Overview
The Head of Active Travel and Sustainable Transport plays a pivotal role in shaping how the University manages access, mobility, and its wider environmental impact, with a key focus on improving accessibility for our students, staff and visitors.
The Head of Active Travel & Sustainable Transport will lead a small team who aim to make travelling and moving around campus better for everyone, easing pressure on the environment and nearby communities in the process.
The postholder and their team will drive improvements in sustainable travel options and promote positive behaviour change, supporting the University’s environmental ambitions and commitment to responsible travel.
The role requires strong stakeholder engagement across the University and beyond, including collaboration with staff and student groups, disability networks, the local authority, and external transport partners.
Skills, Experience & Qualification needed:
- Experience of working at a managerial/expert level, including managing a team/number of teams or a significant project/number of projects
- Specialist knowledge of private land parking policies, systems, operations, regulations and legislation
- Experience of developing and delivering sustainable travel strategies and plans within a large, complex organisation.
- Knowledge of sustainable travel principles and current developments in the provision of sustainable travel initiatives
Some hybrid working will be available for this role, however, as the lead for a team of frontline staff and with responsibility for on campus travel services, there will be an expectation that the postholder will be on site at our university campus for a minimum of 60% of their time, and around important events.
For informal enquiries: please contact Kris Fieldhouse (Assistant Director Campus Services) on kris.fieldhouse@york.ac.uk
