Strategic Engagement Officer (Transport)

Posted on 22 November 2024
Applications close on 08 December 2024

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All Locations:

Dorchester

Salary Details:

£41,418 - £47,420

Vacancy Type:

Fixed Term

Fixed Term End Date:

Not Specified

Function:

Highways

Employer:

Dorset Council

Job Working Pattern:

Full time

Closing time of advert

23:59

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About the role

Are you are an experienced, resourceful and highly motivated engagement specialist who wants to bring about positive change in communities and places? Dorset Council's transport planning team want to hear from you. This role offers you the chance to shape transformative transport schemes in Dorset, reducing the impact of current travel habits and helping to achieve Dorset Council's ambition of becoming a carbon neutral county. We are a small friendly team looking to move to the next level and to deliver more, better and faster and you have a vital part in making that happen.

There are two specific focus points for this work – the delivery of active travel (walking, wheeling and cycling) schemes and the next phase of our electric vehicle charge point programme, bringing on-street charging to Dorset. The role will also drive the consultation and engagement strategy for our emerging Local Transport Plan 4. High quality active travel schemes and increased coverage of electric vehicle charging infrastructure are critical to achieving the objectives of the Dorset Council Plan: driving economic prosperity, creating stronger, healthier communities, creating sustainable development and housing, and protecting our natural environment, climate and ecology. To achieve these goals while being a more responsive customer focused council we want to work with communities to understand their needs and priorities and to tailor interventions to specific local circumstances. Changes to the highway network can be controversial, and as a listening council we want to get better at understanding community needs, be responsive to feedback and engage communities in the co-design of changes to our streets and spaces to make better places which reflect the ambition of our plan.

Key Responsibilities:

Developing engagement strategies for stakeholders and the public on active travel and low carbon transport in accordance with Dorset Council’s strategic transport objectives
Working closely with Dorset Council’s communications and consultations teams to ensure effective integration with other council initiatives
Building relationships with key stakeholders on active travel, public realm and sustainable transport projects
Engaging with internal stakeholders to embed active travel and sustainable transport activity within all relevant Dorset Council strategies and plans
Actively listening to stakeholders and communities to develop insights and local intelligence to better hone schemes to local circumstances.
Identifying and mitigating key risk points around public opinion and support for challenging schemes

About you

You will be a highly experienced strategic engagement and consultation specialist. You may have a marketing or public relations background in the public, private or third sector. You will have a proven track record of delivering challenging projects, using your skills to overcome barriers and working with stakeholders and communities to achieve better outcomes.

A background in transport, highways, planning or urban design is desirable but we welcome applications from people with other specialisms.

Experience of project management
Experience of writing reports

Further Information

Dorset Council has a flexible working policy, and the transport planning team has a hybrid working pattern mixing office-based and home working. The position requires occasional evening and weekend working.

This post requires significant travel. You must have a vehicle (or transport we deem suitable) available for use as needed.

Contact details 

For further information or an informal discussion please contact Laura Russ, Implementation Manager – Transport Planning on 01305 228228,

Laura.Russ@Dorsetcouncil.gov.uk

About Us

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
have ambitious aspirations
are excited about our future
care about Dorset and all the people who live here
know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

have access to a range of employee benefits
be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are challenging ourselves to become a more diverse and inclusive organisation.

We recognise that recruitment and inclusion of individuals with diverse skills, perspectives and backgrounds will bring real strength to the council and our communities. We have a commitment to equality and welcome applications from everyone.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

We are keen to make our interviews accessible. Let us know on your job application if you have a disability and need any reasonable adjustments.

We also look for applicants who share our commitment to our behaviours. We will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

If appointed, the personal information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. If any of these are detected, you could be refused certain services or employment. Your personal information will also be used to verify your identity. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas, and your data protection rights, can be found at https://www.cifas.org.uk/fpn.

This role is UK based and we will need to establish your Right to Work as part of the appointment process.

We use generic job descriptions and person specifications. This means the job title on any attachments may differ from the job title in the advert. We may provide specific information in a context statement if relevant.

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