Are you passionate about getting the voice of the community heard within decision making? Would you like the opportunity to help make sustainable transport as accessible as possible to everyone living, working in and visiting Greater Manchester?

Your Role

We have a critical role to help Greater Manchester continue to deliver on its ambitions for the Bee Network – an integrated active and public transport network which is affordable, accessible, inclusive, sustainable, and accountable. In support of these ambitions we are seeking a Consultations and Inclusion Officer to support the planning, implementation and evaluation of TfGM’s strategic consultations, public engagement and equalities activity.

This is a dynamic and fast-paced role within the Partnerships, Engagement and Inclusion Team in TfGM’s Transport Strategy function. You will work with the organisation and its partners to deliver effective, end-to-end consultations and engagement activity, help ensure the organisation fulfil its equalities duties and work collaboratively with communities and service users to ensure they have a voice in decision making.

What you’ll bring

You will have knowledge of the local authority landscape in Greater Manchester as well as experience of partnership working and be comfortable working within a complex environment with the ability to manage a range of priorities. You should have experience of planning and managing events, building contacts and networks, collaborating with communities and establishing effective working relationships with stakeholders as well as collating and assessing information for reports.

You should have experience in planning and delivering consultation and engagement programmes and a knowledge of equalities issues in an organisational setting. Additionally, you should have practical experience in setting up monitoring and reporting tools, translating information into appropriate formats for different audiences and preparing public-facing materials. You will also be educated to degree level or have equivalent levels of experience.

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.

What we can offer you:

This is a permanent role in a supportive team.

Our benefits include:

A salary of £39,360 - £43,817 per annum depending on skills and experience
28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)
Flexible and hybrid working options to promote and support a good work/life balance
Free bus travel within Greater Manchester and free 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?

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you. When completing your application, please ensure that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit.

Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

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.

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