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Job summary Can you lead complex projects that improve active travel across England? Do you have strong project or programme delivery experience and an understanding of local transport planning? Are you confident building relationships, managing risks and using evidence to keep delivery on track? If so, we’d love to hear from you! Active Travel England is an executive agency of the Department for Transport.
We lead on all things walking, wheeling and cycling across England, helping people and communities be more active by making our streets safer and more accessible. We do this by building skills, providing expert design and planning advice, as well as strengthening the case for investment. Joining our department comes with many benefits, including: Employer pension contribution of 28.97% of your salary.
Read more about Civil Service Pensions here 25 days annual leave, increasing by 1 day each year of service (up to a maximum of 30 days annual leave), plus 8 bank holidays and a privilege day for the King’s birthday Flexible working options where we encourage a great work-life balance. Read more in the Benefits section below! Find out more about what it's like working at Active Travel England (ATE) Job description You will manage a broad portfolio of active travel projects and associated business change through the full project lifecycle.
You will establish clear governance and assurance, monitor milestones, manage risks and issues, and identify opportunities to improve delivery. Working across Active Travel England and with external partners, you will support projects covering safer routes, schools, street design, innovation, behaviour change and inclusive infrastructure. Your responsibilities will include, but aren’t limited to: Developing business cases with project leads, subject matter experts and cross-agency colleagues.
Managing internal and external stakeholder relationships, including securing senior-level support where needed. Identifying, escalating and resolving risks and issues, with clear mitigation and ownership. Supporting governance frameworks, programme assurance, resource forecasting and delivery planning. Managing procurement and grant activities, including competitions, bid assessment, award and delivery.
Communicating programme plans, objectives and progress to stakeholders and internal forums. Managing interdependencies between project leads, business-as-usual teams, Active Travel England and the Department for Transport. Using digital tools and data insights to support decisions, track outcomes and embed environmental, equality and social considerations. Flexible resourcing Colleagues are expected to work with a degree of flexibility, meaning responsibilities may change to support priority delivery.
For further information on the role, please read the role profilewhich is for information purposes only - whilst all elements are relevant to the role, they may not all be assessed during the recruitment process. This job advert will detail exactly what will be assessed during the recruitment process. Person specification To be successful in this role you will need to have the following experience: Project or programme management, supported by a relevant qualification or demonstrable experience in the field.
Working knowledge and a good understanding of local transport planning, including awareness of street design standards and behaviour change initiatives. Designing, implementing or supervising local authority design and construction projects for local transport and/or active travel. Delivering inclusive consultations that consider the needs of disabled people, women, people from a range of ethnic backgrounds, children and older people.
Using project and programme management tools, including contracting and grant management, to manage diverse projects through different delivery mechanisms. Establishing risk management, programme reporting and governance processes. Working with Government and non-government