Location
5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG

Hours
36 hours per week

Salary
£46,006 per annum

About the Role
As a Senior Transport Planner at Camden Council, you will play a key role in delivering the ambitious goals of the Camden Transport Strategy by managing neighbourhood-based Healthy Streets projects. These projects include localised safety schemes, Healthy School Streets, low-traffic neighbourhood initiatives, bus priority, walking, cycling, traffic reduction, and public realm improvements. You will be responsible for the full project lifecycle, including planning, feasibility, community engagement, consultation, report writing, stakeholder management, monitoring, funding, budgeting, and financial controls.

You will work closely with colleagues across departments such as planning, regeneration, sustainability, highways, and parking to ensure Healthy Streets projects contribute to wider urban planning and sustainability initiatives, including Camden’s Climate Action Plan. Collaboration with internal teams, Transport for London, the GLA, and local communities is central to this role.

The Safe & Healthy Streets team is a leader in Healthy Streets project delivery, with Camden ranking third overall in the recent Healthy Streets Scorecard. Examples of current schemes include Fitzrovia Phase 1 (nearing construction), St George The Martyr Healthy School Streets (consultation complete), and King Henrys Road Area (nearing construction). This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a forward-thinking team shaping the future of sustainable transport and public spaces in Camden.

Experience
- Proven project management skills with the ability to deliver transport infrastructure projects on time and to budget
- Experience working on healthy streets and strategic transport planning projects
- Some experience providing input on planning applications and working on projects of significant size, value, and complexity
- Good partnership working skills and ability to develop effective stakeholder relations, including liaising and negotiating with external organisations
- Experience supporting or leading aspects of large projects or programmes, including project governance and information management
- Ability to communicate clearly and sensitively during community engagement and with elected members
- Experience overseeing the workload of junior team members and/or consultants
- Strong analytical, report writing, and presentation skills

About you
- Collaborative and relationship-focused with well-developed interpersonal skills
- Proactive, forward-thinking, and demonstrates initiative
- Ability to provide senior leaders with confidence and assurance that projects meet time, cost, and quality criteria
- Good political awareness and sensitivity
- Commitment to inclusion and reducing unconscious bias in recruitment and project delivery

Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of local, regional, and national policy and statutory frameworks relevant to transport planning, Healthy Streets, and related activities
- Appreciation of key streetscape design issues including accessibility and sustainability
- Understanding of inclusive community engagement principles
- Familiarity with the operation of consultants in the transport planning industry