Principal Low Emission Transport Officer

This is an exciting opportunity to join the award-winning Sustainable Transport Team as a Principal Low Emission Transport Officer to lead on a range of sustainable transport initiatives and encourage and enable a modal shift in the borough. Waltham Forest is a leader in the sustainable transport field and was recently awarded over £4.5m, in partnership with Newham and Redbridge, to increase and diversify Electric Vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure across the east London area through the Department for Transport Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) Fund. Alongside this, the role will also oversee the delivery of cycle training and associated active travel services in the borough including our fleet of community cycles, All Ability Cycling Clubs, and cycle maintenance provision., The role involves the following core responsibilities:

• Implementation of the borough's Electric Vehicle (EV) Charging Point Strategy, including procurement of EV charging point operators, site identification, contract management and utilisation monitoring and evaluation.
• Lead on the Council's portfolio of cycling-based initiatives and events in Waltham Forest, including but not limited to; Dr Bikes, cycle training, bike maintenance courses, All Ability Cycle Club, 'Try Before You Bike' and cycle share schemes.
• Oversee the Community Cycle Loan scheme including promotion of the service, booking loans of cycles to residents, carrying out cycle inductions, and managing the maintenance of the fleet.
• Lead on the Council's relationship with Car Club providers to manage existing schemes and develop future car share initiatives.
• Lead on the organisation and running of community-based low emission transport projects and events.
The role also involves the line management of a Sustainable Transport Project Officer and supervisory responsibility of a LEVI Procurement Specialist.


• Degree or equivalent or vocational qualification in relevant subject or area
• Demonstrable interest and knowledge of low emission transport modes including cycling, walking, Electric Vehicles and Car Clubs.
• Understanding of techniques to achieve behaviour change.
• Experience of having worked in a fast paced, customer focused environment.
• Excellent knowledge and application of IT systems and software packages.
• Relevant legislative knowledge of low emission transport modes.
• Ability to work flexibly, balancing competing priorities and meeting deadlines whilst understanding the needs, timescales and deadlines of others.
• Ability to deal diplomatically and confidentially with a wider range of stakeholders internally and externally., Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks;
• Satisfactory declaration of interest;
• This role is subject to safer recruitment practices as it involves work with children and/ or vulnerable adults;
• Satisfactory DBS check;
• As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.
  
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We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents. London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London's Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is a proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment., Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives: - Promoting equality of opportunity - Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage - Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels. - Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all. Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy. We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.