Transport Policy and Active Travel Officer

Place

Strategic Transportation

Transport Policy and Active Travel Officer

Ref: 001367

Contract: Permanent

Salary: £39,152 - £42,839 per annum (Grade 7)

Hours: 36.66 per week

Location: Spindles Offices Oldham (with flexible working from home arrangement).

Closing Date: Sunday 22nd March 2026

Interview Date: TBC.

Hiring Manager: Joanna Ward, Strategic Transport Lead, Joanna.ward@oldham.gov,uk

Role Overview:

An exciting opportunity for a self-motivated individual to join Oldham Council’s Strategic Transportation team to help the council progress its wide range of transport and active travel projects across the borough and improve the lives of our residents through delivering new opportunities for public transport and active travel.

Working in a collaborative way with our residents, partners, stakeholders and with colleagues in the council, you will be responsible for developing transport policy and strategies and bringing new transport-related projects and initiatives forward. You will identify and secure funding for projects, support colleagues in designing them, promote the projects and initiatives to embed them in the everyday lives of Oldham’s communities and monitor the impact of them.

You will have some knowledge and understanding of wider regional and local transport plans and active travel opportunities, project management approaches, funding opportunities and processes, and ensure you make connections and relationships across Oldham and the wider system.

Come and join the Team as we support Oldham to #MoveMoreFeelBetter.

Key Responsibilities:

• Shaping and implementing transport policies that promote sustainable, efficient, and accessible transport systems, both within Oldham and across the wider Greater Manchester area.
  
• Identifying and securing funding for improvements across the network for all users.
  
• Working with colleagues and stakeholders to develop and deliver varied transport projects and initiatives that meet Oldham’s transport ambitions and support GM targets and ambitions.
  
• Promoting these projects and initiatives and embedding them into the everyday lives of Oldham’s communities, businesses, and visitors.
  
• Monitoring the impact of implemented policies and projects and utilising this learning in future policy and project development and delivery.

Key Requirements:

• A degree or equivalent qualification/s, and/or project management experience in a related field, coupled with a commitment to continuous professional development.
  
• Experience of developing and interpreting strategic policies, programme management and preparing applications for funding.
  
• Experience of proactively working in partnership with others to achieve organisational priorities and communicating effectively with stakeholders.
  
• Excellent interpersonal skills to develop and maintain constructive working relationships with internal / external leaders and teams, and the ability to persuade and influence others to bring about behavioural change and achieve desired outcomes / results as appropriate.
  
• Excellent organisational skills to complete tasks to potentially conflicting deadlines, re-prioritising own work as appropriate
  
• An understanding of Active Travel, sustainability, public transport, and their intersection with community dynamics and the expectations of communities.

About Us:

We want Oldham to have vibrant, safe neighbourhoods where people are proud to live with opportunities for healthier, more fulfilled lives; and a sustainable, thriving economy. As we look to the future, the challenges may be significant, but so are the opportunities. We’ve identified three missions with our residents and partners, focusing on what will deliver the biggest impact:

A Great Place to Live, Healthier, Happier Lives, and Green and Growing.

We’re looking for candidates who will support us to achieve our ambitions and we encourage you to download our Corporate Plan: Ready for the Future and our Oldham Plan for further information.

Our Values and Behaviours:

By driving innovation, investing in our people, and championing our communities, we will ensure that Oldham continues to be a place where everyone can live their best life. To support this, we have three core values which define who we are and how we operate. These are ‘Proud, Ambitious, and Together’, and they shape our culture, inform our decisions, and inspire us to deliver on our commitments to the people of Oldham.

We have translated these values into five behaviours which guide our actions and are the standards we hold ourselves to, day in and day out:

• Work with a resident focus
• Support local leaders
• Committed to the borough
• Delivery high performance
• Take ownership and drive change

You can find out more about our values and behaviours on our greater.jobs Oldham page

Our Benefits Package:

At Oldham Council we offer a great benefits package for our employees, which includes the following:

• 25 days annual leave which increases after 5 and 10-years’ service
• The option to purchase additional annual leave.
• An attractive LGPS benefit pension scheme with the option to make shared cost additional voluntary contributions.
• Discounted gym membership with Oldham Active.
• Staff discount scheme for shopping, entertainment, eating-out, eating-in, travel, motoring and more.
• Salary sacrifice scheme for home and electronics and Cycle to Work.
• Wellbeing support, including a Mental Health First Aider network and an Employment Assistance Programme that provides 24 hours access to advice and support.
• Staff recognition and celebration events.
• Peer support groups

Inclusive Recruitment:

We work closely with employees to help them work at their best, including making adjustments such as flexible working, describing available working patterns, providing equipment or making changes to the workplace.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and therefore expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

If you have lived or worked abroad for 3 months or more in the last 5 years or 12 months or more (whether continuously or in total) in the last 10 years whilst aged 18 or over, please refer to the link below for details for how to obtain your Certificates of Good Character. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

If you’re an applicant with disabilities and have previously been in or currently in care, a carer, someone who has served in the Armed Forces, or you’ve participated in the GM Elevate Programme, and you meet the essential criteria of the role, you are guaranteed to reach the first stage of assessment under our Guaranteed Assessment Scheme.

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Important Information:

Please note that should a vacancy that has been released for internal or external recruitment be deemed suitable for a current employee at risk of redundancy, it can be pulled back at any point, up to the post being formally offered to a candidate who is not at risk of redundancy.

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