Senior Transport Planner : Place
New Fixed Term Post in Planning and Traffic & Transportation
It is an exciting time to join the Traffic and Transportation Service at Enfield Council. Enfield holds significant potential for good growth and has an ambitious Council focussed on delivery. As a Service we are energised and passionate about delivering proactive planning to help shape the Borough over the next 15 years and beyond. The recent opening of a new station at Meridian Water and the recent Field Day Festival herald a new phase of exciting regeneration projects coming forward, with the Council taking a proactive role in making things happen. As we progress with our new Local Plan, a number of exciting development proposals are starting to come through the planning process – some led by the Council, others by private developers - and we are in a position to bolster the capacity of both the Planning Service and the Traffic and Transportation Service to help get the most out of these projects. We are looking for exceptional candidates to join the team be part of the future that we are shaping.
Enfield is already a great place to live and work and has all the ingredients for future success. Our attractive historic market town boasts a prime location with great transport links into central London. We host a myriad of assets from great green spaces, cultural venues and countryside including the Lee Valley Regional Park and high performing industrial economy that is an engine room for London’s wider economy.
Enfield’s Place Department is looking to secure talented design, planning and transport professionals within its Planning and Traffic and Transportation Services to provide additional capacity to a growing team. We are committed to delivering a high quality planning, design and heritage service and to ensuring successful placemaking and regeneration across the Borough.
We want to hear from applicants who can contribute positively to the team’s culture and who are committed to striving for excellence in public planning.
Senior Transport Planner
Fixed term 2 years
36 hours a week – We are happy to discuss flexible working arrangements including part time hours, compressed hours, working from home and staggered start and finish times
Applications welcomed from candidates interested in arranging a secondment from their current role either from the public or private sector
Grade PO1 up to £36,711 pa pro rata if part time
We require a strategic transport planner to join the team to provide transport planning advice on a range of developments including supporting major PPAs and Council-led regeneration projects coming through the planning service. This role is critical to ensuring that emerging planning and regeneration schemes will improve the lives of local residents, create a great place to live through sustainable transport projects and improvements to the public realm and drive forward modal shift through the planning and design process.
The main duties of the role would be:
Provide professional and technical development-related transport planning and policy advice on schemes coming through the planning system
Work positively as part of a team within the Planning Service and the wider Place Department
Advise on transport, public realm and physical regeneration projects in the borough related to specific PPAs and schemes coming through the planning system
Ensuring that schemes are designed to plan for new and improved transport infrastructure
Provide advice and present updates and reports to officers, members and other stakeholders involved in Planning and wider Place Department projects.
Why it's great to work for Enfield Council
- An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
- Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
- Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
- Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
- Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
- Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.
We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.
Closing and Interview Dates
Closing date: Midnight on 16th January 2020
Additional Information
To find out more please visit
https://www.meridianwater.co.uk/
https://new.enfield.gov.uk/services/planning/local-plan/
To apply for the role please email a copy of your CV with your contract and hour preferences to claire.turner@enfield.gov.uk
(Please quote the job title and/or ref no in the email subject)
If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Claire.Turner@enfield.gov.uk on 02081321024.
A textphone (minicom) is provided for those with a hearing or speech impairment on 020 8379 4419.
If you would like to know more about the role, please contact one of our Senior Managers in Planning - Vincent Lacovara on 020 132 0664 or Dominic Millen on 0208 132 0987 for an informal discussion.