Principal Transport Planner

7 months ago

London, United Kingdom Transport for London Full time

**Organisation**
- TRAIN SERVICE PLANNING

**Job**
- Transport Planning

**Position Type**
- Full Time

**Salary - £48,000 to £65,000**
**Location - Southwark, London SE1 with hybrid working**
**Contract Type - TfL**

**Overview of project/role**

**Public Transport Service Planning (PTSP) **plans the future development of services and stations on London Buses, DLR, London Overground, London Trams, London Underground and TfL Rail, to benefit our passengers and the city, meet the changing needs of our customers, and deliver the mayor’s objectives. We support our colleagues across TfL to ensure the best decisions are made to develop and enhance the TfL network, aiming to achieve the optimal balance of journey time, capacity, reliability, and value for money.

We now have an opportunity to join our busy team as a **Principal Transport Planner - Service Planning**.

You’ll develop strategies, policies and plans for Public Transport service changes which meet the objectives of the Mayor’s Transport Strategy and optimise services for customer journey time, service reliability, network capacity and connectivity and take account of value for money, available resources, operational constraints and customer priorities. You’ll achieve this through a detailed understanding of the internal and external factors which effect service levels, performance and demand, a detailed understanding of customer priorities and through effective stakeholder management.

You’ll drive continuous improvement in Public Transport services by developing plans based on strong business case analysis, ensuring successful delivery by coordinating and integrating planning across TfL’s delivery businesses; and provide detailed planning input to the long-term investment plan.

**Key Accountabilities**

Your duties will include, but not be limited to:

- Develop strategies for improving public transport services based on detailed understanding and continuous review of service changes’ impact on customers and on TfL's delivery of its strategic objectives including value for money, customer journey time, service reliability and network capacity and connectivity
- Provide robust business cases for service change proposals for short-, medium
- and long-term changes to the network, based on TfL business case methodologies, in order to demonstrate strategic fit and value for money. For all proposed service changes, ensure feasibility, costing, passenger impact evaluation and performance impact, including commercial and contractual implications. Undertake appropriate modelling and use a wide range of data sources, specifying additional data collection requirements when necessary
- Develop a strategic plan for service changes, and the short-, medium
- and long-term plans to deliver the strategy
- Contribute to the development of the Train Service Planning team as a people leader. Ensure that objectives are set and reviewed, training and coaching provided, and that development is achieved whilst also meeting shorter term objectives and deadlines

**Skills, Knowledge & Experience**

**Skills**
- Ability to prepare plans to tight timescales within multi-stakeholder environments (Essential)
- Skilled problem solver with proven ability to resolve complex issues with skill and judgement, and ability to think clearly under pressure (Essential)
- Ability to manage workload of self & reports and flex approach to meet objectives (Essential)
- Proven ability to influence key decision-makers and successfully facilitate joint decision-making (Essential)
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills (Essential)
- Strong analytical skills, with the ability to research and interpret outputs (Essential)

**Knowledge**
- A degree in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience (Essential)
- Knowledge of public transport issues in general, the structure of the public transport industry and the characteristics of the London travel market (Highly desirable)
- Detailed understanding of the range of modelling and analytical techniques used in transport planning, and the ability to direct their use appropriately (Desirable)

**Experience**
- Experience of leading, developing and motivating staff, building on their expertise, and defining others’ accountabilities clearly (Essential)
- Experience of participating in multiple teams and negotiating with others (Essential)
- Experience of interpreting different information sources and communicating them to decision makers effectively (Essential)
- Experience of MS Office (Essential)

**Equality, diversity and inclusion**

**Application Process**
- We recommend that you consider the motivations, skills, knowledge and experience required for this role and ensure your CV and cover letter outline where you meet these criteria
- PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images

**Benefits**

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards

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