Senior Transport Planner (Euston, HS2 and KX)

Starting salary: £44,579
Job Level: Level 4, Zone 1
Work Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36, Full-time
Contract type: 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract - with possibility of extensions, subject to funding
Closing date: Tuesday 3rd December 2024 at 23:55
Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion

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 Green Mobility Hubs, award-winning central London schemes such as the West End Project, Healthy School Streets, or our progressive parking policies. Camden is also home to one of the largest transport-led regeneration projects in Euston, which has the potential to deliver thousands of new homes and jobs. Working closely with partners at TFL, Network Rail, HS2 and others, Camden is working to deliver transformative outcomes not just for the station campus but the communities surrounding the station.

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 across the Euston-King’s Cross corridor and providing transport input on strategic transport planning initiatives in the Euston Station Masterplan area. The position is currently limited to a fixed term (2 year) period- with the possibility of extensions subject to the availability of funding in future financial years.

The role will primarily be responsible for project managing multiple “Healthy Streets” projects focused on localised road safety, bus priority, walking, cycling, traffic reduction and public realm improvement. Delivery of such Healthy Streets measures identified through the time-limited HS2 Road Safety Fund would be a key focus of the role. You would also support the Principal Transport Planner in the team to develop complex, area-wide, low-traffic “Safe & Healthy Streets” projects in Euston and King’s Cross.

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, for example through the introduction of “parklets”, 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.

The post will also support the Principal Transport Planner in providing input into the application process for new stations and associated adjacent and over-station development in the Euston Station Masterplan area, ensuring transport impacts and opportunities are fully considered. This will include assisting planning colleagues in commenting on HS2 applications that impact on Camden’s highway network, such as applications for lorry routes and utilities sites, to ensure the interests of the community are comprehensively covered. The post holder would also contribute to the development of all Euston related planning policy in a transport planning capacity, notably the Euston Area Plan review process. This post will also contribute to developing, along with partner organisations (particularly Network Rail, HS2 and TfL) the Euston Healthy Streets project, including plans to transform Euston Road and other nearby streets in the Euston project area, and the King’s Cross gyratory upgrade programme.

The postholder may be required to undertake other relevant duties as required by the line manager that are commensurate with the grade/role.

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 level of inter-personal skills
• Understanding of corporate policies and strategies
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or with equivalent experience in transport planning

Working for Camden
We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we’re supporting people, and we’ll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good to you, we’d love to talk.

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits as well as joining a flexible working employer.

Inclusion and Diversity
We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure that our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and those of Other Ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities to make a real difference to our residents so that equalities and justice remains at the heart of everything we do.

To discover more about Camden and our commitment towards diversity, equality and safeguarding, please visit our recruitment website.

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.

Asking for Adjustments

Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier-free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long-term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.