West Sussex County Council
Senior Transport Planner
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About The Job
Salary: £ 39,862 to £ 47,181 per annum.
Working Pattern: Full time, 37 hours per week
Location: Hybrid working, requirement to be in Chichester at least once per week.
You will work on a range of strategic highways and transport projects by identifying solutions that will help to tackle climate change, economic performance and population growth. You will work with communities and other partners to achieve the vision and objectives of the West Sussex Transport Plan.
In this role you will develop transport policies and use transport planning tools to critically analyse strategic transport issues, and identify and appraise potential solutions.
You will help set the direction for the County Council in its role as the Local Highway Authority, through:
- Preparation of transport policies and strategies.
- Giving transport advice on the impacts of development to inform local plans.
- Developing innovative solutions such as active travel or bus priority infrastructure to transport problems.
- Preparing business cases and external funding applications.
Experience and Skills
Key Skills:
- Ability to research, analyse and interpret complex and varied information by making connections between disparate issues and identifying potential solutions.
- Ability to work independently and proactively, and use good judgement to prioritise.
- Ability to communicate with other teams, stakeholders and consultees and communicate complex or sensitive information to different audiences.
- Ability to write sound and robust reports, articles and briefing papers.
- Ability to apply project management principles and practices to small projects.
- Ability to build credible working relationships with a range of stakeholders.
Qualifications and/or experience:
- Degree (or equivalent qualification of experience) in Transport Planning, Town Planning or a related discipline appropriate to the role.
- Relevant chartered status, e.g. Chartered Transport Planning Professional, and professional membership e.g. Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.
- Postgraduate qualification in Transport Planning, Town Planning or a related discipline - Desirable
- Advanced theoretical and procedural knowledge in an appropriate specialist work area.
- Knowledge of external funding sources and their use to fund transport schemes.
- Knowledge of the customer base to support the development of transport policy and/or improvements.
- Knowledge of technical tools (e.g. transport models, Geographical Information Systems) used in transport planning.
- Significant experience in an appropriate specialist work area.
- Substantial experience in project delivery and budget management.
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This is a career grade post that provides an opportunity for career progression from Grade 10 to 11, subject to demonstrating the relevant competencies through regular performance conversations. Training and development opportunities will be supported, and the successful candidate will be encouraged to pursue professional accreditation from a relevant body such as the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation.
About us
Planning Services is made up of seven teams and Transport Planning and Policy sits within this. The service is also part of the wider Highways, Transport and Planning Directorate. The overall aims of Planning Services are to ensure that decisions made about planning and development make a positive difference to the economy, people and places of West Sussex, and to enable the delivery of the right infrastructure, in the right place, at the right time.
Working for us
As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:
- an excellent local government pension scheme
- generous holiday entitlement of 27-30 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
- a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
- maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
- volunteering opportunities
- training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
- registration to one relevant professional institution (e.g. CIHT)
- a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our Staff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
- health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans
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Further Information
The reference number for this role is EIE01571
For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Darryl Hemmings, Transport Planning & Policy Manager at darryl.hemmings@westsussex.gov.uk. For issues or queries regarding your application please contact hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk.
To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.
Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.
We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our application help page.
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