Overview

Are you passionate about the environment? Are you seeking to use your in-depth technical expertise on sustainability and environmental matters to help us reduce emissions, improve the environment and achieve carbon neutrality by 2038?

Your Role

You will be a technical expert in environmental and sustainability matters with a particular emphasis on infrastructure, its decarbonisation and impact on the environment, through business case development. You will give advice on policy and strategic direction to support the development of the GM 5 Year Environment Plan, the 2040 Greater Manchester Transport Strategy and through developing collaborative and influential partnerships support the Greater Manchester to be a greener, fairer and more prosperous city region.

For more info see Job profile below.

Who are we?

Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) delivers the transport strategy and commitments for Greater Manchester.  We are facing new and exciting challenges with the delivery of the Bee Network – our fully integrated transport system across Greater Manchester – so it’s never been a better time to join us.

In this role, you will be part of the Logistics and Environment Team within the Transport Strategy Directorate. The team is committed to supporting the delivery of a Greater Manchester transport system that operates safely, sustainably and efficiently.

What you’ll bring

What you do and how you do it is important – whatever type of role you work in at TfGM – and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.

You will bring in-depth technical expertise on low-carbon and sustainability issues in a transport and infrastructure environment. You will bring demonstrable experience in whole life carbon quantification, accounting, analysis and be able to interpret and feedback on carbon management and sustainability plans. Your technical expertise will support projects and the development of strategy, policy and procedure to achieve positive environmental outcomes.

You will have strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with demonstrable experience of negotiating, influencing and achieving positive results.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent role with a salary of £46,249 – £51,576 per annum, depending on skills and experience.

As a TfGM employee, you will also receive a range of fantastic benefits:

  • 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
  • Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
  • Free bus, rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary
  • Local Government Defined Benefit Pension Scheme which includes life cover of 3x your salary and options to increase your pension contributions
  • Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling with reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role
  • We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required

What’s next? 

To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit.  Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

Interviews for this role will take place on 7th August 2024, in person at the TfGM head office, 2 Piccadilly Place, Manchester, M1 3BG.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK – if in doubt please visit the following link Employers’ right to work checklist – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.