Senior Transport Officer – Waverley Court

Job Description

Senior Transport Officer – Waverley Court

Salary: £47,639 – £56,392, Hours: 36 per week.

Our Council priorities are to end poverty by 2030, become a net zero city, and enhance wellbeing and equalities for all. Our City Plan 2030 project sets out challenging aims on quality of place, resilience to climate change, 20 minute neighbourhoods, net zero development and more. We are Scotland’s busiest planning authority, handling over 3,000 applications a year in a city with internationally valued built and natural heritage.

Our Planning service is evolving through a major change programme to become fit for the future and fully support the significant change Edinburgh faces in the years ahead. We are developing new ways of working and want to enhance our relationship with customers and stakeholders.

We are a skilled, agile, multidisciplinary team of professionals working to create sustainable places where people can live their best lives.

We are looking for an individual to join our team as a Senior Transport Officer within the Specialist Team, committed to delivering an efficient, effective and customer focused Planning service and great places. The role covers transport input to a varied and challenging range and volume of planning cases, involvement with road construction consents, quality audits, stopping up orders, strategy and policy work, and includes a supervisor role for Transport Officer(s). You will be contributing to change and improvement, and supporting the professional development of yourself and your colleagues.

Responsibilities

• Transport input to a varied and challenging range and volume of planning cases
• Involvement with road construction consents
• Conduct and review quality audits
• Manage stopping up orders
• Strategy and policy development related to transport
• Supervise Transport Officer(s)
• Contribute to change and improvement initiatives and support professional development of staff

Qualifications

• Strong sense of customer service
• Excellent communication skills
• Understanding of quality assurance principles
• Appetite for project delivery and continuous improvement

We are committed to creating a workplace culture where all people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work. We particularly encourage applications from women for senior roles, people from minority ethnic backgrounds, people with disabilities or neurodivergent people, care experienced people, carers and LGBT+ people across all levels. All applicants will be considered fairly based on skills and experience. Disabled and care experienced applicants who meet the minimum job criteria will be guaranteed an interview.

Happy to talk flexible working.