Active Travel England
Inspector
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Job Summary
Can you help raise the quality of walking, wheeling and cycling infrastructure across England?
Do you have the technical expertise to assess scheme designs, interpret drawings and promote inclusive, high-quality active travel provision?
Have you worked in highways, transport planning, urban design, spatial planning, accessibility or sustainable transport, and influenced delivery with local authorities or partners?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
Active Travel England is the government’s executive agency responsible for making walking, wheeling and cycling the preferred choice for everyday short journeys. Our inspections team will help embed new standards, identify good and poor practice, support local authority capability and ensure schemes meet the needs of all users. This is an exciting opportunity to join a specialist team shaping better streets and healthier, more inclusive communities.
Joining Our Department Comes With Many Benefits, Including:
- 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), plus 8 bank holidays a privilege day for the King’s birthday
- Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance.
Read more in the Benefits section below!
Find out more about what it's like working at: Active Travel England roles: Active Travel England - Department for Transport Careers
Job Description
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.
Your Responsibilities Will Include, But Aren’t Limited To:
- Work with a range of stakeholders to ensure ATE’s inspection functions are well understood and embedded in design practice
- Deliver the scheme inspection regime, highlighting examples of good and poor practice, and engaging with local authorities to raise standards
- 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 support local authorities to enable them to design and deliver high quality active travel infrastructure
- Be part of a team of talented inspectors who can make an impact at the scheme level as well as by influencing the policy agenda
- Prepare data for monitoring and tracking of scheme assets
Great line management is important to us as an organisation, and we will equip and support line managers to develop the skills they need. We aim to empower line managers to create teams where people can flourish and deliver excellent outcomes for the public.
For further information on the role, please read the attached role profile. Please note that the role profile is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process.
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Person specification
Essential Qualifications:
Eligible for, working towards, or currently holding membership of a relevant chartered institute, such as ICE, CIHT, CILT, RTPI or CMLI.
Required Experience:
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.
Working Hours, Office Attendance And Travel Requirements
- Full time roles consist of 37 hours per week.
- Whilst we welcome applications from those looking to work with us on a part time basis, there is a business requirement for the successful candidate to be able to work at least 30 hours per week.
- This role is suitable for hybrid working, which is a non-contractual arrangement where a combination of workplace and home-based working can be accommodated subject to business requirements.
- The expectation at present is a minimum of 60% of your working time a month will be spent at either your designated workplace (one of the locations cited in the advert) or, when required for business reasons, in another office/work location/visiting stakeholders. Your designated workplace will be your contractual place of work. There may be occasions where you are required to attend above the minimum expectation.
- Occasional travel may be required to visit and support local authorities, inspect schemes, engage with delivery partners and understand site-specific issues. This may include travel to other offices, project sites and local authority (including MCAs/MSAs) areas across England, and may involve overnight stays.
If you have a question about hybrid working, part time/job share hours, flexible working, travelling for work, or require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Vacancy Holder during the recruitment process to avoid possible disappointment later in the process should your working arrangements not be compatible with the requirements of the role.
Visa Sponsorship
DfTc does not offer Visa Sponsorship for this role.
Behaviours
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:
- Communicating and Influencing
- Delivering at Pace
- Leadership
- Working Together
We only ask for evidence of these behaviours on your application form:
Communicating and Influencing
Alongside your salary of £44,241, Active Travel England contributes £12,816 towards you being a member of the Civil Service Defined Benefit Pension scheme. Find out what benefits a Civil Service Pension provides here.
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits:
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- 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 King’s 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.
Find out more about the benefits of working at DfT and its agencies here.
Artificial intelligence
Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance here for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.
Selection process details
This vacancy is using Success Profiles, and will assess your Behaviours and Experience.
How To Apply:
Our selection process ensures a comprehensive assessment of each applicant's qualifications, skills, and potential fit within our organisation.
The Selection Process For This Role Will Be:
Stage 1: Sift of CV, Behaviour and Personal Statement
Stage 2: Presentation and Interview
You must be successful at each stage to progress to the next stage.
Stage 1: Sift
At sift, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:
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Behaviours – you will be asked to provide a 250-word statement on the following Behaviours: Communicating and Influencing
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Experience – You Will Be Asked To Provide a CV (unlimited Wordcount) And Personal Statement (750-word Count). Please Provide Evidence Of Your Experience Of The Following:
- 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
The sift will take place week commencing 29/07/2026.
Stage 2: Interview
At interview stage, you will be assessed against the following Success Profile elements:
- Behaviours – Delivering at Pace, Working
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