Senior Transport Planner (Healthy Streets and Neighbourhoods)

Starting salary: £46,006- £52,329

Job Level: Level 4, Zone 1

Work Location: 5 Pancras Square, N1C 4AG

Hours per week: 36

Contract type: Permanent

Closing date: Thursday 30th April 2026 at 23:55

Camden is a leader in sustainable transport, consistently pushing the boundaries of what is possible to create a cleaner and safer borough and city centre. We design pedestrianisation schemes, award‑winning central London projects such as the West End Project, Healthy School Streets and progressive parking policies. We are not just designing streets – we are reshaping how people live, move and connect, building a borough where walking, cycling and sustainable travel are the norm, not the exception.

The role involves helping deliver on the ambitious goals of the Camden Transport Strategy by delivering neighbourhood‑based Healthy Streets projects. These include localised safety schemes, Healthy School Streets (HSS), low‑traffic neighbourhood initiatives and the pedestrianisation of Camden High Street. The Healthy Streets team is at the forefront of project delivery and has recently secured a top placement in the Healthy Streets Scorecard. You will be responsible for project‑managing the development and implementation of multiple small to medium‑sized “Healthy Streets” projects across Camden’s neighbourhoods. Your role will also support Senior officers with programme and project management for high‑profile schemes. Projects focus on road safety, bus priority, walking, cycling, traffic reduction and public realm improvement. Examples of schemes you may lead include Fitzrovia Phase 1 (in construction), St George The Martyr (HSS) (decision made), King Henrys Road Area (nearing construction) and Holmes Road (made permanent).

Key duties include:

• Project planning, feasibility and optioneering
• Community engagement and consultation
• Report writing
• Stakeholder management
• Monitoring, funding, budgeting and financial controls

You will think innovatively about how Healthy Streets projects support wider improvements to the public realm, the climate emergency, urban greening and more, ensuring projects are delivered on time and on budget. The role requires close collaboration across departments – planning, regeneration and sustainability, highways and parking – to align with Camden’s wider urban planning and sustainability initiatives, including the Climate Action Plan.

About you: You are a Senior Transport Planner who can bring your experience to support Camden Council’s transport planning function. You have managed or supported large projects or programmes, ideally with transport planning advice on new developments, and have experience in project governance and information management. You are collaborative, relationship‑focused and possess strong interpersonal skills to build effective relationships with colleagues at all levels. You demonstrate the ability to provide senior leaders with confidence that projects are on track to meet time, cost and quality criteria.

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills and Experience:

• Knowledge of the policy and statutory framework – locally, regionally and nationally – around the Euston Masterplan, Healthy Streets, transport planning and related activities.
• Skill and experience in project management – capable of delivering Healthy Streets transport infrastructure projects on time and to budget.
• Experience and understanding of healthy streets and strategic transport planning projects, including input to planning applications and teamwork on projects of significant size, value and complexity.
• Appreciation of key streetscape design issues and challenges, including accessibility and sustainability.
• Good partnership working skills and ability to develop effective stakeholder relations on transport matters, including liaising and negotiating with relevant external organisations.
• Capacity to communicate clearly and sensitively in community engagement activities and with elected members, and understanding of inclusive community engagement.
• Ability to support and oversee the workload of more junior team members and/or consultants, and an understanding of how industry consultants operate.
• Strong analytical and report writing skills.
• Good presenting skills.
• Demonstrates initiative and a pro‑active, forward‑thinking approach to carrying out work.
• Good political awareness and sensitivity.
• Good interpersonal skills.
• Understanding of corporate policies and strategies.
• Educated to degree level (or equivalent) in Transport Planning or Project Management.

Inclusion and Diversity: We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and to ensure our communities are represented across our workforce. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking. We particularly welcome applications from Black, Asian and other ethnicities, LGBT+, disabled and neurodiverse communities so that equalities and justice remain at the heart of everything we do.

Asking for Adjustments: Camden is committed to making our recruitment practices barrier‑free and as accessible as possible for everyone. This includes making adjustments or changes for disabled people, neurodiverse people or people with long‑term health conditions. If you would like us to do anything differently during the application, interview or assessment process, including providing information in an alternative format, please contact us on 020 7974 6655, at resourcing@camden.gov.uk or post to 5 Pancras Square, London, N1C 4AG.