Traffic & Road Safety Team Leader

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced Traffic & Road Safety Team Leader to come and join a busy council in the Manchester area on an initial 12 month contract basis.

• Lead and manage a Traffic and Road Safety team, ensuring effective delivery of projects and day-to-day operational activities.
• Develop and implement strategic and operational plans for traffic management and road safety initiatives.
• Provide expert technical advice on highways, traffic engineering, transport planning, and road safety matters.
• Oversee the planning, design, and delivery of traffic management schemes, road safety improvements, and highway projects.
• Develop and implement processes for accident data collection, analysis, reporting, and performance monitoring.
• Analyse traffic data, collision statistics, congestion issues, and network performance to identify priorities and recommend improvements.
• Manage workload allocation and ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to required standards.
• Work collaboratively with internal departments, external organisations, contractors, and stakeholders to deliver transport and highway objectives.
• Support the development of transport strategies, traffic modelling, construction management plans, road closures, and servicing strategies.
• Develop and maintain programmes aimed at improving road safety, reducing congestion, and encouraging sustainable travel.
• Lead initiatives to improve road safety around schools, including parking management, speed reduction measures, and active travel schemes.
• Manage cycling education and training programmes, including securing funding, procuring services, and monitoring delivery.
• Assess requests for highway improvements, including resident parking schemes, waiting restrictions, junction improvements, and traffic calming measures.
• Develop prioritisation criteria for highway improvement schemes based on safety, demand, network performance, and community needs.
• Maintain records of network issues, congestion hotspots, collision locations, and proposed improvement schemes.
• Work with planning and development teams to ensure new developments include appropriate highway and traffic mitigation measures.
• Produce reports, business cases, and technical recommendations to support decision-making and project approval.
• Ensure compliance with relevant highways legislation, engineering standards, health and safety requirements, and best practice guidance.
• Monitor team performance, set objectives, conduct appraisals, and support staff development and continuous improvement.
• Manage financial and operational resources effectively to achieve service objectives.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with communities, stakeholders, and partner organisations to support successful project delivery.
• Promote continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance processes, services, and operational performance.
• Ensure equality, diversity, and inclusion are embedded in service delivery and team management.
• Keep up to date with changes in legislation, policy, industry standards, and emerging technologies relevant to highways, traffic, and road safety.