Senior Transport Planner - Healthy Routes

As a Senior Transport Planner, you will play a key role in delivering the ambitious goals of the Camden Transport Strategy by project managing the development and implementation of multiple small to medium-sized Healthy Routes projects across Camden, as part of the Council's Healthy Streets programme. Healthy Routes schemes include strategic cycle and bus corridors, upgrades to the Borough's primary and secondary cycle route network (including segregated cycle infrastructure on main roads), alongside pedestrian, cycling, road safety and public realm improvements on key high streets and residential streets.

The role also includes supporting the delivery of bus priority measures, such as new and improved bus lanes and corridors. You will be responsible for taking projects from feasibility through to delivery, including community engagement, consultation, report writing, decision-making and monitoring. You will also support Principal officers with high-quality programme and project management input on larger and more complex schemes.

• Upper Woburn Place bus priority - Status:
  Consultation complete
• Haverstock Hill - Status:
  Under construction
• Shaftesbury Avenue - Status:
  Near construction
• Camden Town area bus priority - Status:
  Near completion
• Cross Camden Cycleway - Status:
  Feasibility

In this role, you will work closely with colleagues across the Council, such as Planning, Place and Design, Green spaces, Regeneration, Sustainability and Inclusive Economy, as well as Transport for London, the Greater London Authority and local communities, helping to deliver projects that support wider objectives such as tackling the climate emergency, improving air quality and creating vibrant public spaces.

To be successful in securing this role you will have strong experience of successful project/programme management and delivery of Healthy Streets projects, including leading or contributing to elements of complex cycle and bus schemes. You will also have a strong understanding and experience of the policy and statutory framework within which Healthy Streets, transport planning and related activities operate. You will be a proactive and forward‑thinking experienced project manager, capable of successfully managing initiatives, often overlapping with one another, both on time and to budget.

You will be able to demonstrate effective partnership working and the ability to develop strong stakeholder relations, including liaising with all relevant external organisations such as Transport for London, Greater London Authority, developers, other boroughs and external funders. To ensure success in this role, you will need to have a strong understanding and appreciation of issues specifically around streetscape design, accessibility, and sustainability.

You will be able to help prepare and write high-quality papers and reports for Council Committees, public meetings, and other bodies such as public inquiries, supporting senior officers as required. You will be able to demonstrate the ability to effectively help support and oversee the work of more junior members of a team and consultants.

• Knowledge of the policy and statutory framework - locally, regionally and nationally - within which the Healthy Streets, transport planning and related activities operate
• Skill and experience in project management - you will be capable of delivering Healthy Streets transport infrastructure projects on time and to budget
• Experience and understanding of Healthy Streets and strategic transport planning projects, including some experience of working in a team on projects of significant size, value and complexity
• Appreciation of key streetscape design issues and challenges, including accessibility and sustainability
• Good partnership working skills, and the ability to develop effective stakeholder relations on transport matters, including liaising and negotiating with relevant external organisations
• Capacity to communicate clearly and sensitively as part of community engagement activities and with elected members, and understanding of inclusive community engagement
• Ability to effectively help support…