Principal Transport Officer - Development

We Are St Helens Borough Council.

Situated at the heart of the North West and part of the Liverpool City Region, St Helens is a borough with ambitious plans for substantial regeneration and growth over the coming years. With proposals for delivery of over 9,000 new homes by 2035, transformational town centre masterplans in development, a cutting-edge programme of active and sustainable transport infrastructure and a growing focus on the role place-making can make in addressing the impacts of climate change, there has never been a more exciting time to join our ambitious, friendly and welcoming team.

Working together, our workplace vision and values guide our organisation, and the contribution of our workforce is key to our culture journey. Employees with us receive a wide range of benefits including well-being in work, financial benefits, ways of working and learning and development support.

Making A Difference as A Principal Transport Officer (Development) in the Strategic Growth Department.

Are you looking for a role where you can really make a difference, and contribute to accelerating the delivery of the borough’s significant and ambitious sustainability and net zero ambitions? Do you want to join an award-winning team, delivering at pace?

We are looking for an experienced enthusiastic and committed person to appoint as Principal Transport Officer (Development) to contribute to delivering this ambitious programme. To direct and shape the development control process, in enabling the boroughs strategic growth sites, in assessing development proposals and emerging masterplans in promoting the delivery of transport strategies and policies.

Ensuring wider active travel and public transport policy objectives are delivered efficiently and effectively and reflect the wider policy goals such as the Climate Emergency Response Plan and the objectives of the Liverpool City Regions Combined Authorities, Local Transport Plan; and ensure the actions necessary to deliver the Programmes are promoted across the organisation and with partner organisations, contributing to place quality through infrastructure.

Based within the Growth Delivering Prosperity (GDP) Team supporting the wider Council’s Regeneration, Growth and Infrastructure Programme. This innovative, multidisciplinary team comprises of Infrastructure Programme Delivery, Transport Strategy and Policy, Development Control, Water and Flood Management and Town Centre Regeneration.

The successful candidate will join the Council at an exciting time, making a meaningful contribution to the borough’s transport provision, delivery plans and policies and embedding the Climate Change declaration through Decarbonising Transport, Bus Service Improvement Plan, Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Strategy, and Local Cycling and Walking Infrastructure Plan in the Local Transport Plan process. Supporting the delivery of smarter choices, active and sustainable travel initiatives aligned to the Council’s health and wellbeing programmes.

The successful candidate will be experienced in delivering measurable outcomes within this key council priority area. They will be able to evidence an excellent knowledge of the policy and legislative framework of the service, have the skills and attributes to develop the service and manage performance, and be able to demonstrate a commitment to partnership working and collaboration for a common goal.

The candidate should have excellent written and verbal communication skills, experience of working in a transport or sustainability related environment. Understanding the critical role of transport in underpinning accessibility, sustainability, health and wellbeing, climate change and air quality for our residents a, businesses and visitors. The candidate must be computer literate with a good working knowledge of Microsoft packages, self-motivated with a flexible approach to work, able to represent the service/council to a variety of internal and external audiences.

Closing date: 20th December 2024
Provisional interview date: 27th January 2025

Potential start date: 28th April 2025 (subject existing notice period)

Interested to Find Out More?

You can review our full job description details, and person specification information here.

You are also welcome to contact us for a chat before applying by contacting David Saville, Programme Lead on DavidSaville@sthelens.gov.uk or 01744 676148.

Thank you for your interest in working for us. If you are experiencing issues with applying online, you can contact a member of the team at Recruitment@sthelens.gov.uk and a form will be sent to you to complete.

Please note we reserve the right to close the advert early should we receive a sufficient number of applications and encourage you to apply early, to avoid disappointment.

Equality & Diversity

St Helens Borough Council respects and values the individuality that every employee brings. We encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds, who share our values, our commitment to inclusion, and who will help us on our journey to transform our organisation. Further information about Equality & Diversity at St Helens Borough Council can be found here https://www.sthelens.gov.uk/equality

St Helens Council is a Disability Confident Employer. This means that the Council guarantees an interview to disabled applicants who demonstrate that they meet the essential criteria for the job, as detailed on the Person Specification, and will, for qualifying disabled candidates, make reasonable adjustments within the interview/selection process.

NOLAN Principles of Conduct in Public Life.

All Council employees are required to abide by the ethical standards embodied by the 7 Nolan Principles: Selflessness, Integrity, Objectivity, Accountability, Openness, Honesty, and Leadership.