Transport Development Officer Various locations across Leicester City

Job reference: REQ6177

Date posted: 15/01/2026

Application closing date: 15/02/2026

Location: Various locations across Leicester City

Salary: £21,534 - £23,241 per year

Package: Total benefit value (includes pension contribution and full holiday entitlement): £31,691

Contractual hours: 22.5

Basis: Part time

Job category/type: Planning and Transport

Play a key role in developing and delivering safe and sustainable transport in Leicester. Our core transport objectives are to provide a transport system that facilitates a safer and healthier way of life and encourage more people to walk, cycle and use public transport. Working within the Transport Strategy Group, you’ll be involved in a wide range of transportation activities including projects to improve and promote safe travel on our streets.

In particular, you will be working within the Active Travel Neighbourhoods Team, to work alongside other Transport Development Officers to contact schools to promote and book in Bikeability Training as well as co-ordinating the rota of Bikeability Instructors.

You’ll work from City Hall and various school locations with the flexibility to work from home. However, you’ll be required to work outside of general working hours and travel within and outside of Leicester as necessary.

What you’ll be doing:

• Liaising with schools on the delivery of the Bikeability programme, you’ll co-ordinate the work for the team including managing the logistics of moving Instructors, bicycles and equipment between schools and upkeeping a shared diary of appointments.
• You’ll undertake monitoring and reporting on outcomes, producing risk assessments and developing procedures to help maintain quality delivery.
• Support other community and business led projects such as the Led Walk Programme, Clean Air Day and Business Travel Road shows, you’ll foster good relationships with schools and attend project and public meetings.
• You’ll manage small scale infrastructure schemes as required.

What you’ll need:

• With experience of managing projects and programmes, ideally, you’ll have experience of working with primary and secondary schools, undertaking risk assessments and using maps and plans.
• You’ll have strong communication and interpersonal skills, to be able to engage successfully with schools and groups, when effectively explaining policies and procedures.
• You’ll be able to work with minimum supervision and as part of a team.
• With a can-do attitude, a problem solver and ability to work calmly under pressure, you’ll be able to implement creative solutions.

What we can offer you:

• As well as the satisfaction of helping to improve thousands of lives across Leicester, you can look forward to a work environment that encourages a healthy work/life balance.
• You’ll enjoy generous annual leave, membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme and the option of flexible working.
• We’ll also give you the chance to develop your skills and expertise with a variety of training and development opportunities.
• In addition, you can choose from a number of flexible benefits, including childcare vouchers, discounts on city buses and trains and help with relocation to Leicester, where appropriate.

We’re committed to recruiting a diverse and highly-talented workforce as we continue to build a council that is fitting and representative of our great city. That’s why we’ve designed our recruitment process to put you at your ease, make you feel welcome and bring the best out of you. We’ll do all we can to make our recruitment process as fair as possible. To help you with your application, take a look at the ‘our approach to recruitment’ page.