Project Support Officer Active Travel

About The Job

You'll be at the forefront of championing active travel initiatives, enhancing the daily journeys of our children to school, and empowering walking, wheeling, and cycling for all.

Your commitment will help create safer roads where everyone feels secure, and streets that are accessible and equitable, ensuring everyone can move about with confidence and ease.

Salary

£32,597 to £35,412 per annum.

Working pattern

37 hours per week, with flexible working agreements.

Contract

Permanent.

Location

County Hall, Chichester. You will also have the opportunity to partially work from home, depending on the service needs. During your probationary period, you may be required to work in the office more frequently to ensure you receive adequate training.

Interviews

Tuesday 23rd June 2026

The role will coordinate preliminary feasibility studies with partners and stakeholders, conduct consultations for proposed highway improvement schemes focused on active travel, and support funding bid preparations.

You will support the Principal Active Travel Improvements Officer by engaging in evidence-driven scheme identification and assisting in the development of feasibility projects and preliminary designs for consultation.

Your role includes

• Coordinating scheme engagements and consultations.
• Monitoring and analysing data.
• Reviewing planning applications for safe and active travel.
• Preparing project briefs and working with consultants

You'll help County Councillors, planners, developers, school leaders, and community partners identify and develop the LTIP for future capital delivery plans. Additionally, you will provide detailed advice to various stakeholders, respond to queries, and build effective relationships while collaborating with internal and external partners to leverage available s106 funds for local development projects.

What we need from you

• Analytical skills to interpret and manipulate complex project information related to client services i.e. preliminary designs and project briefs.
• Organisation skills.
• Effective communicator skilled in presenting ideas and reports clearly. Confident in engaging stakeholders at all levels and leading consultations. Capable of independently producing technical information for reports.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Able to use a wide range of specialist software associated with the role within the team to carry out research, analyse documents and present data as part of day-to-day work.
• IT knowledge.
• Experience of working in a highways, transport or planning related field or equivalent area.
• Relevant knowledge and experience of project management processes, procedures and policies associated with working within a demanding project management service.
• Experience of coaching and mentoring others.

Desirable

• Experience and interest in active travel.
• Public sector experience.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide a great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:

• an excellent local government pension scheme
• generous holiday entitlement of 27 days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave)
• a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role
• maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave
• volunteering opportunities
• training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring
• a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over £1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see ourStaff discounts page if you are a business looking to offer a discount)
• health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

The reference number for this role is EIE01555

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We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.

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