Transport for the North (TfN) was established in 2018 and provides pan-Northern strategic leadership for transport across the North of England.
TfN brings together the North’s 11 combined authorities, political leaders, businesses and delivery partners, working closely with government, Network Rail and National Highways. Collaboration is central to our role, enabling us to bring the North together around shared strategic transport ambitions.
As the region continues to evolve, so too must the organisations that serve it. TfN is continuing to reset and renew its offer in response to a rapidly changing landscape, supporting the transition towards a more devolved, locally led transport environment. This marks a new chapter for TfN as we become a more agile and responsive organisation, shaped by the needs of our Board, members and partners.
We are working closely with the North’s mayors, leaders and partners to understand their priorities and bring them together around shared ambitions for the region. Alongside this, we continue to work with our Board, constituent authorities and the Department for Transport (DfT) to shape TfN’s future role and ensure alignment with the North’s long‑term priorities, supporting sustainable economic growth across the region.
By providing a pan-Northern perspective, TfN plays a vital role in supporting collaboration, aligning priorities and delivering the data and insight needed to progress shared transport ambitions.
Role overview:
TfN maintains a range of web-based products, tools, and dashboards to support its constituent authorities and national stakeholders. As an Assistant Developer working in a technical development capacity within TfN’s Transport Appraisal, Modelling and Economics (TAME), the post holder will support the Senior Developer in delivering and maintaining robust backend systems, database solutions, APIs and secure cloud-based services that enable reliable information delivery to decision makers.
You will be expected to deliver work to defined standards of quality, accuracy, security, and timeliness, supporting the team to design, develop, test, document and maintain technical outputs across data, application, and cloud platforms.
The TAME team analyses and appraises the most appropriate interventions in our future investment portfolio. This role will contribute to that work by helping to strengthen the technical foundations that underpin analytical products, including backend services, database structures, data pipelines, secure access controls and cloud-hosted applications. In addition, you will be expected to support technical delivery more broadly across major TAME priorities.
TAME activities are enabled by the Analytical Framework, which provides a consistent, pan-Northern approach to data, modelling, and appraisal; bringing together transport, land-use, demand, economic, and appraisal tools to produce robust evidence for strategies, business cases and investment decisions.
What we’re looking for:
An enthusiastic and proactive developer with a strong interest in backend development, databases and cloud-based technologies, who is keen to learn, develop their technical skills and contribute to a collaborative development team. Ideally the candidate would be familiar with a selection of the following:
Required Skills
- Backend: Understanding of developing and maintaining services, REST APIs and web applications using modern languages and frameworks
- Cloud: Familiarity with Azure or similar platforms, including hosting, deployment and cloud services
- Monitoring: Understanding of application monitoring, logging, alerting and analytics dashboards
- Databases: Knowledge of relational databases, SQL, data structures, queries and system integrations
- Security: Awareness of secure development, authentication, authorisation and role-based access control (RBAC)
- Experience with TypeScript, Node.js, PostgreSQL, CI/CD pipelines or cloud-based integrations
Candidates must possess a highly numerate degree in a relevant subject or equivalent experience.
In return, as well as a competitive salary, our other benefits are:
Access to the local government pension scheme
Access to various salary sacrifice benefits, including Travel Pass purchase scheme.
- Access to TfN’s Flexi-Time Scheme, allowing accrual of up to 18 additional days leave per year
All candidates will be required to prove their right to work in the UK as part of the recruitment process.
At TfN, we welcome and encourage applications from everyone regardless of age, disability, gender, ethnicity, religion and sexual orientation. We are particularly keen to encourage applications from women, members of ethnic minority groups and people with disabilities who are currently under‑represent.
As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, all applications will be considered on their merit.
As an organisation we always strive to do the right thing and understand that in order to make a difference in our society and workplace, we must be committed to respecting equality and diversity, showing kindness, tackling discrimination and promoting inclusion and have signed the CIHT Diversity and Inclusion Charter Statement to further endorse our commitment. We are also an accredited Living Wage Employer, this means that every employee earns a real Living Wage and are recognised as Disability Confident employer (stage 2) acting as a disability confident champion within our local and business communities and business networks.
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Assistant Developer in Manchester employer: Transport for the North
Transport for the North is an exceptional employer that prioritises employee development and fosters a collaborative work culture aimed at transforming the transport landscape in the North of England. With a commitment to strategic infrastructure and economic growth, employees benefit from meaningful work, opportunities for professional advancement, and a supportive environment that values innovation and teamwork.
