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Sustainable Travel Officer

Employer
The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council
Location
Kensington and Chelsea, London (Greater)
Salary
£33,600 - £45,400 per annum
Closing date
29 Mar 2020

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Job role
Officer
Contract Type
Full time

About Us:

Celebrating and preserving the unique cultural and environmental character of the borough is a major focus of this department, which includes Planning and Borough Development, Transport and Highways, Libraries, Environmental Health, Community Safety and Cleaner, Greener and Cultural Services.

Kensington and Chelsea is one of London’s most vibrant and densely populated boroughs, with a multitude of beautiful buildings, museums and parks.  

The planning team ensure any new building projects are undertaken with consideration to our residents, as well as our skyline. 

If you are passionate about the environment, and the support services required to keep it safe, clean and green, take a look at our vacancies and join our dedicated team.

The Role:

Joining our ambitious and motivated sustainable travel team, the purpose of the post is to encourage sustainable and active travel in the Royal Borough, particularly amongst hard-to-reach groups.  You’ll work with our community groups and workplaces to promote cycling and walking through travel plan activity and various initiatives to promote cycling and walking, including cycle training, community events – such as Car Free Days.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information. 

About You:

You’ll have strong written and spoken communication skills - including presentation skills - with the ability to support, enthuse and motivate others, especially groups or individuals typically less likely to cycle.

Able to engage individuals face-to-face at events and meetings. You’ll have excellent negotiating and influencing skills and the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

Excellent organisational skills with the ability to work independently, plan work load and prioritise effectively to meet deadlines.

You should be passionate about sustainable travel, especially cycling and walking, with the ability to demonstrate to others how these contribute to a more efficient transport system.

Ability to prepare promotional material, develop publicity campaigns and to organise events.

Role Requirements:

  • To deliver cycling and walking initiatives including our award-winning Social Cycling Programme, events, led-rides and walks, and cycle skills training – including management of contractors.
  • Support local businesses with development and implementation of their workplace travel plans.
  • Build and maintain relationships with our community groups and networks – particularly with ‘hard-to-reach’ groups.
  • Manage the Royal Borough’s campaign to promote sustainable travel in the borough, including our social media accounts and website.
  • Support the Sustainable Travel Manager with delivery of sustainable travel infrastructure including cycle parking.
  • To further develop the Council’s own staff travel plan and related sustainable travel initiatives.

We work in partnership with Hampshire County Council (HCC) who deliver many transactional services on our behalf. Although most communications will be from HCC, all selection and appointment decisions will be made by RBKC. Certain services are shared across more than one Council area to nearby neighbouring Authorities. This enhances delivery and reduces costs. Your recruitment information will advise if your remit extends beyond RBKC.

We will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

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