Project Officer (Rail)

Kirklees Council; England; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A local council in England is seeking an exceptional Project Officer to support the delivery of rail improvements and manage key transportation projects. The role involves stakeholder engagement, project delivery from bid development through to execution, and partnership work across various organizations. Suitable candidates will have a strong project management background and excellent communication skills. This position comes with a temporary contract in a dynamic working environment.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Valuable experience in major infrastructure projects

Qualifications

• Proven ability to apply project management principles and techniques to a wide range of complex projects.
• Knowledge of business case development in line with WYCA Assurance Processes.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain highly effective working relationships with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Deliver rail improvements and manage major highway and transportation schemes.
• Coordinate and deliver projects, lead on design and public consultation.
• Work with a range of stakeholders including senior managers and Councillors.

Skills

Project management principles

Financial management

Stakeholder relationship management

Networking skills

Job description

Overview

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.

Organisation

Kirklees

Directorate

Place

Service Area

Skills & Regeneration

Hours

37

Number of Jobs

1

Location(s)

Across Kirklees

Position type

Temporary

Length of contract

TBC by Carl Tinson

Grade

Grade 12

Salary

£45,091- £47,181

Advert Wording

Benefits

Our employees are at the very heart of the services we provide to the community, to help us achieve our ambitions, we want the best possible team. In return, we will make sure you are rewarded with a great range of to support you in and out of work.

Huddersfield’s town’s and valley’s weave together vibrant, dynamic communities with breath-taking Yorkshire landscape. The Kirklees area has built on its proud industrial heritage by being a place that encourages innovation and entrepreneurship.

Our Vision For Kirklees Is To Be a District Which Combines a Strong, Sustainable Economy With a Great Quality Of Life - Leading To Thriving Communities, Growing Businesses, High Prosperity And Low Inequality Where People Enjoy Better Health Throughout Their Lives. This Vision Is Supported By Our Health And Wellbeing And Economic Strategies, And Backed Up By Our Local Plan And a Transformative Infrastructure Investment Programme Including

• £150m investment in the transport network
• £50m Transforming Cities Funding to invest in public transport, walking and cycling
• £45m investment in town centres
• £18m investment in low carbon energy schemes

The council’s Major Projects Service takes a lead role on major infrastructure delivery. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an exceptional project officer to play a leading role in reshaping our local economy and forging better futures for thousands of people.

This post is being advertised by the Rail Delivery team. There are currently two exciting rail programmes happening in Kirklees which includes the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), a major, multi-billion-pound programme of railway improvements which will bring better journeys to passengers travelling across the Pennines between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York. Around a third of the route runs through Kirklees and has touch points with many Council Services, including Highways, Planning, Property, Waste, Environment and Landscape. The other rail scheme is for the Penistone Line, a £48M improvement scheme currently at Outline Business Case stage with funding secured until 2029.

As Project Officer you will be working with colleagues from within the council, other public and private sector organisations and commissioned consultants, to deliver rail improvements and when required major highway, transportation and active travel schemes from bid development through to delivery.

You will work with a range of stakeholders including senior managers, Councillors, developers and infrastructure providers to coordinate and deliver projects and lead on the design, organising and attending public consultation / exhibitions to seek stakeholder consensus.

We Want To Hear From You If You Have

• Proven ability to apply project management principles and techniques to a wide range of complex projects including financial management
• Knowledge of business case development in line with WYCA Assurance Processes.
• Proven ability to establish and maintain highly effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders.

This is an excellent opportunity for an individual with strong interpersonal, organisational and negotiation skills along with good programme and project management experience.

The role involves partnership working across the Leeds City Region and establishing professional relationships with partner organisations. Hence, applicants should have good communication and networking skills.

This is an exciting and challenging time for Kirklees, and we need more talented and ambitious people to join our team. If you are this person, we look forward to hearing from you.

Ilyas Ramjan is the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: or phone: [phone] and ask for ‘Recruitment’.

If you are internal and want to apply for this job as a secondment you must be a substantive employee of the Council with over 6 months continuous service and have successfully completed your probation period.

Applications for secondments will only be accepted if approved by your manager, you will be asked to confirm on your application form that you have the relevant permission. If you are refused permission to apply for a secondment, please contact HR Recruitment to register the refusal.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

Closing date

24 September 2025, 11:55 PM

Important Information

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