Head of Passenger Transport

£61,498 pa

This is a pivotal and exciting time for our Passenger Transport service, with a dedicated and experienced team to help deliver a significant service transformation.

We are looking for a self-motivated and enthusiastic individual that wants an opportunity to shape the delivery of home to school transport, bus and Park & Ride services to ensure that our residents and visitors can travel across the county in the most sustainable way. The key role of the Head of Passenger Transport is to provide strategic leadership and direction for the Passenger Transport Unit. This will require working collaboratively with different stakeholders including planning and highways authorities, residents, councillors, developers and transport providers, leading and influencing policy, strategy development and performance management for the delivery of cost effective and efficient passenger transport services for the people of Suffolk.

The successful candidate will be expected to have a track record of applying high level and comprehensive knowledge of legislation, guidance, national policy frameworks and current developments in passenger transport to lead and direct ambitious and compelling strategic business  plans as well as significant experience and demonstrable evidence of producing accurate and reliable budget forecasts to support a financially sustainable, high quality service delivering objectives within tight timescales.

This organisation positively encourages the use of technology to communicate and engage, but on occasions there may be a requirement for you to travel using reasonable and suitable means available to you and agreed by the authority.

For an informal discussion only please contact Mark Ash, Executive Director of Growth, Highways and Infrastructure, at mark.ash@suffolk.gov.uk or Tracie Tebbutt, Strategic Partner, at tracie.tebbutt@suffolk.gov.uk

Please read the Job and Person Profile before applying for this job.

^{This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts. We are also committed to flexible working. For the types of flexible or part time working available for specific roles, please see the Job and Person Profile. Suffolk County Council - welcoming diversity.}