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 within the borough's "Healthy Streets" programme. These projects include strategic cycle and bus corridor upgrades, pedestrian, cycling, road safety, and public realm improvements along key high street corridors and residential streets. You will also oversee the delivery of bus priority measures such as new and improved bus lanes and corridors.

You will manage a sub-team of two transport planners, providing proactive, innovative leadership and supporting their professional development. Collaboration with Camden’s Design Engineering team and external consultants will be essential to successfully roll out Healthy Route 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) focused on ambitious Healthy Streets measures, including cycle network expansions.

Your role will involve project management across all aspects of Healthy Routes, 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 align with wider strategic initiatives such as High Street renewal and air quality improvements.

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

Experience
- Strong track record of successful project and programme management delivering complex cycle, bus, and Healthy Streets schemes.
- In-depth understanding of the policy and statutory frameworks governing transport planning and Healthy Streets initiatives.
- Proven ability to manage multiple overlapping projects on time and within budget.
- Experience in partnership working and stakeholder management, including liaison with TfL, GLA, other boroughs, and external funders.
- Knowledge of streetscape design, accessibility, and sustainability issues.

About you
- Proactive and forward-thinking project manager.
- Skilled in developing strong stakeholder relationships and effective partnership working.
- Able to prepare high-quality reports and papers for Council Committees, public meetings, and other formal bodies.
- Capable of supporting and overseeing the workload of junior team members and consultants.
- Committed to delivering innovative and inclusive transport solutions that promote sustainable travel.

Qualifications
- Relevant professional qualifications or equivalent experience in transport planning or related fields are expected.