Senior Transport Town Planner

Excellent opportunity for a Senior Transport Planner to take up a well paid contract role with our local authority client in East London. You will play a key role in helping manage the departments' output and you will act as the key contact for a number of transport projects serving to provide expert planning advice. You will be required to implement effective methods of consultation and customer care on highways and transport issues and schemes and you will drive the agenda with regard to planning policies and technical guidance on assessing the highway and transport aspects of development planning.

To apply you will need to be degree qualified and able to demonstrate extensive experience in developing transport policies and projects and you will need to have experience of preparing external funding submissions and undertaking monitoring of expenditure. It is essential that you have an understanding of the principal responsibilities of and the key issues facing local government and the public sector and a detailed knowledge and understanding of transport, traffic and highways statutory duties and practice. Good project, financial and people management skills are a key requirement.

This has initially been released as a 7 month contract but it will possibly be extended and the rate offered is up to £30 p/hr. Please get in touch for further information.