Senior Transport Planner

at  Royal Borough of Greenwich

ABOUT US

Our Greenwich Plan sets out our vision for the next 4 years focusing on the changes we collectively want to see in our borough and Council. We want to become a more strategic, efficient and adaptive organisation, to deliver for our communities. Our workforce is key to making this happen.
Royal Greenwich is a borough synonymous with first class modern services. Our vibrant, diverse communities span Greenwich town centre in the west, to Thamesmead in the east, from the Greenwich Peninsula in the north to Eltham in the south. Royal Greenwich has a reputation for combining ambition with delivery. We are on a journey towards a low carbon future and the sustainability agenda will influence all areas of the Council’s work.
This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping the Council’s ambitions for our future transport network, implement high-profile schemes and maintain a strong grip on the delivery of key projects.
To be successful in this post you will be as comfortable with strategy as you are with leading large operations. You will need to bring energy, tenacity and strong communication skills. You will thrive on data and evaluation to evidence and inform delivery and service improvements.
Above all, you’ll be committed to delivering an efficient, well-connected network that our residents love – with a carbon footprint that we can be proud of, as well as delivering the councils Transport Strategy.

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for a strong and highly motivated planner, who is a team player with energy and a strong commitment to probity, honesty and openness, treating people consistently, fairly and with respect.
Able to understand complex issues relating to local government governance and processes, you’ll be a strategic thinker with the ability to create, lead and deliver innovative solutions.

You will accountable to the Transport Planning Manager, the postholder will work on behalf of Royal Greenwich Council in a role to deliver strategic transport projects, including the councils MTFS and Capital Programme derived from its Transport Strategy and associated Action Plans, providing sponsorship and scheme definition. Working closely with the Programme Delivery Manager and Project Manager’s in the division, leading on the delivery of capital projects.
You will take a lead for the delivery of an efficient and effective strategic and specific Transportation advisory and evaluation service for the Borough. You will be required to contribute to other transport issues on a borough wide basis and at a sub-regional and regional level.
This role ties directly into the Transport Planning Group’s work on the Local Implementation Plan for transport, Transport Strategy and policy areas including electric vehicles, electric car clubs and parking as well as road safety. You will lead on the development and implementation of the strategic transport elements of the various plans we work to.
This has the responsibility to lead on the development, design and delivery in some cases of specific schemes including active travel schemes, electric vehicle charging points, electric car clubs, e-bikes, other cycling and walking infrastructure programmes and smarter parking/logistics. Links will be made from these projects to wider areas of the Council’s transport strategy work around cycling, walking, car clubs and public transport. As part of these activities the post-holder will be responsible for monitoring the impact of these schemes in the context of the Borough’s overarching strategic Transport aims and objectives to link the schemes to the Borough’s wider strategic transport programmes for these areas, including actions from the Transport Strategy and LIP Delivery Plan.