Sustainable Travel Officer

This role will involve planning and delivering campaigns and events within the heart of Leicestershire communities to provide practical support and advice on accessing Leicestershire's public transport network. You will be supporting the County Council's public transport network review and will require the ability to work in a fast past environment as well as being flexible to ensure the communities needs are being met. For this role you will need excellent communication and organisation skills, be confident in demonstrating App based products such as digital demand responsive booking systems and have a wider knowledge of Choose How You Move initiatives. You will be customer focused and deliver a high standard of This role will link to the Bus Service Improvement plan and Enhanced Partnership and is for a 1-year fixed term contract, 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. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to lead on Leicestershire's public transport community engagement project. Working within a large multi-faceted team to drive forward the council's sustainable travel agenda, helping to deliver healthier, greener communities.,

• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in a relevant subject area or demonstrable work experience in a public-focused business
• Partnership working, including with schools, business, communities, and external organisations
• Developing and maintaining promotions and materials, including web-based media.
• Problem solving, and collecting, collating, and manipulating statistical information/data
• Good written and verbal communication skills demonstrating tact, assertiveness and diplomacy
• A customer focused approach where the customer experience is central to the delivery of the service
• Good numerical and analysis skills, and attention to detail
You must also have an understanding of and commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.