Portsmouth City Council

Principal Transport Planner (EVI)
Portsmouth, Hampshire, United Kingdom

What is the role?
As a Principal Transport Planner, you will be responsible for the provision of expert advice on strategic transport issues, particularly that regarding electric vehicle infrastructure provision. This role has a focus on the development of transport strategy, including delivery of our new Local Transport Plan and development of an electric vehicle strategy. As well as developing emerging transport policy and strategy your work will help to shape a number of high profile pieces of work. You will engage and consult with members, external stakeholders and residents on transport planning issues addressing varied and complex queries/issues raised.

What you’ll need to succeed
You will have a relevant degree level education OR demonstrable equivalent professional experience is essential. You will be able to communicate messages (which may be complicated or sensitive) clearly, concisely and at a level appropriate to the audience, who may not be specialists in transport planning. You will be able to represent the service with direction at highly challenging internal/ external meetings, with integrity and confidence as well as have excellent communication and reasoning skills to be able to put forward persuasive and compelling arguments.

You will have excellent writing skills including the ability to write clear, basic and appropriate information for reports, articles and briefing papers including technical and Cabinet reports where necessary as well as financial and budget management skills.

You will also have well-developed project delivery skills, including skills for coordination, liaison, and the ability to plan and monitor project plans in order to achieve major projects on time and within budget. If you have a customer focused approach to work which promotes your passion to deliver excellent service and continuous improvement on transport issues for the City's residents then would love to hear from you.

What next
We are a disability confident employer - committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible and welcome applications from all areas of society.

We really appreciate our employees and fully realise they are essential to our success and look to offer an inclusive, supportive working environment where employees can reach their potential with a healthy work life balance, offering the following rewards:

• A generous pension scheme
• Up to 31 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays, pro rata for part time.
• Flexible / hybrid working
• A range of retail discounts via our reward portal offering discounts at retailers including IKEA, Currys, Tesco
• Free Access to Employee Assistance Program (EAP) and wellbeing support
• Access to a wide range of training and development opportunities including apprenticeships
• Potential to purchase additional annual leave
• Business travel support and initiatives, including bike loans

Please check out the link here to view the benefits of working with us!
https://careers.portsmouth.gov.uk/working-for-the-council/ 

What next
To make sure your application is above the rest, please download the Job Profile HERE to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role.

To apply for the role, please click here or press apply now.

When completing your application please upload a cover letter covering the ‘Who is the Person’ points on the job profile giving examples of your experience and any transferrable skills.

We look forward to speaking with you soon.

The closing date for applications is Wednesday 12 July 2023 however we reserve the right to close the vacancy early. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Portsmouth City Council

At Portsmouth City Council we’re all about developing our staff, because we want to build a bigger and better city, but we need the best employees to do so.

With a little over 207,000 residents and 7,000 businesses throughout this city, this unitary authority’s main goal is to ensure the best care and development of all those within the city. From customer service to multi-million-pound projects, our residents are at the heart of everything we do.