Transport Engagement Officer - SEND

Grafham Water Center; Huntingdon; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dedicated Transport Engagement Officer to join their Passenger Transport Team. This full-time role will focus on enhancing services for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND). You will engage with key stakeholders, streamline processes, and ensure best value for money. This is a fantastic opportunity to contribute to meaningful change while enjoying a supportive work environment that values diversity and inclusion. With flexible working options and a comprehensive wellbeing package, this role is perfect for those looking to make a positive impact in their community.

Benefits

Comprehensive wellbeing package

Buy additional annual leave

Flexible bank holidays

Development opportunities

Paid volunteering hours

Employee Recognition Awards

Discounts through Cambs Rewards

Car Lease scheme

Cycle to Work scheme

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification or experience.
• Experience in project management and stakeholder engagement.

Responsibilities

• Support Transformation Project work within the Passenger Transport Team.
• Work with stakeholders to promote and embed service changes.

Skills

Stakeholder Engagement

Project Management

Communication Skills

Analytical Skills

Education

Degree Level Education

Job description

Cambridgeshire County Council is seeking to recruit a fixed term Transport Engagement Officer to support Transformation Project work within the Passenger Transport Team. Areas of work will involve re-evaluating high cost routes, parental transport mileage processes, streamlining systems to improve the overall outcomes for young people with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) whilst continuing to ensure best value for money.

The post is full-time fixed for a period of 6 months, but we will consider requests for part-time hours.

For internal candidates this could be a secondment opportunity, but employees must first seek the agreement of their current service manager if they wish to apply on that basis.

Applicants need to be educated to degree level or hold equivalent qualification or experience.

The Role will work with key stakeholders, Schools, SEND Service, Young People, Parents/Carers to promote and embed service changes.

More information can be found on the attached job description and person specification.

Interviews to be held on Thursday 5 June 2025at New Shire Hall, Emery Crescent, Enterprise Campus, Alconbury Weald, Huntingdon PE28 4YE.

You will be required to deliver a short presentation as part of the selection interview process. The subject of the presentation will be included in emails sent to shortlisted candidates.

For informal enquiries about these roles, please call Stephanie Miller on 01223 699791 or email [e-mail]

Please note that these roles are based at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald (north of Huntingdon). After initial induction/training it is expected that the postholders will work flexibly with 1-2 days in the office and the balance working from home, visiting schools/providers/contractors.

The postholder will require access to their own vehicle for traveling to school, provider and contractor visits.

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…

• A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
• Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
• Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
• Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
• Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
• Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
• Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
• An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes

Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities.If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off. We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

The following content displays a map of the job's location.

• Closing Date 23 May, 2025
• Job Category Education
• Location New Shire Hall Emery Crescent, Enterprise Campus Weald, United Kingdom