Active Travel Project Officer

About the role

We are looking for an Active Travel Project Officer to play a key role in delivering practical, on-the-ground active travel improvements across the district and to promote sustainable transport and encourage positive changes in travel behaviour.

In this role, you will champion active travel by improving and connecting walking, wheeling and cycling networks across the district. The post will involve close collaboration with a wide range of stakeholders including West Sussex County Council, Parish and Neighbourhood Councils and community groups, and help ensure everyday journeys become safer, more accessible and enjoyable for people of all ages.

This is an opportunity to shape how people move around their communities, improve public health outcomes, and contribute to climate priorities in a visible and meaningful way.

About you

To succeed in this role, you should possess relevant qualifications or equivalent practical experience in active travel, transport, public realm, planning, regeneration, highways, or health or place-based projects involving active travel.

You will also be able to work under clear instruction and independently, and use your initiative to develop, recommend and progress solutions. Excellent partnership building skills and the ability to lead multi-agency initiatives is essential.

For an informal discussion about this role please email Catherine Howe, Head of Strategic Planning at [email protected].

About us

We have a friendly and supportive working environment and being a smaller Council, you can really get to know everybody.

We encourage and support our employees to have a healthy work life balance by offering 28 days’ (207.2 hours) annual leave plus bank holidays (pro-rata), and flexible/hybrid working options where applicable.

We offer a generous benefits package including an online platform offering discounts from online retailers and access to a car lease scheme. Staff are also eligible to join the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS), where the Council contributes circa 20% of pensionable salary.

To support employees’ professional development the Council provides reimbursement for professional subscriptions and a number of training opportunities, including extensive in-house learning resources, short courses, Apprenticeships, and qualifications such as Institute of Leadership & Management (ILM), Master of Business Administration (MBA).

To apply

If you would like to apply for the role, we highly recommend you show clearly within the ‘Experience Section’ of the application form how you meet the essential criteria detailed within the Role Profile when applying. If you do not make this clear, it is unlikely you will be shortlisted for interview.

Suitable applicants will be contacted for interview on an ongoing basis therefore this advert may close early.

Closing date: 31 Mar 2026 12:00
Interview date: Suitable applicants will be contacted for interview on an ongoing basis
Ref: P1728