Nottingham City Council

Senior Transport Planner
Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 Hours per week
Worker Type: Hybrid Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £39,513 rising to £42,708 per annum (pro-rata for part-time)
Location: Loxley House, Station Street, NG2 3NG

We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role
To provide the evaluation of transport schemes in accordance with grant funding requirements. To provide management and technical data analysis support and develop new systems for the collection and monitoring of transport related data. To oversee the collection and monitoring of all forms for transport related data as required by the City Council. To ensure that collection, monitoring storage and use of data is carried out in accordance with legal requirements.

About You
The ideal candidate will have:
-Knowledge of data collection and statistical analysis best practice.
-Knowledge of current appraisal and evaluation best practice.
-Specialist knowledge and practical understanding of issues relating to local transport policy, process and impact evaluation approaches and project implementation and the links to other disciplines including planning, public transport, economic development, public health, climate change and sustainability.
-Experience of communicating effectively and accurately orally and in writing, including an ability to analyse complex information and data and providing reports, briefings and presentations in a format appropriate to the audience
-Pro-active and problem solving approach.

You can find the job description for this post here 

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Simon Dale by email at [email protected] 

Closing Date: 18th April 2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: 1st May 2025

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support 

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Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
Smart Working – to support your work life balance
Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.