leadership to colleagues and assist them with skill development and career progression, with line management of 2 Inspectors.
- Ensure that a range of needs are considered when inspecting and advising on scheme design, including children, older people, women, disabled people, and people from a range of ethnic backgrounds.
- Help build capability in local authorities to enable them to design and deliver high-quality active travel infrastructure.
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Benefits
- Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary. Read more about Civil Service Pensions here
- 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave).
- 8 Bank Holidays plus an additional Privilege Day to mark the Kingās birthday.
- Access to the staff discount portal.
- Excellent career development opportunities and the potential to undertake professional qualifications relevant to your role paid for by the department, such as CIPD, Prince2, apprenticeships, etc.
- Joining a diverse and inclusive workforce with a range of staff communities to support all our colleagues.
- 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme providing free confidential help and advice for staff.
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
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About You
To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience:
- Technical knowledge of active travel design, including the ability to interpret scheme drawings, support the development of technical designs, and apply relevant standards and guidance such as Manual for Streets, Inclusive Mobility, and LTN 1/20.
- Experience in the design, delivery, or supervision of highways, transport, urban design, spatial planning, accessibility, or sustainable transport schemes.
- Experience working with stakeholders, including local authorities, to influence delivery, raise standards, and ensure inclusive outcomes for all users.
Essential qualifications/licenses
- Eligible for, working towards, or currently hold membership of a chartered institute (ICE, CIHT, CILT, RTPI, CMLI, etc.)
This vacancy closes at 23:55 on Sunday 19th July 2026
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