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About the Role

This role is at the forefront of TfL’s efforts to deliver the vision of the London Plan and Mayor’s Transport Strategy, influencing the future shape of London. It ensures evidence-based policy helps London become a healthier, more liveable and sustainable city through the delivery of new homes and jobs, better public transport and Healthy Streets. You will work to ensure this ambitious vision is fully reflected in all areas of planning in London.

Responsibilities

Develop evidence-based policies, plans and projects for a portfolio/mode/geographic area, including option generation, analysis, commissioning research, conducting best practice reviews, and understanding operational and stakeholder needs.
Build and manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, representing TfL on important working groups, at meetings, seminars, events and conferences and providing expert advice on specific areas of focus.
Work with the GLA, boroughs and others to shape their strategies and plans to better integrate transport and land use planning, ensure transport priorities are fully understood and reflected, and to develop and promote best practice and innovative solutions to address the challenges facing London.
Act as the lead for assigned projects, managing inputs from across TfL and beyond, balancing competing priorities, negotiating key outcomes with external parties and providing advice to senior colleagues.
Work flexibly in a matrix environment and manage a diverse range of projects to support TfL priorities, including resource planning, commissioning of work, management of virtual cross-functional teams, and provide guidance to less experienced colleagues.
Draft briefings, reports, presentations for senior people internally/externally to influence and support decisions around the development and promotion of policies / area plans / projects and build alliances & resolve issues to secure wider buy-in.
Manage complex modal, area, corridor or other studies to understand the transport challenges and develop potential options to address them, including the appraisal of schemes and policies and development of robust business cases.

Requirements

Relevant qualification at degree level or higher and/or professional membership / qualification of a recognised professional Institution (e.g. ICE; IHT; CILT; RTPI) or equivalent experience (essential)
In depth knowledge and practical application of emerging best practices in some of the following areas: transport, economics, appraisal, land use planning, environment, public health and urban design (essential)
Detailed understanding of cities from the perspective of transport systems, health and environment, particularly London and its governance (essential)
Detailed understanding of transport planning and the wider context to the development of projects and proposals (essential)
Comprehensive understanding of TfL's financial, legal, political and regulatory environment (desirable)
Detailed understanding of project management processes including their strategic transport context (desirable)
Experience of managing elements of the development of project, programme, planning or policy
Experience of working in a flexible, multi-disciplinary teams, including managing specific resources (cost and people) within this environment
Experience of specifying, producing presenting and reviewing complex information in a simple way material for key stakeholders (internal and external)
Experience of managing resources, including cost and people, to meet an objective

Skills

Initiation and Feasibility of projects in line with policies & other requirements
The relationship between data and its intended application
Developing or assessing transport policies and strategies
Developing work plans
High standard of verbal, visual and written communication, including producing high quality reports and presentations
Use of tools used in transport and land use planning such as GIS, modelling and/or analysis of large data sets (Advantageous)

Location

Endeavour Square & Palestra (Stratford/ central London/Hybrid)

Work Type

Hybrid working within this role consists of at least three days a week in the office with up to two days a week working from home.
Hybrid working arrangements can evolve subject to business requirements.

Experience Level

Principal

Education Level

Degree level or higher
Professional membership / qualification of a recognised professional Institution (e.g. ICE; IHT; CILT; RTPI) or equivalent experience

Salary/Compensations

Circa £58,500 depending on skills, knowledge and experience

Benefits

Final salary pension scheme
Free travel for you on the TfL network
Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow.
Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme

About the Company

Transport for London (TfL) is committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion.
We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation.
Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible.
We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.