Team Leader

**Salary**

£51,356 - £54,495

** Contractual hours**

37

** Basis**

Full Time

** Date posted**

21/10/2025

** Job reference**

REQ003890

**Job title**: Team Leader (Mass Transit)

**Salary**: PO6 £51,356 - £54,495

**Hours**: 37

**Contract**: Permanent

**Location**: Merrion House

West Yorkshire Combined Authority is delivering a transformative Mass Transit scheme to connect communities, reduce congestion and support sustainable growth across the region. As a key partner, Leeds City Council is seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Team Leader within the Planning and Sustainable Development team to collaborate effectively with internal colleagues and external partners, providing expert guidance to support the successful delivery of a major infrastructure project in the city.

This role offers a unique opportunity to lead on development management matters related to the delivery of the Mass Transit scheme. You will play a key role in ensuring a high-quality outcome through planning, stakeholder engagement and statutory processes, including the Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) and representation at public inquiries.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

**For other posts related to West Yorkshire Mass Transit, please search ‘Mass Transit’ in the keyword field.**

**About you**

As a Team Leader you will bring to the role:

- Degree or equivalent qualification providing membership/exemption for relevant professional body, or for Compliance, demonstration of significant successful and relevant experience at management level.

- The ability to find and implement creative and innovative solutions to complex problems in a complex and multidisciplinary environment.

- Detailed knowledge of the statutory and policy framework within which planning decisions are made.

- Experience of leading and working in a multidisciplinary team environment. Experience in managing or contributing to strategic transport-related projects would be considered an advantage.

- Management experience in a relevant service or organisation.

**About the role**

As a Team Leader, you will play a key role in assessing, managing and advising on the impacts of the Mass Transit system to ensure they align with local and national planning policies, including environmental and design standards.

- Contributing to statutory and regulatory processes, including the preparation of Transport and Works Act Orders (TWAO), and representing the organisation in formal proceedings such as public inquiries.

- Drafting of robust planning conditions relevant to the project to ensure compliance with relevant planning policies and guidance.

- Contributing to effective joint working within the council and across the city. Provide direction and support to colleagues, clients and immediate line reports, creating an organisational culture of shared accountabilities, learning and continuous improvement.

- Managing and playing a key role in the development of staff within the workplace, including thorough undertaking of staff appraisals, training and mentoring.

The service is based in Merrion House in Leeds City Centre, but has adopted a flexible, hybrid working model.

**What we offer you**

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

- a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays

- membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions

- a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities

- a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

**How to apply**

**If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the**Skilled Worker visa**route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria. Ensure you are eligible before applying.**

**Job Purpose**:Working as part of the team, you will live and model values and behaviours to help us to achieve our ambition to become the best city council in the country. Your role will be important in ensuring the Council is more enterprising and efficient and ensuring that the authority has in place proper arrangements for the administration and delivery of projects. The role operates within the context of the Council’s Business Plan Objective to increase efficiency.

The Team Leader will be responsible for providing leadership, advice, challenge, information, and guidance of multidisciplinary teams across P&SD. The post holder will be responsible for monitoring and managing the provision of those functions identified by the business and to ensure the council’s business plan is achieved.

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