Graduate Active Travel Officer
Please be advised that this position is a two-year fixed-term appointment
About the Role
Are you enthusiastic about increasing access to and participation in walking, wheeling and cycling across the Liverpool City Region? Would you like to make a real difference to how people move around the City Region, both now and in the future?
As a graduate Active Travel Officer in the Active Travel team, you will have the opportunity to work across a wide range of projects within the team’s portfolio. The Active Travel Team delivers a wide range of programmes and projects across the Liverpool City Region with the aim of encouraging and enabling the take-up of active travel and supporting the growth of the City Region’s walking, wheeling and cycling network.
You will help us deliver the Metro Mayor’s ambition for walking, wheeling and cycling becoming the preferred ways of travelling shorter distances by the people of Liverpool City Region. You will support us with making active travel easier by improving connections between our public transport hubs (like railway stations) and walking and cycling routes, and, in doing so, deliver the mayor’s vision for a London style, integrated, transport system.
You will be involved with projects that work directly with schools, pupils, parents/carers and the local community through to promoting and supporting the development and delivery of new infrastructure, collaborating with our Constituent Local Authorities, and funding partners such as Active Travel England.
You will also assist project officers in the review of active travel schemes; supporting the Design Review process and ensuring that active travel infrastructure is of high quality.
Alongside technical support, you will also help the team develop and implement efficiency and process improvements that are critical to achieving our service area objectives.
About the person
Our ideal candidate will have a passion for active travel and sustainable transport, supported by a degree in a relevant subject. Most importantly, you will have a willingness to learn and a can-do attitude, ready to support our team across a variety of projects. Our team is our strength, so being able to work effectively in a team is vital, as too is the ability to be able to collaborate and build relationships with a range of stakeholders – internally and externally.
If you think you match the job description, and our values, then click on the link to apply.
Please ensure that you provide clear examples and evidence in your application of how you meet the below key essential criteria. The information you provide in your application will be used for shortlisting:
1. Analytical Skills: The ability to interpret and analyse data to inform decision-making and evaluate scheme effectiveness.
2. Proven experience (academic, voluntary, or professional) applying design or planning principles to propose improvements to the built environment, transport systems, or user experience
3. Communication: Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders.
About the organisation
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.
Staff benefits
- - 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 an All-Zone Metro card worth £1,450 per year plus All Zones Off Peak Trio ticket for your spouse or partner
- - Flexible and hybrid working
- - 24/7 access to Employee Assistance Programme for you and your family and Free counselling service
- - Automatic enrolment to our Westfield Health Programme
- - Corporate discounts at council-owned gyms
- - Bike to Work Scheme
- - Coaching, mentoring, apprenticeships, and professional qualifications including paid membership fees and even a £1k interest free learning loan for any non-job-related learning
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have declared that they: have a disability, are from a Black, Asian or Minority Ethnic background, are a member of a reservist or have close family links to a member of the Armed Forces as we are under-represented by people from these communities.
To be considered under one of these schemes, you must indicate your eligibility in the relevant section of the application form. In addition, you must clearly demonstrate in your personal statement how you meet all the key essential criteria listed above, and highlight how you meet the remaining essential criteria outlined in the person specification within your CV.
Applications that do not include this evidence will not be considered under the guaranteed interview schemes.
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment.
We actively promote diversity and inclusion. Please note that this role is unlikely to meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route. We recommend that you assess your eligibility before applying for this position. Please visit https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Salary range
- £29,423 - £32,530 per year