Location
5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG

Hours
36 hours per week

Salary
£50,537 per annum

About the Role
As a Principal Transport Planner at Camden Council, you will lead the development and delivery of multiple significant "Healthy Routes" projects as part of the borough's "Healthy Streets" programme. These projects include strategic cycle and bus corridor upgrades, pedestrian, cycling, road safety, and public realm improvements across key high street corridors and residential streets. You will be responsible for delivering bus priority measures such as new and improved bus lanes and corridors.

You will lead a sub-team of two transport planners, providing proactive, innovative, and dynamic leadership to ensure successful delivery of a portfolio of Healthy Streets projects while supporting their professional development. Collaboration with Camden’s Design Engineering team and external consultants will be essential to roll out these projects.

Examples of current schemes include York Way and Haverstock Hill (under construction), Shaftesbury Avenue and Camden Town area bus priority (decision made), and Cross Camden Cycleway (feasibility stage). Camden is in the first year of a three-year delivery plan (2025/26–2027/28) with an ambitious programme of Healthy Streets measures.

Your role will involve project management across all aspects of Healthy Routes delivery, including project planning, feasibility and optioneering, engagement and consultation, decision reporting, stakeholder management, monitoring, budgeting, and financial controls. You will work closely with colleagues across the Council in planning, place and design, greenspaces, regeneration, sustainability, and inclusive economy to ensure projects contribute to wider strategic initiatives such as High Street renewal and air quality improvement.

Camden Council is committed to inclusion and uses anonymised applications to reduce unconscious bias in recruitment.

Experience
Proven track record in successful project and programme management of complex cycle, bus, and Healthy Streets schemes. Strong understanding of the policy and statutory framework related to transport planning and Healthy Streets initiatives.

Demonstrated ability to manage multiple overlapping projects on time and within budget.

Experience in effective partnership working and stakeholder engagement, including liaising with external organisations such as TfL, GLA, other boroughs, and funders.

About you
Proactive and forward-thinking project manager with excellent leadership skills to support and oversee junior team members and consultants.

Strong appreciation of streetscape design, accessibility, and sustainability issues.

Ability to prepare high-quality reports and papers for Council Committees, public meetings, appeals, and public inquiries, and attend such events as required.

Committed to delivering radical social change through sustainable transport and public realm improvements.

Qualifications
Not explicitly stated, but relevant professional qualifications in transport planning or related fields would be advantageous.