Transport Planning Student

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Job reference: VAC008754

Date posted: 24/08/2026

Application closing date: 02/09/2026

Location: 100 Temple Street, Redcliffe, Bristol BS1 6AN

Salary: BG5: £25,949

Package: Flexible Working Hours

Contractual hours: 37

Basis: Full time

Job category/type: Traffic, Highways and Road Safety

Full Time, Fixed Term until the end of August 2027.

Bristol City Council’s City Economy of Place Service is looking for a Bachelor-level student (NQF/QCF Level 6) to work for a year and assist in their varied portfolio that includes:

• assessing planning applications with an emphasis on transport and highway implications;
• working with developers;
• engaging with regeneration strategies.

This role will enable you to experience life at the front line of delivering planning and transport improvements in a major city. Bristol is a vibrant city with one of the most successful economies outside London. However, there is still a need for fast and effective delivery of housing and jobs, with the transport facilities to support this.

At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.

Join us and you’ll receive an excellent rewards package including flexible working and flexitime, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you’ll be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.

To be shortlisted for interview you’ll need to demonstrate how you meet each of the essential criteria in the Person Specification within the Further Information section of your application. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, so if you can, please demonstrate how you meet this in your application. Applications will be reviewed as they are received, and we reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

For permanent Bristol City Council employees, this post will be a secondment. For employees who are currently on a fixed term contract with Bristol City Council, the secondment must not extend beyond the end of the fixed term period to ensure there is a substantive post to return to. If you are currently a casual worker or a member of an employment agency (currently working with Bristol City Council) this post will be a fixed term contract.

We're a Disability Confident employer which means we value recruiting and retaining disabled people. Any job applicants who consider themselves to be disabled and meet the essential criteria in the Person Specification are guaranteed an interview. We'll make reasonable adjustments throughout the interview process and provide continued workplace support throughout your career.

Bristol City Council strives to have a workforce that reflects the communities it serves, we are therefore committed to ensuring diversity in our hiring process. We welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.

The personal information section (including your name) you’ll complete as part of the application form will not be visible to hiring managers, but is used confidentially to make sure that everyone is treated fairly.