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Senior Transport Planner

Employer
Enfield Borough Council
Location
Enfield
Salary
PO1 £33,945 to £36,711 pa
Closing date
10 Oct 2019

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Contract Type
Contract
Hours
Full Time
Discipline
Planning, Transport
Function
Planner
Sector
Local Authority

Fixed term 2 years

New Fixed Term Post in Planning and Traffic & Transportation.

It is an exciting time to join the Traffic and Transportation Service at Enfield Council. Enfield holds significant potential for good growth and has an ambitious Council focussed on delivery. As a Service we are energised and passionate about delivering proactive planning to help shape the Borough over the next 15 years and beyond. The recent opening of a new station at Meridian Water and the recent Field Day Festival herald a new phase of exciting regeneration projects coming forward, with the Council taking a proactive role in making things happen. As we progress with our new Local Plan, a number of exciting development proposals are starting to come through the planning process – some led by the Council, others by private developers - and we are in a position to bolster the capacity of both the Planning Service and the Traffic and Transportation Service to help get the most out of these projects. We are looking for exceptional candidates to join the team be part of the future that we are shaping.

Enfield is already a great place to live and work and has all the ingredients for future success. Our attractive historic market town boasts a prime location with great transport links into central London. We host a myriad of assets from great green spaces, cultural venues and countryside including the Lee Valley Regional Park and high performing industrial economy that is an engine room for London’s wider economy.

Enfield’s Place Department is looking to secure talented design, planning and tranpsort professionals within its Planning and Traffic and Transportation Services to provide additional capacity to a growing team. We are committed to delivering a high quality planning, design and heritage service and to ensuring successful placemaking and regeneration across the Borough.

We want to hear from applicants who can contribute  positively to the team’s culture and who are committed to striving for excellence in public planning.

We require a strategic transport planner to join the team to provide advice on Major PPAs and Council-led regeneration projects coming through the planning service. This role is critical to ensuring that emerging planning and regeneration schemes will improve the lives of local residents, create a great place to live through sustainable transport projects and improvements to the public realm and drive forward modal shift through the planning and design process.

The main duties of the role would be:

Why it's great to work for Enfield Council

  • An excellent pension through the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
  • Up to 31 days annual leave depending on grade and length of service. You will also get eight public holidays per year and an extra day off at Christmas.
  • Interest free season ticket loan repayable over three or ten months.
  • Career development and learning experiences from a range of training courses and learning methods.
  • Employee Assistance Programme to provide advice and counselling services. This is a free and confidential service available to staff and members of their family.
  • Health and leisure discounts and tax-free bikes for work.

We are passionate about our people and how we deliver services to our community in Enfield. That’s why we encourage a culture that puts our customers at the heart of everything we do - by empowering our people to work together to find solutions, be open, honest and respectful, take responsibility and listen and learn. If you value these behaviours too, we’d love to hear from you - and of course we are always happy to talk flexible working, click here to find out more.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Vincent Lacovara on Tel: 0208 132 0664 or Dominic Millen on Tel: 0208 132 0987 for an informal discussion.

If you have any difficulties accessing this information, please contact Claire.Turner@enfield.gov.uk on Tel: 0208 132 1024. A textphone (minicom) is provided for those with a hearing or speech impairment on 020 8379 4419.

To find out more, and to apply for this position please visit our website using the button provided.

Closing date: 10th October 2019 at 23:59pm

Interviews: w/c 28th October 2019

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