Active Travel Project Manager (Grade 10)

Job Description

Job title: Active Travel Project Manager (Grade 10)
Job Category: Management
Location: The Crescent, Taunton, Somerset, TA1 4DY, Somerset Council
Hours Per Week :22.00
Pay: £22.86 per hour
Typically one day in office, two remote. This can be reviewed as progress.
Uses funding until end of 28/29 financial year. Have set duration as 2.5 years and depending on start date, funding may enable additional days per a week to be added in final funded year.

Role Purpose
Support the Service Manager and Principal Transport Planner to oversee the development and scheme preparation stages of new active travel schemes, through to the commencement of construction and handover to operational delivery.
Manages projects as the scheme transitions into construction.
Co-ordinates with the various stakeholders to agree robust proposals, appropriate engagement from all necessary parties, commissioning of necessary technical activity and securing of necessary approvals and consents.
The focus of this role will be on the Active Travel Programme, but the successful candidate will be required to become involved in other team and interdisciplinary projects.

Knowledge
Knowledge and awareness of systems, techniques, best practice, performance and project management in relation to development and/or delivery of infrastructure projects.
Knowledge of the statutory, regulatory, policy and contractual framework for highways and transport infrastructure development and delivery.

Experience
Experience of engagement with communities and customer feedback channels.
Experience of operating equality and diversity measures in a professional context.
Experience in proving input into business cases for infrastructure funding.
Ability to produce/draft reports as commissioned to support decision making e.g. project initiation, progress reporting, resource planning and allocation, technical improvements etc.

Qualifications / Registrations / Certifications
Educational qualification in a relevant discipline or acquired knowledge to degree level and ongoing commitment to continuous professional development.
Membership at (or demonstrably working towards) professional level of an appropriate professional institution or organisation.

Skills
Sound interpersonal communication and presentation skills, able to prepare and communicate technical information and data in a way which is accessible to a range of audiences including, delegates, related members, external bodies and members of the public.
Extensive and up to date competency in the use of a range of IT tools to support/facilitate the technical nature of the work.
When required will support the Service Manager in the resolution of contractual matters.