Senior Transport Development Management Officer

Full Time, Permanent

If you are interested in helping develop Bristol City's future, tackling climate change and making the public highway safe, accessible, sustainable and efficient, join Bristol City Council's Transport Development Management team.

We are recruiting for the role for senior transport development management officer.

What will I be doing?

You will be working in Transport Development Management to review and negotiate highway and transport requirements of development from pre-application to post approval conditions and obligations, to meet highway authority standards.

What will I be doing?

As part of a friendly, dedeicated and enthusiastic team, you will play an important role. You'll help deliver the transport requirements of the planning application programme reporting to the Transport Development Management Planning Coordinator. You will support developers through the legal requirements of that programme and liaise with highways and planning to facilitate positive outcomes.

What do I need to have?

The Planner rolerequires education to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline, or demonstrable transferable skills.

Good oral and written communication skills to communicate with professional organisations, stakeholders and members of the public, including public speaking.

Why Bristol City Council?

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you'll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you'll be working in a supportive environment where you'll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

How do I apply?

If you share our valuesand are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.

To be shortlisted for interview you'll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Additional Information

This is a FULL TIME role, 37hours per week and is a permanent contract Your working days will be Monday to Friday.

If you have any further queries after reading the job advert along with the attached job paperwork then please contact jane.woodhouse@bristol.gov.uk

Bristol City Council are not offering sponsorship for this role.

At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the city we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you'll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.