Internship - Planning

**Details**:
**Reference number**:

- 347985**Salary**:

- £410- For both placements the weekly pay rate will be £410.00 (which will be paid monthly).**Job grade**:

- Executive Officer**Contract type**:

- Fixed term
- Internship**Length of employment**:

- These placements are available on a fixed-term basis for the duration of the internship. The full year placement will run from 1st September 2024 until 31st August 2025. The 8-week placement from 1st July until 23rd August 2024**Business area**:

- ATE - Inspectorate**Type of role**:

- Administration / Corporate Support
- Education and Training
- Planning**Working pattern**:

- Flexible working, Full-time, Job share, Part-time**Number of jobs available**:

- 2Contents

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About the job

**Benefits**:
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Location
- YorkAbout the job

**Job summary**:
**Are you currently working towards a degree with an interest in Planning?**

**Do you have a curious personality?**

**Looking for a placement during your degree?**

**If so, we would love to hear from you**

**Job description**:
Scratch the surface with a placement (Full-year internship or a Summer Placement for 8 weeks) where you will join our planner specialists in Active Travel England (ATE).

Our placements are designed to give you an insight into working within government on delivering its mission to make walking, wheeling and cycling an attractive choice for everyday trips.

We want you to challenge us, to question norms and to make the most of every opportunity.

During your placement, you will discover:

- The role of planners in a government organisation,
- How we will transform how data and analysis is used in active travel planning,
- The tools upon which we can make a lasting change.

To get the most from your placement, you will spend at least 60% of your time on site in our York office. This way you can engage with other employees whilst learning and developing skills within a work-based context, having space to collaborate.

**Who are ATE?**

Active Travel England is the Government’s executive agency responsible for making walking, wheeling and cycling the preferred choice for everyone to get around in England.

ATE is an executive agency, sponsored by the Department for Transport. We are innovative, collaborative and impactful.

We recognise the importance of diversity and inclusion as we welcome fresh ideas. We are committed to building an inclusive working environment in which each employee fulfils their potential and maximises their contribution.

We particularly welcome disabled and ethnic minority applicants, as they are under-represented within ATE.

**Responsibilities**

**On your placement, you will**:

- Assisting with daily tasks related to your field of study
- Collaborating with various team members on projects
- Carrying out research and gathering data
- Attending and participating in meetings and workshops
- Creating and maintaining documentation and reports
- Learning about ATE’s policies, procedures, and culture
- Providing ideas and suggestions in brainstorming sessions
- Helping organise and manage events
- Performing administrative tasks as needed
- Observing and learning from experienced staff members

**Person specification**:
**We are looking for someone who is/has**:

- Studying for a degree in a planning or a built environment related discipline (in your final 2 years at university).
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills
- Good organisational skills and good attention to detail
- Hard working and motivated
- Open to taking on new roles/tasks and delivering quality results to set deadlines.

**Additional Information**

A minimum **60%** of your working time should be spent at your principal workplace, although requirements to attend other locations for official business, or carry out detached duty in another DfT workplace, will also count towards this level of attendance.

**Qualifications**:

- Studying at degree level within a planning or built environment discipline (in your final 2 years at university).**Behaviours**:
We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

- Developing Self and Others
- Working Together
- Working Together

**Benefits**:
Being part of our brilliant Civil Service means you will have access to a wide range of fantastic benefits. We offer generous annual leave, attractive pension options, flexible working, inclusive working environments and much more to support a healthy work/life balance.

Find out more about what it's like working at the Department for Transport.

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**Selection process details**:

- This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.Please tailor your CV to match the role and its responsibilities and within your Personal Statement (Maximum 750 words) please provide detailed evidence of your experience of the following:

- How this opportunity aligns to your