JOB TITLE: Senior Transport Planner
LOCATION: Wandsworth / Twickenham (South west London) - Hybrid working
PAY RATE: £18.34 paye / £24.87 umbrella Per Hour
DURATION/HOURS: 3 months (possible extension)/ Mon-Fri 36 hours
START DATE: ASAP
Role purpose:
To deliver high quality, robust and transparent decision making within tight time frames on transportation matters to ensure that the Planning and Transport Division is recognised as delivering an excellent service for all of our customers. The Senior Transport Planner will act as a professional expert in a team of Transport professionals in providing definitive professional advice for the council, creating and applying transport policy and strategy and best practice and delivering successful planning outcomes. The scope of work will include one or more of day-to-day liaison with TfL on the Local Implementation Plan, progression of major transportation projects/ initiatives, travel awareness initiatives and provision of expert transportation and traffic and highway engineering advice into the development management system. To coach and supervise junior planning officers to help them acquire the skills and knowledge so that they can become self-reliant in dealing with technical and people issues as required.
Specific duties & responsibilities:
To work independently and take personal responsibility for a full range of transport strategy work including the development and review of specialist t...