Sustainable Travel and Planning Officer

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About Watford
Watford is an urban borough in South West Hertfordshire; The borough has excellent transport links with mainline rail connections to London. Watford is the centre of a sub region serving around 500,000 people living within a 20 minute travelling time catchment. As part of the London commuter belt Watford is strongly influenced by London which brings the benefits of a buoyant economy.

At Watford Borough Council, we’re committed to creating a greener, healthier, and more sustainable town. Our vision is to transform travel in Watford by providing attractive transport alternatives for our residents, businesses and visitors. As the Sustainable Transport Planning Officer, you’ll play a pivotal role in implementing our sustainable transport strategy and driving real change.

Salary: £49,723 - £53,818 per annum

Contract: Full Time, Permanent

About the role
This exciting role is within dynamic planning strategy and infrastructure team. We work to deliver high-quality design and encourage active travel as an attractive choice implementing our up-to-date local plan and sustainable transport strategy. This role will involve communicating effectively with colleagues across our services and engaging successfully with stakeholders including the public, councillors, schools, developers, county council and our other partners.

About you
You'll need to be enthusiastic and dynamic with skills in project management and delivery. We are particularly keen to talk with you if you have experience of delivering walking and cycling infrastructure and successful completion of funding bids.

You will need to have a proven record of delivery in a local authority environment. You’ll need to demonstrate the ability to manage and prioritise your workload effectively in order to work on a number of projects simultaneously from inception to completion while always keeping to budget.

Closing Date: 26th November 2024

For an informal discussion please contact Ellen Higginson on 01923 278281

A basic Disclosure check or DBS enhanced check (as applicable) will be carried out for this post.

At Watford Borough Council we consider equality issues alongside other factors when making decisions as an employer of choice. We are committed to ensuring that we have effective policies, strategies, procedures, and processes and that we encourage behaviour which promotes equality, encourages diversity, and contributes to an inclusive organisational culture.