Senior Transport Planner

Senior Transport Planner – (Job ref: 3733)

Starting salary: £46,006
Job Level: Level 4, Zone 1
Work Location: 5 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: Sunday 28th September 2025 at 23:55
Interviews to be held: TBC

Anonymised Application – in keeping with Camden’s commitment to inclusion the recruitment to this role is anonymised and supports the objective of reducing the impact of unconscious bias.

About us
The London Borough of Camden is a leader in sustainable transport. We consistently push the boundaries of what is possible to create a cleaner and safer borough, as well as city centre – whether it is pedestrianisation of Camden High Street, award-winning central London schemes such as the West End Project, Healthy School Streets, or our progressive parking policies.

At Camden, we’re not just designing streets – we’re reshaping the way people live, move and connect. We’re building a borough where walking, cycling, and sustainable travel are the norm, not the exception. This is your chance to be part of an ambitious and forward-thinking team making radical social change a reality.

The role
As a Senior Transport Planner, you would help deliver on the ambitious goals of the Camden Transport Strategy, by delivering neighbourhood-based Healthy Streets projects, from localised safety schemes and Healthy School Streets (HSS) to low-traffic neighbourhood initiatives.

The Safe & Healthy Streets team at Camden is at the forefront of Healthy Streets based project delivery and in the recentHealthy Streets Scorecard Camden was the third placed borough overall. An overview of the schemes that the Healthy Streets team Camden have delivered between 22/23 – 24/25 is available here

In this role you will be responsible for project managing the development and implementation of multiple small to medium size “Healthy Streets” projects within neighbourhoods across Camden. The role will also support Principal officers in the team with high quality programme and project management support, such as on projects like the pedestrianisation of Camden High Street.

These Healthy Streets projects focus(DEL: ed :DEL) on localised road safety, bus priority, walking, cycling, traffic reduction and public realm improvement. For examples of some the types of schemes you could be leading on in this role please see the following schemes Camden is currently consulting on or constructing:

Fitzrovia Phase 1 Status: nearing construction

St George The Martyr (HSS) Status: consultation complete

King Henrys Road Area Status: nearing construction

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The Senior Transport Planner would be responsible for all aspects of project delivery, ensuring that schemes are delivered on time and to budget. This includes project planning, feasibility and optioneering, community engagement & consultation, report writing, stakeholder management, monitoring, funding, budgeting and financial controls. Thinking innovatively about how Healthy Streets projects can support wider improvements to our public realm and the climate emergency, urban greening, and so on, is a key part of the role.

The Senior Transport Planner will work across departments, with colleagues from planning, regeneration and sustainability, highways, parking and more. This will help ensure that neighbourhood-based Healthy Streets projects support and contribute to wider urban planning and sustainability initiatives, such as the regeneration of our estates and fulfilment of the goals in Camden’s Climate Action Plan.

You’ll also play a key role in shaping how these projects connect to Camden’s wider goals – from tackling the climate emergency to creating vibrant public spaces. Collaborating with internal teams, Transport for London, the GLA and local communities will be at the heart of your work.

About you
We are looking for a Senior Transport Planner who can bring their experience to support Camden Council’s transport planning function. We are seeking a project manager or someone who has had experience supporting or leading on aspects of large projects or programmes (including, ideally, with respect of transport planning advice on new developments), including project governance and information management.

You will understand the importance of being collaborative and relationship-focused in managing successful projects, with well-developed interpersonal skills enabling you to build effective relationships with colleagues at all levels.

You will also need to demonstrate an ability to provide senior leaders with confidence and assurance that projects are on track to meet the time, cost and quality criteria.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

· Knowledge of the policy and statutory framework – locally, regionally and nationally - within which the Euston Masterplan, Healthy Streets, transport planning and related activities operates

· 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 providing input onto planning applications, and 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 and oversee the workload of more junior members of a team and/or consultants, and an understanding of how consultants in the industry operate

· Strong analytical and report writing skills

· Good presenting skills

· Demonstrates initiative and a pro-active, forward-thinking approach to carrying out work

· Good political awareness and sensitivity

· Good l