Join us at Active Travel England
We are the Department for Transport’s newest executive agency.
We are delivering on the government’s commitment to boost walking, wheeling and cycling across the country to give everyone a healthy, safe and carbon-neutral choice to get around.
Why we’re excited at Active Travel England
We might be one of the youngest executive agencies in the government sector, but we are thinking big and aiming high. We want no less than to create a new golden age for walking, wheeling and cycling in which everyone has a genuine choice to travel actively and make their neighbourhood a better place.
To deliver on this ambition and make a real difference, we are building a diverse and talented team. There are many exciting opportunities to join our growing organisation, where we want everyone to feel proud of our inclusive working environment, and you’ll be working closely with an experienced leadership team who are passionate about what they do and always eager to learn more.
We’re based in York from where we support a small number of regionally based roles.
Roles
As well as approving and inspecting schemes to enable active travel, Active Travel England supports local authorities, trains staff, and spreads good practice in design, implementation and public engagement.
We’re also a statutory consultee on major planning applications to ensure that the largest new developments properly cater for pedestrians, cyclists, and people who use wheelchairs and mobility scooters.
We offer opportunities in many professions from finance to administration, town planners to policy experts. Whatever your skillset, there are exciting careers at Active Travel England for everyone.
Benefits of working for ATE
We provide:
- A competitive salary with Reward schemes
- Excellent pension scheme options. Member contribution rates start at 4.60% and we as the employer will contribute at least 26.6% of your pensionable earnings
- Free health checks
- Flexible working patterns
- 25 days of annual leave (excluding bank holidays), increasing by one day each year up to 30 days pro rata
- An opportunity to ‘buy’ more holiday entitlement
- Access to MyLifestyle benefits package
- Fully supported to carry out your work – if you need training or equipment etc, we have a process to get it
- Help with buying public transport season tickets to help you travel to and from work
- Cycle to work scheme
- Secure cycle parking, cycle maintenance, and shower facilities available at out York office
A welcoming and diverse place to work
At Active Travel England we are putting diversity and inclusion at the heart of our decision making, in our people and in the people whose lives we can affect.
Our ability to enable people to walk, wheel and cycle requires routes and infrastructure that are accessible to all regardless of age, gender, ethnicity or disability and do not create hazards for vulnerable pedestrians, as well as policies and initiatives that engage people from different communities.
Our success in getting this right relies on us employing people with first-hand experience of the barriers faced by diverse groups within our communities. We see your background as a positive benefit and provide you the opportunity to bring that experience into your work. If our mission is as important to you as it is to us, we’d love to hear from you.
Join us at Active Travel England
We’re hiring now, so why not look at the opportunities available?