Community Rail Officer (Senior Transportation Officer)
Stockport Council
Expired
Stockport
Full Time
£33,366 - £43,693
Permanent
Expires 05/06/2025
About the Role
Community Rail Officer (Senior Transportation Officer)
SO1 to SO3 (£33,366 - £43,693)
37 hours, Full-Time (Job Share Considered)
Permanent
Hybrid: Stopford House and homeworking, with regular meetings and visits across the Crew to Manchester and South East Manchester Community Rail Partnerships areas.
Application Deadline: 5th June 2025 11:59pm
Please be aware that we may close this vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. We encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.
Shortlisting Date: W/C 9th June 2025
Interview Date: 20th or 27th June 2025
Interview Type: Face to face
Your Role
The role is wide ranging with unique challenges and opportunities representing two Community Rail Partnerships and their overarching management group. Projects within the role are varied. You will work closely with Friends of Station groups, Train Operating Companies, Council/Network Rail officers, Councillors, community groups, residents, businesses and other key stakeholders to support the work of a local community rail partnership. The role offers the opportunity to be part of economic and social improvements and to support sustainability and health in our communities. Recent projects include: art displays, development and promotion of walks, rail safety promotion and minor station improvements.
About You
- Experience of working with community groups and stakeholders to design, develop and deliver local projects and initiatives.
- Experience in budget monitoring and financial management.
- A self-starter with a creative approach to problem-solving and a can-do attitude
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills with varied audiences, including members of the public and stakeholders.
- An ability to work flexibly, with some evening and occasional weekend working.
- A professional approach, and the aptitude to work on your own initiative.
- An organised approach to work and meeting deadlines.
- Desire to work collaboratively in multi-disciplinary teams.
About Us
Community rail is a growing grassroots movement made up of community rail partnerships and groups across Britain. They engage communities and help people get the most from their railways, promoting social inclusion and sustainable travel, working alongside train operators to bring about improvements, and bringing stations back to life. As Community Rail Officer you’ll play an important part in supporting a railway that is green, inclusive, resilient, and safe by providing a leading role in community rail activity across the 2 community rail lines hosted by the Council.
Learn more about the Community Rail Partnership Lines at https://www.crewe2manchesterrail.org.uk and http://www.semcorp.org.uk
The Community Rail Officers are embedded in Stockport Council. At Stockport Council we are one ambitious team on a mission to create opportunities for everyone who lives, works and spends time in the borough. Working at Stockport Council means contributing to one of the most thriving towns in the North. We’re keen to recruit people with the right values and behaviours that can help us ensure our workplace values are at the heart of everything we do.
We are proud to be recognised under the Good Employment Charter as an organisation committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues. As members of the charter, we have been recognised as a great place to work for all colleagues and pledge to pay the real living wage, engage staff in key decisions and endorse fair and flexible working conditions.
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If you would like to find out more about the role please contact Emily Brough on [email protected]; Tel 0161 474 4592 for an informal discussion about the role.
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Location
Piccadilly, Stockport, SK1 3XE, United Kingdom
Employee Benefits
Annual Leave
A generous annual leave allowance, up to 30 days annual leave dependent on grade and length of service, plus bank holidays with the option to purchase additional annual leave
Work Life Balance
Work and personal life balance. Many jobs include part time working, flexi-time and homeworking
Employee engagement
Employee engagement networks to support colleagues and create opportunities to feed into both workforce and borough strategies
Volunteering
Support for volunteering by allowing up to 4 hours per month (pro rata) to carry out any duties associated with this
Learning and Development
A suite of learning and development opportunities, from important data protection training to all level apprenticeships
Discounts
A huge range of discounts via an easy to use portal, including: Gym memberships, restaurants, events, travel, cycle to work scheme, home electronics and more.
Wellbeing
Access to an employee support hotline, available 24 hours a day, 365 days of the year.
Pension Scheme
Option to join the Local Government Pension Scheme and give your pension a boost by enrolling into a salary sacrifice scheme.
Our Recruitment Journey
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Application stage
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Shortlisting
In keeping with our commitment to inclusion, recruiting managers take an anonymised approach to recruiting when shortlisting your application form. They will use the supporting information section of your application and your work history to assess your suitability for the job. You'll be notified of the outcome of your application form via email and if successful you'll be invited to book an interview slot.
Interviews
When preparing for the interview, you should familiarise yourself with the job profile. The About You section of the job profile contains the criteria that will be assessed at interview stage. You can prepare for interview by ensuring that you have clear examples relating to how you have met these criteria. If you require any reasonable adjustments because of a disability under the Equality Act, to assist you during the selection process we would be pleased to discuss them with you on [email protected]
Offer stage and pre-employment checks
Offer stage and pre-employment checks If you're offered the job after interviewing, you'll be sent a conditional offer detailing your new role. Along with the conditional contract and offer letter, our team will be in touch regarding your pre-employment checks.
The pre-employment checks that you will need to undertake will depend on the role that you've applied for. These checks may include:
• right to work in the UK
• Disclosure and Barring Service checks.
The information provided will be dealt with in accordance with the DBS Code of Practice
• gaps in employment
• reference checks. We will request references prior to issuing your conditional contract
• pre-employment health declaration
• qualification checks
Job Reference: 001188