Active Travel Project Manager

• Full time (37 hours per week) permanent contract.
• 30 days annual leave - plus bank holidays
• This role offers hybrid working, allowing you to work either from home or from one of our offices, upon agreement with the manager

You’ll be playing a vital role in helping to drive Somerset Council’s active travel capital programme worth over £10 million.

This is a significant project management role where you will be involved in all aspects of the project journey. You’ll be involved in the development of new active travel schemes, following this through to the commencement of construction, to delivery and post-construction activities.

You’ll be liaising with key national bodies, such as Active Travel England, to ensure that these schemes are compliant with funding, monitoring and design requirements. You’ll also work with stakeholders to agree proposals, support local engagement activities and help to secure necessary approvals.

This is a collaborative role in which you will overlap with other key disciplines, such as planning, traffic management, maintenance and policy. You’ll also be working with local stakeholders to inform, promote and ensure successful delivery of our active travel projects.

This is a varied and proactive role within a busy team that is helping to deliver schemes that make it easier for people to walk, wheel and cycle in Somerset. You’ll need to be able to coordinate different project tasks and prioritise fluctuating demands. In return, you will have a range of opportunities to contribute to different projects, and you will be given the chance to work flexibly across different project streams.

If you are a proactive project manager with experience in helping to deliver transport schemes, and you are looking for a varied role with lots of opportunities to challenge yourself and deliver big outcomes, then we would love to hear from you!

We offer ongoing support, training and guidance to help you be the best you can be. But it will really help if you have:

• Previous experience in helping to deliver transport infrastructure schemes.
• Knowledge of project management techniques, in relation to the delivery of transport infrastructure projects.
• Previous experience working with budgets.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate technical data effectively.
• The ability to work flexibly across multiple projects and to multiple deadlines.
• A degree educated in a relevant field.

We’re proud to be here for the people of Somerset. And that means everyone in Somerset. An important part of this is ensuring that we are as diverse and inclusive as the people and communities we serve.

We welcome applications from a diverse range of backgrounds and experiences to enrich our team. You can always contact the hiring manager for a chat if there’s anything you want to talk about before you apply.

We are proud to offer an environment that is supportive and rewarding, working as part of a team who are passionate about the work they do to improve the lives of people in Somerset.

We offer great training and development opportunities, with supportive management. As well as this, we have some fantastic employee benefits available:

• We promote a healthy work-life balance and offer flexible working arrangements wherever possible, including working from home.
• Generous annual leave allowance, with the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Staff discounts in gyms.
• Employee Assistance for the times you may need some support and a variety of employee wellbeing services.
• Auto enrolment onto our generous Pension Scheme and optional pension enhancement through our Additional Voluntary Contribution scheme.
• A Flexible Benefits Scheme via salary sacrifice to obtain a cycle for work and health screenings.
• My Staff Shop offering discounts in shops, online shopping, restaurants, cinema tickets, insurance benefits and more

The salary for the role is Grade 10, ranging from £37,280 to £41,771 per annum

For an informal chat about the role, you can contact Alan Muir or Josephine Paterson via email at TransportSchemes@somerset.gov.uk.

When completing your application/CV please provide your full employment history and ensure that any gaps in employment are explained. Please start with your current or most recent employment.

If you have all the information you need, just hit the apply button - we can’t wait to hear from you.