Sheffield City Council is looking for a highly motivated and analytical Senior Transport Planner (Travel Plan Officer) to join our City Transport team.

Understanding and influencing how people travel is fundamental to Sheffield’s Transport Vision. This is an exciting opportunity to lead engagement with major employers, institutions and other significant trip generators across the city, helping them develop effective workplace travel plans and widen sustainable travel choices for staff, visitor and student travel needs.

Working within a professional transport planning environment, you will combine travel planning, evidence gathering, behaviour change and stakeholder engagement. You will work closely with employers, transport planners, communications colleagues, facilities managers, Business Sheffield, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority and other partners to ensure transport schemes and initiatives respond to local needs and achieve lasting changes in travel behaviour.

About the Role

As Travel Plan Officer, you will build strong relationships with major employers and other significant trip generators, including NHS hospitals, colleges, universities and business parks. You will work with Travel Plan leads and facilities managers to understand staff and visitor travel patterns, identify barriers and opportunities, and support the development and implementation of practical, evidence-led travel plans.

You will design and manage staff travel surveys, collect baseline information and analyse commuting patterns. You will monitor the effectiveness of interventions over time and turn the findings into clear evidence to guide future activity, support funding bids and inform transport scheme development.

A key part of the role will be promoting sustainable travel and helping organisations develop measures tailored to their workforce and location. This may include:

Walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport information and incentives.
Cycle parking, shower and locker facilities.
Personalised travel information and behaviour change campaigns.
Flexible working and travel offers.
Links to hire-bike schemes and other mobility initiatives.
Small-scale interventions and quick wins that improve travel choice.

You will support Connecting Sheffield and other transport schemes by engaging employers during scheme development and delivery, identifying concerns and opportunities, and helping infrastructure investment translate into increased use of sustainable travel options. The role will also strengthen links between transport and economic development, supporting employers to improve access, recruitment and retention through better travel choices.

About You

We are looking for someone with:

Experience of travel planning, sustainable transport, behaviour change or a related area.
Strong stakeholder engagement and relationship-building skills, with experience of working with employers, partners or other external organisations.
Experience of designing or managing surveys, interpreting travel data and presenting findings clearly.
Knowledge of walking, wheeling, cycling and public transport, and the factors that influence travel choices.
The ability to translate evidence into practical, locally appropriate measures.
Excellent written, verbal, communications and promotional skills, with the confidence to influence a range of audiences.
Experience of collaborative working across teams and with external partners.
Strong organisational and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver work independently.

You will be comfortable working within a complex organisational and political environment, building consensus around emerging policies and proposals and adapting your approach to the needs of different organisations and communities.

Desirable

It would be advantageous if you have:

Experience of workplace travel planning and engagement with major employers or significant trip generators
Experience of developing and delivering sustainable travel or behaviour change campaigns
Experience of partnership working with local authorities, combined authorities, the NHS, colleges, universities or business organisations

Qualifications

You will be educated to degree level, or be able to demonstrate equivalent experience, in a relevant discipline such as transport planning, behavioural science, communications, environmental studies or a related subject. Professional development and membership of a relevant professional body would be advantageous.

Why Join Us?

At Sheffield City Council, people are at the heart of what we do. We are committed to openness, honesty and working together to deliver positive outcomes for our city. You'll join a supportive team that values innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement, while helping shape transport policy and investment decisions that make a real difference to Sheffield's communities.

Our Values

People are at the heart of what we do.
Openness and honesty are important to us.
Together we get things done.

We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.

Under the Guaranteed Interview scheme, applicants who are disabled, care leavers, or armed forces veterans will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria and indicate their eligibility on the application form. Sometimes, if lots of people apply, we might not be able to interview everyone who qualifies for the Guarantee. In these cases, we’ll interview the candidates who best meet the essential criteria for the job.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.

If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.

Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Read about the new job evaluation process to be introduced at Sheffield City Council.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of all individuals, ensuring a safe and supportive environment for everyone and where appropriate to the role the successful applicant will be required to undertake relevant safeguarding checks.