Overview
Active Travel Officer – PO12BG, United Kingdom
Job Category: Highways/Transport
Region / Division: UK Region
Location: Civic Offices Portsmouth
Working Hours: 37
Portsmouth City Council’s Safer Travel Team is part of the Economy, Transport & Planning Directorate. We’re passionate about creating a healthier, safer, and more sustainable city through behavioural change and innovative transport projects. Our work supports the Portsmouth Transport Strategy and Local Transport Plan, delivering schemes that improve wellbeing, celebrate our city’s heritage, and embrace new technologies.
We are now recruiting two Active Travel Officers to help us deliver this vision.
What is the role?
As an Active Travel Officer, you’ll lead the delivery of cycling and walking schemes and support the maintenance of Public Rights of Way across Portsmouth. You’ll be at the heart of our efforts to increase levels of active travel, working on varied and complex projects that make a real difference to how people move around the city.
Key responsibilities include:
- Project managing small-scale engineering schemes for walking and cycling.
- Supporting the development of strategic and policy frameworks for active travel.
- Leading behavioural change campaigns and stakeholder engagement.
- Monitoring scheme effectiveness and implementing improvements.
- Representing Portsmouth at local, regional, and national events.
- Supporting the maintenance and improvement of Public Rights of Way.
Who is the person?
We’re looking for someone who is passionate about sustainable transport and community wellbeing. You’ll need:
- A relevant degree or equivalent work experience.
- Excellent communication skills and a customer-focused approach.
- A collaborative mindset and ability to work independently.
- Strong project and financial management skills.
- Knowledge of active travel policy, national guidance, and stakeholder roles.
- Creativity and problem-solving skills to deliver realistic solutions.
- Good IT skills, including Microsoft applications.
You’ll be a confident communicator, able to represent the council at meetings and engage effectively with residents, Members, and partners.
Our recruitment process
We anonymise applications during application & shortlisting to ensure only relevant information is considered.
Full information about our recruitment process can be found on our support for applicants’ page: Support for applicants – Careers portal
We offer hybrid working with the expectation to attend the office 2 days a week (pro rata for part time) depending on the role and business needs.
To make sure your application is above the rest, please download the Job Profile below to ensure your application matches the requirements of the role.
When completing your application you will be required to complete a personal statement. You must demonstrate why you are suitable against each of the points described in the ‘Who is the Person‘ points on the Job Profile. Please give examples of your experience and any transferrable skills. This is your opportunity to showcase yourself and your achievements.
We are a disability confident employer and Armed Forces Covenant gold standard. More information can be found at Equality, diversity and inclusion – Careers portal. We are committed to offering an interview to all those candidates that qualify under one of our commitments and meet the minimum criteria, however for roles that receive a large number of applications, this is not always possible, and we will select the candidates that best meet the minimum criteria
We look forward to speaking with you soon.
We will email applicants from time to time; please ensure you check e-mail folders as sometimes our e-mails may go into spam/junk folders.
About Portsmouth City Council
What we can offer you:
Portsmouth City Council is a unique organisation, committed to making a difference, and is guided by core values that set who we are as people, what we stand for, and how we act.
Read more about working at Portsmouth City Council and our benefits on our careers portal homepage: Careers Portal – Find jobs with Portsmouth City Council
Should you require any support in completing the application form please contact recruit@portsmouthcc.gov.uk. or call the recruitment team on 023 92 616800
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