Principal Transport Planner (Euston & King’s Cross) – (Job Ref:4040)

Salary range: £50,537 - £57,584
Job Level: Level 4, Zone 2

Work Location: 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Fixed Term / Secondment for 3 years
Closing date: Sunday 22nd March 2026 at 23:55

Interviews to be held: April 2026
Alternative flexible working options available / open to discussion

About us
Camden is building somewhere everyone can thrive, by making our borough the best place to live, work, study, and visit. Because we’re not just home to UK’s fast-growing economy. We’re home to the most important conversations happening today. And we’re making radical social change a reality, so that nobody gets left behind. Here’s where you can help decide a better future for us all.

The Euston and King’s Cross area, with transformational changes arising from HS2 and the Euston station redevelopment, alongside related programmes in the Somers Town and Regent’s Park areas, help deliver the Transport Strategy as well as multiple other place-making and regeneration objectives. We have a fantastic opportunity for a highly organised and innovative Principal Transport Planner to join our multi-disciplinary team.

The role
This is a once in a generation opportunity to enhance and re-shape the Euston and King’s Cross areas and play a key role in Camden’s overarching objective to create a new piece of city at Euston, planned with the community at its heart. The post will have two key elements: transport planning for Euston station itself, and “Safe & Healthy Streets” projects, delivering transformational changes to streets on the Euston-King’s Cross corridor.

On the planning side, the post will lead transport input into the Euston Area Plan review process, and transport planning advice for the Euston Station Masterplan area which has the potential to deliver 1000s of new homes and jobs. The post will ensure that designs for the new stations at Euston ensure transport considerations are fully considered, including commentary on relevant pre-application and applications processes for both Euston station and Euston over-station development.

On the projects side, the role will lead on developing and delivering schemes in the wider Euston hinterland, funded by the HS2 Road Safety Fund, with a particular emphasis on transformational walking and cycling improvements, including within the Regent’s Park Safe & Healthy Streets project, leading delivery of consulted-on schemes on Albany Street (new cycling corridor) and in the “south” area with new traffic management and urban greening measures. The postholder will also project manage remaining transport schemes within the Somers Town Future Neighbourhoods project, such as completion of green mobility hubs, additional measures being delivered at multiple Healthy School Streets sites, and completion of the Greening Phoenix Road project. The role will also work closely with TfL and colleagues within Camden to deliver Healthy Streets improvements on the surrounding “TLRN” network, and leading delivery of Camden’s Wellbeing Walk scheme to the south of Euston Road.

The postholder will work across two services, sitting and reporting within the Transport Strategy Service, and working daily within the Euston Regeneration team. You will work with colleagues across the Council – including within planning, place and design, regeneration, sustainability, and inclusive economy – to ensure that neighbourhood-based Healthy Streets projects support and contribute to wider strategic initiatives, such as responding to the climate emergency and improving air quality.

The postholder will manage a Senior Transport Planer, and leading a sub-team, in a pro-active, innovative, and dynamic way, helping deliver a portfolio of Healthy Streets projects and supporting with professional development of team members.

About you
To be successful in this securing this role you will have strong experience of successful project management and delivery of complex, area-wide traffic-reduction and heathy streets schemes. You will also have a strong understanding and experience of the policy and statutory framework within which the Euston Masterplan Healthy Streets, transport planning and related activities fit.

You will be a pro-active and forward-thinking experienced project manager, capable of successfully managing initiatives, often over-lapping with one another, both on time and to budget.

You will be able to demonstrate effective partnership working on transport matters related to the Euston project, and the ability to develop strong stakeholder relations, including across internal departments, and liaising and negotiating with all relevant external organisations including Transport for London, the Greater London Authority, other Boroughs and external partners/stakeholder groups, on behalf of the Council

You will be able to help prepare high quality papers and reports for Council Committees, public meetings, and other bodies such as appeals and public inquiries (may be required to attend such events as and when necessary).

You will be able to demonstrate the ability to effectively help support and oversee the workload of more junior members of a team and/or consultants.

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Working for Camden
We’re ready to welcome your ideas, your views, and your rebellious spirit. Help us redefine how we’re supporting our communities, and we’ll redefine what a career can be. If that sounds good to you, we’d love to talk.

Additional information

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What We Offer

At Camden, you’ll receive a host of benefits. From flexible working to 27 days annual leave (+ bank holidays!). We also know that a work life balance is extremely important so we also offer family leave, loan schemes and access to our incredible staff networks. We also have an incredible pensions scheme.

Visit 'www.camdenjobs.co.uk/staff-benefits' for more details.

Flexible working options open to discussion.

Inclusion and Belonging
At Camden, we want every colleague to feel they belong and can thrive. We welcome applications from all parts of our community, and particularly encourage people from Black, Asian and Other Ethnic Heritage communities, LGBTQ+ people, disabled and neurodiverse people, survivors of domestic abuse, and those from lower socio-economic backgrounds or with care experience. We know that different voices and perspectives make us stronger, and we are committed to providing the support, adjustments and flexibility people need to succeed. Click here for more information on our commitment.

Asking for Adjustments
At Camden, we are committed to making our recruitment process barrier-free and accessible for everyone. If you need us to do something differently during the application, interview or assessment process, just let us know and we will support you. This could include providing information in an alternative format, extra time in assessments, or adjustments for disabled, neurodiverse or long-term health conditions.

Please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or by post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG. We’ll work with you to make sure the process works for you.