Transport Planning Manager

• Employer: Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
• Contract: Permanent
• Working Pattern: Full Time
• Hours: 35 hours per week.
• DBS Check: No
• Closing Date: 16/11/2026 at 23:59
• Reference: PL/26/348784

This is a critical role with the Network Performance Team, centred upon the forward planning of the transport network to ensure its resilience and ability to meet demand placed upon the Transport Network during major events and because of planning applications.

A key part of this role, is working with both internal and external stakeholders, in ensuring that regeneration and planning proposals are subject to scrutiny in a way that ensures the City Region Public Transport Network is able to not only effectively meet any increased demand as a result of these proposals, but also is able to work to support them.

Ensuring that the Transport Network is effective in enabling economic growth through development and regeneration across the City Region and working with the Transport Planning Team to develop plans to flex the network when appropriate to support this economic development.

Supporting the resilience function of the Combined Authority is a central responsibility of this role. The postholder will play an important part of the planning of major events (both planned and unplanned) across the Liverpool City Region with attendance at stakeholder planning meetings, control meetings and joint advisory groups.

This role works cross functionally with teams across the combined authority, including Transport, Customer and Operations and others along with regular communications with Transport Operators and Local Authorities.

You will demonstrate the ability to communicate at ease with different stakeholders both internally and externally along with being able to work to deadlines at short notice is key.

Knowledge of the Liverpool City Region public transport network across both bus and rail is critical together with an understanding of the local geography of the area.

You will have a demonstrable passion about how our Transport Network delivers for our 1.6 million residents and using your knowledge to support the network in reducing Transport Related Social Exclusion and being central to the economic benefits that are directly attributable to regeneration and redevelopments.

• Demonstrate the ability to work to tight deadlines
• Experience of managing Stakeholder relationships
• Demonstrate knowledge of Transport Networks

The Liverpool City Region is world-famous for its history, culture and creativity. A place of firsts, it is the birthplace of modern railways, public health and international trade. Now, our economy is being transformed once again, changing the world through world-leading innovation in health and life sciences, digital and creative, and advanced manufacturing - growing an economy already worth £35 billion a year.

The Combined Authority plays a central role in catalysing this innovation-led economy. We are seizing the unique opportunity to use our devolved powers and funding to create wealth and prosperity for all our 1.6 million residents and the whole UK - investing in our economy, people, place, transport and digital infrastructure. Our vision is for the Liverpool City Region to be:
The best place to grow up, grow a family, and grow a business - where no-one is left behind.

• Local Government Pension Scheme contributions between 5.5% and 12.5%
• Generous holiday entitlement of 29 days rising to 34 days after 5 years service, as well as bank holidays and the option to buy 10 additional days
• Free travel around Liverpool City Region with…