Transport, modal shift and active travel are crucial components of Ealing’s overarching strategy to address the climate emergency and plays an important role in supporting good growth, good jobs and equality in the borough. We are looking for a highly motivated, forward thinking and effective leader to join our directorate as Head of Transport (Active & Sustainable Travel). Working in the Housing and Environment Directorate, reporting to the Assistant Director for Environment & Living Streets you will take the lead on the design and delivery of a range of transformative and ambitious initiatives across Ealing’s 7 vibrant and diverse towns, aimed at ensuring that the borough is well equipped to address existing, emerging and long term strategic transport challenges.
Ealing’s Transport Strategy is under review. This will, along with the Council’s existing Climate and Ecological Emergency, Air Quality Strategy and Travel in Ealing Charter, set out a focus for the work of the service. With residents at the heart of everything we do, connected communities, effective communications, engagement and co design will be crucial to ensure delivery of the Council’s transport related ambition. Much progress has been made, but there is a lot more to do.
We are looking for an exceptional individual who is passionate about Transport and Active Travel, and who possesses the skills and experience to successfully deliver the Council’s vision, including in 2024/25 an ambitious £28m programme of highways transformation works aimed at improving network connectivity, prioritising modal shift and reducing carbon impact. The successful candidate will have proven leadership experience and knowledge of local authority practices and processes is beneficial, and preferably also of the London transport context. They will also be an innovative thinker who knows how to motivate, inform and bring people together, working across the council and communities and with a range of external stakeholders (businesses, other public sector partners, organisations, voluntary and community sector organisations) to deliver our strategic transport aims.
The Environment & Living Streets Division brings together Transport Planning, Highways Management and Maintenance, Parking Services, Waste Management and Environmental Enforcement. The successful candidate will be working in a directorate full of people dedicated to achieving great things with a joint vision, and in an organisation with an appetite for innovation and continuous improvement to ensure we deliver the best for our residents, businesses and visitors.
To find out more about the role please see the role profile.
If you would like an informal conversation about this exciting role please email Earl Mckenzie mckenzie@ealing.gov.uk or Tony Singh singhto@ealing.gov.uk
This role is deemed customer facing and as such you must have a command of spoken English which is sufficient to enable you to effec-tively perform the role. This requirement relates to Part 7 of the Immigration Act 2016
This post is subject to Ealing’s enhanced vetting process.
