Schools & Active Travel Co-ordinator

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Schools & Active Travel Co-ordinator
• Job Location:                     92-96 Westgate Street 
• Salary:                               £34,834-£38,223 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     03/10/2024 
• Job Requisition Number:   9928 
•  This post is not open to job share

Ready for the next challenge?

We have an exciting opportunity for a dynamic, self-driven individual, to join our high impact Thinktravel team, as we accelerate our service delivery to meet the Council’s expanding Active Travel, Road Safety, Health and Net Zero commitments. Thinktravel are an integral part of Gloucestershire County Council's Traffic and Transport service, within the council’s award winning Environment, Economy and Infra-structure Directorate.

We are seeking a School and Active Travel Co-ordinator.  

About The Team & Role:

The Thinktravel team is dedicated to integrating active travel (walking and wheeling) into our daily routines, which we believe makes for healthier, safer, greener, and more active sustainable communities, across Gloucestershire. We do this through the delivery of our core services, School Crossing Patrols, and Bikeability, alongside an expanding Active Travel behaviour change programme.

This role is pivotal in leading the School Crossing Patrol Service alongside delivering and promoting priority educational active travel and road safety initiatives accessible to all, which aim to create new active travel habits with a focus on the school run and onward commute.


About you

You will be an experienced team manager, with strong organisational, analytical and relationship management skills which allow you to prioritise workloads and ensure service levels are maintained and continually improved.  To be successful, you will be adaptable to change especially in response to sensitive road safety concerns and changing political landscapes.  

Using your understanding of local government and educational institutions, or equivalent organisations, you will be able to build rapport and effectively manage multi-disciplinary teams, stakeholders and cross sector service partnerships.
 

Being an excellent communicator, influencer and creative thinker, you will lead on developing resources, promoting campaigns and facilitating innovative, pratical inter-active active travel training and engagement activities, workshops, webinars and events with schools, workplaces and communities virtually or in person across a diverse range of settings. 

Summary:
 

If you have the skills to manage teams, projects and events, with the experience to work collaboratively as part of a multi-disciplinary team, particularly in the travel, transport, sustainability and environmental sector, plus the drive to make a real difference we want to hear from you.
 

About us

All GCC employees benefit from the knowledge that the work they do can directly improve the lives of the people of Gloucestershire; we believe that by doing so they deserve to be further rewarded.

• Flexible and agile working opportunities

• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service

• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)

• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family

• Career development and qualification opportunities

• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision

• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

• Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.

• An in-house Occupational Health service

• Employee discount scheme

• Cycle to Work scheme

• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)

• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network

How to apply:
 

If you feel you have the skill, desire and experience required to make a positive difference, please submit an application before the closing date of Thursday 3rd October 2024 at midnight by clicking on the “Apply Now” button. 

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by email and invited to interview.

Interviews are likely to be held week commencing 7th October 2024.

Please be aware that candidates who are not shortlisted will not receive feedback. 

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Schools & Active Travel Co-ordinator - Role Profile

This Position is subject to a DBS check. 

Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities.  Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.