Overview

Salary: £36648 – £43421

Shift hours: 37

In this exciting role, you will help shape and deliver Coventry’s transportation vision, supporting our ambition to be a top-ten city where everybody can share in the benefits of growth.

You will support the Principal Officer (Highways Development Management), the Transport Planning Manager, and the Strategic Lead—Policy & Innovation in developing Coventry’s travel plan strategies and a programme of travel plans that contribute to the provision of a safe and sustainable transport network and support the achievement of the City Council’s vision and objectives for a growing and sustainable city.

Delivering sustainable growth within the city in line with our Transport and Land Use Strategies. Working with developers and their consultants to ensure that transport strategies adopted for all development proposals accord with our transport policy principles.

You will be part of a team helping to deliver major sustainable urban extensions, city centre regeneration, and a wide range of other types of development across the city. This will include promoting transport infrastructure projects such as the innovative Very Light Rail scheme, ensuring that such schemes are embedded in major developments

Key to this role will be knowledge of travel planning, transport & land use policy and planning processes, especially as these relate to highways, experience of dealing with planning applications and negotiating on highway matters, and an ability to work successfully with key partners and stakeholders to deliver new development in line with the Council’s transport policies.

If you need help or support to complete your application, please visit our accessibility page to see how we can assist you.

Guaranteed Interview Scheme – As part of our commitment to inclusion, we offer guaranteed interviews for specific groups of people. To qualify, you’ll need to meet the minimum requirements for the role and identify with one of the below criteria:

  • Members of the Armed Forces and veterans
  • Are currently in care or have previously been in care
  • If you consider yourself to be disabled or if you have a long-term health condition

For full details on the application process please read the attached document labelled ‘Coventry City Council Application Process’. If there is any evidence of a candidate using AI to complete their application, then the application will be rejected unless the candidate can provide a justification which the Council considers to be reasonable.

If you would like an informal chat regarding this post please contact Lisa Albrighton MCIHT, Principal Engineer, 024 7697 2300 or Lisa.Albrighton@coventry.gov.uk

Interview dates:  21st or 22nd November.

 

Reference: coventrycc/TP/115559/10311

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