Principal Public Transport Officer - #189080

Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.

You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!

Why choose us?

We offer a vibrant working environment with:

• a competitive salary
• a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
• lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
• generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
• hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.

We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.

We are looking for an experienced public transport professional to join North Northamptonshire Council as our Principal Public Transport Officer. Sitting within the Highways & Transport service of our Place & Economy directorate, the role forms part of our Transport Strategy team. Working with our transport planning and sustainable transport officers, you will be our lead officer and expert in public transport, with responsibility for developing and implementing plans to improve bus services for North Northamptonshire’s residents, including expanded services provision in our rural areas.

Leading our public transport team, you will be responsible for delivering our statutory duties and other priorities for public transport. You will lead the development of an improved bus network for North Northamptonshire through the delivery of our Enhanced Partnership with local bus operators, drafting an annual Bus Service Improvement Plan and contributing to the development of North Northamptonshire’s first Local Transport Plan. You will lead the delivery of an expanded network of rural bus services with additional bus subsidy funding and introduce new services to developing areas using Section 106 funding. You will also manage the concessionary travel scheme within North Northamptonshire.

Educated to degree level or equivalent, you will have an in-depth knowledge of the workings of the bus industry from the local government perspective and of the statutory role of local authorities relating to bus services. Knowledge of the rail industry and budget management skills will also be useful.

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Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:

Customer-focused
Respectful
Efficient
Supportive
Trustworthy

Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.

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We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.

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