- Pay Rate:
£21.68 per hour PAYE
- Hours per Week:
35 Monday – Friday, normal working hours
This opening assignment is for 3 months
- ISLINGTON, London,
N1 1XR
Full Job Title: Interim Planner – Transport Projects
Reference no: Islington RQ615066
The Transport Projects and people friendly streets service is working with teams across the Council and with partners such as Transport for London and neighbouring boroughs to deliver the Council’s people-friendly streets programme.
New colleagues with a transport planning, regeneration, engineering or other relevant background are required to take on a complex and challenging work programme.
You will deliver and manage people-friendly streets projects, including Low Traffic Neighbourhoods, to project manage under the supervision of the Team Leader.
In addition, you could be asked to work on a number of transport planning functions, including monitoring progress against the implementation of the Islington Transport Strategy, future strategy and policy development, responding to transport consultations, and working closely with partners such as Transport for London in securing transport investment.
“Specific Role Requirements” – to give yourself the maximum chance of success please try and ensure your CV addresses the following essential criteria:
- Qualifications:
- Postgraduate Qualification in Urban Design, Historic Building Conservation, Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Town Planning, or other similar discipline.
- Relevant professional or equivalent degree level qualification in Urban Design/Town Planning
- Ability to establish working relationships with a range of people in all services of the Council and elected members.
- Experience of planning and project management and/or developing or delivering capital projects.
- Experience in housing studies, social policy or town planning, or a relevant professional qualification
- ICT Skills: Experience in the use of IT including word processing packages, spreadsheets, presentation packages and databases.
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- Our clients are generally seeking applicants who are reasonably local, so on that basis we would ideally like you to supply us with your address (or at least your post code) and a telephone number so that we can reach you during working hours.
- Your recent UK working experience going back at least 5 years, or full employment history if you have been working for fewer years than this.
- Your availability to work either immediately, or at short notice.
- Please refer to the Role Requirements section above – your CV must address the requirements listed
Other preferable/desirable details to include on your CV, if applicable:
- Any local authority/public sector experience
- Any relevant qualifications held or being studied for
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