Active Travel Officer

inploi; Wigan; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in Wigan is seeking an Active Travel Officer to enhance school travel plans and promote cycling and walking. The ideal candidate has experience in road safety and active travel education and strong communication skills. You will engage with schools to encourage safer travel options for students. This role offers a salary of £25,583 - £26,824 annually for a temporary 12-month contract with flexible working opportunities.

Benefits

Flexible working patterns

Support for professional development

Exclusive rewards and benefits

Qualifications

• Experience working in road safety and active travel education.
• Ability to communicate effectively at various levels.
• Skills in influencing, negotiation, and engaging with schools and the public.

Responsibilities

• Support schools in developing and maintaining school travel plans.
• Encourage initiatives to increase walking and cycling to school.
• Work with the team to improve road safety and manage congestion.

Skills

Effective communication

Road safety experience

Active travel education

Influencing and negotiation skills

Decision making

Workload management

Job description

Priority Candidates will be considered in the first instance

Wigan Life Centre South

College Avenue

Wigan

WN1 1NJ

Salary: Grade 4, £25,583 - £26,824 per annum. £13.26-£13.90 per hour

37 hours per week

Temporary for 12 months

We're on a journey to build a workforce reflective of our Borough.

We are committed to fostering diverse teams where everybody can bring their authentic selves to work and feel that they belong. If you want to work for a Council where everybody is encouraged to meet their full potential and make a difference in our neighbourhoods, we would love to hear from you!

Your role:

This exciting role is part of the Highways and Network Management service which is part of the Environment Directorate.

As an Active Travel Officer you will be supporting the team as a whole but mainly focusing on the active travel, walking/cycling, and school travel plan side of the service. We aim for every school in the borough to have a functioning school travel plan so your role would include working with the schools to support them with this and encourage them to update their Travel Plans annually. The purpose of a school travel plan is to increase walking and cycling to school to reduce the amount of cars around the school gates creating a safer and healthier environment for the pupils, staff and residents. There are a number of initiatives that schools can take part in to achieve this.

About you:

You will exhibit the BeWigan behaviours and have experience of working in road safety and active travel education.

You will be an effective communicator with experience with communicating at a variety of levels, influencing and negotiation skills and engaging with schools and the public.

You will have excellent decision-making skills, be able to prioritise workloads, be self-organised and able to manage competing workloads, as well as showing initiative and creativity in your approach to task completion, on time and with accuracy.

About us:

Wigan Council has been voted ‘Overall Council of the Year’ at the APSE (Association for Public Service Excellence) Awards. We are signed up to the Greater Manchester Continuous Service Commitment ensuring that your service will be continuous or 'unbroken' between the supporting organisations.

The Progress with Unity plan is a place movement for change for the next decade, bringing a new era for Wigan Borough. It draws on the strengths of our individual organisations, recognising that together we can achieve much more for our communities by delivering on our 2 place missions; create fair opportunities for all children, families, residents and businesses and make our towns and neighbourhoods flourish for those who live and work in them.

The Network Management service plays a key role in managing congestion, improving road safety and active travel, supporting new development and allowing residents, businesses and visitors to travel safely around the borough and connect into the wider region.

We are enthusiastic team who are committed to continual improvement and to providing the best possible service to our residents. We will provide you with the support you need to do your job and learning opportunities to support your professional development within the organisation.

Here at Wigan, we are proud to support flexible working patterns, when the service can accommodate this. We also take a blended approach to where we work, depending on the work we do. This may include working from home, the office, or the community. We like to thank our employees for their hard work and commitment by giving them the opportunity to access a range of exclusive rewards and benefits click here to find out more about working for #TeamWigan.

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For informal discussions, contact Danny Orrell, Traffic Management and Parking Services Manager on 07973502314.

Interview dates:

Priority Candidates 7th January 2026

Other Candidates 9th January 2026