Want to play a leading role in planning and delivering the biggest transformation in active travel infrastructure in the UK?
Here is your opportunity!
Your Role As Active Travel Network Manager, you will have the opportunity to shape the future of active travel in Greater Manchester.
You will be the Technical Lead for the Greater Manchester Active Travel Programme, and you will be leading our work to plan and deliver the commitment of the Greater Manchester Active Travel Commissioner, Dame Sarah Storey, to an active travel network which connects all communities in Greater Manchester by 2040.
We've already delivered around 120km of transformational active travel infrastructure in the last five years, but we need to step that up to the next level.
In this role, you will take responsibility for the development of Greater Manchester's active travel infrastructure pipeline and ensure that infrastructure across Greater Manchester is delivered to our exacting Bee Network design standards.
You will work closely in partnership with the ten constituent local highway authorities to develop and deliver the infrastructure pipeline, as well as liaising closely with internal colleagues in our Transport Strategy, Highways, Projects and Bus teams to ensure an integrated, organisation-wide approach to network development.
Reporting to, and working closely with, the Network Director, you'll take the lead in developing future plans for active travel infrastructure in partnership with Greater Manchester district highway authorities and other partner organisations.
You'll then support scheme promoters to secure funding for, and ultimately deliver, active travel infrastructure projects, and take the lead in TfGM's technical assurance of design standards.
For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.
Who are we?
TfGM is the local government body responsible for transport in Greater Manchester.
We're all about keeping Greater Manchester moving and growing.
Our job is to bring everyone together, improving lives by connecting people and places.
We co-ordinate a c£250m programme of active travel infrastructure delivery across Greater Manchester, and we are now delivering active travel infrastructure at around 100 times the rate we were five years ago.
This is active travel's time, and Greater Manchester is the place to be.
What you'll bring What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact.
At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt .
First and foremost you'll need to be experienced in the development and delivery of transformational active travel infrastructure.
But you'll also need to be an excellent communicator and collaborator, skilled at developing and maintaining effective working relationships with partner organisations.
In addition, you'll have the ability to provide technical advice on active travel infrastructure to design teams and compile clear and concise technical and non-technical reports for a range of audiences.
What we can offer you This is a permanent role and comes with a salary of £57,770- £65,024 per annum depending on skills and experience.
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process.
Our benefits include: 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays) Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required What's next?
If you have the skills and experience required for this role and would like to lead change in our city by making walking, wheeling and cycling a regular part of many people's lives, we would love to hear from you!
To apply, please submit your CV and also include a personal statement providing clear examples of how your experience meets the first five 'essential experience' criteria (ie E1 to E5) within the Person Specification included in the Role Profile.
All appointments will be based on merit.Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents.
If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity.
We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process.
We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here .
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .
Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role.
No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.