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Would you enjoy the challenge of turning policies and strategies into deliverable schemes – all as part of Greater Manchester’s Bee Network? Come join TfGM’s NPR and High Speed Development Team and help shape transportation across Greater Manchester.

Northern Powerhouse Rail is a major strategic rail programme designed to transform rail connectivity and capacity in the north of England over the next few decades. Comprising a new railway line between Liverpool and Manchester, new stations at Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Airport alongside enhancements and connect to Metrolink, this is a transformative investment for Greater Manchester and the single largest investment ever in transport infrastructure in the North.

This is an exciting time to be working in transport infrastructure development in Greater Manchester. Alongside Northern Powerhouse Rail investment, the devolution of powers to Greater Manchester has already seen GM take control of buses alongside its control of Metrolink – the largest light-rail network in the country outside of London. With plans to take control of suburban rail by 2030, there are many exciting new challenges and opportunities for you to become a part of as we develop and deliver a joined-up London-style transport system. Why not come and join us and develop your skills as part of a structured career path?

Your Role

As a Strategic Development Manager in the HS2 NPR Development Team you will manage the early-stage development of medium or medium-to-large schemes (depending upon experience), the development of robust transport business cases, emerging rapid transit proposals and handover for delivery, of authorised funded strategic rapid transit projects and programmes to time, budget and relevant standards in pursuance of Greater Manchester’s Transport Strategy.

You will support the Lead Strategic Development Managers and Senior Strategic Development Managers to ensure schemes are developed that best fit GM’s requirements and have robust transport business cases and will be expected to manage the strategic development of designated medium schemes and/or specific aspects of larger ones, in line with the above.

You will be working alongside stakeholders across the city-region including politicians, local councils and developers on proposals that enhance placemaking and connectivity for Greater Manchester. You will also be supporting Greater Manchester’s liaisons with the Department for Transport (DfT), HS2 Ltd and other public and private bodies in helping to shape proposals that can be moved forward for on-time and on-budget delivery to the required standards and in line with Greater Manchester’s aspirations.

This is a career graded position where you will learn skills that can be applied across the early-stage development of transport schemes, with excellent learning and development opportunities that includes progress towards professional accreditation and structured career path opportunities.

Through this advertisement, we will also be establishing a talent pool for the role of Strategic Development Manager for vacancies that may become available over the next six to twelve months across the Transport Strategy Directorate, as we work towards delivering Greater Manchester’s transport priorities.

What you’ll bring

As a Strategic Development Manager you will play an active role in the development of a portfolio of schemes. A background in scheme identification and development (particularly at the front end of the project life cycle) and experience of the promotion of statutory powers (for example Transport and Works Act Orders, Highways Act Orders, Development Consent Orders, or Hybrid Bill) is desirable but not essential.

You will have a track record of building productive working relations with a variety of technical, non-technical and public stakeholders. It is also important that you have a creative flair in your approach to developing solutions, and an ability to communicate these solutions. You will be educated to degree level and working towards a relevant professional qualification – or alternatively be able to demonstrate significant, highly relevant, equivalent experience.

If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you! To apply please provide your CV and a covering letter detailing how you meet the criteria for the role. During shortlisting our applications are anonymised so please do not include your name on either of these documents.

What we can offer you

This is a permanent position with a salary of £39,360 to £51,576 per annum. Salary will be dependent on skills and experience.

Valuing and rewarding our workforce is important to us which is why we offer a range of fantastic benefits, such as:

* 28 days holiday per annum (plus bank holidays)

* Flexible and hybrid working options to support a culture of promoting good work/life balance

* Free bus travel within Greater Manchester

* Free Rail or Metrolink travel to and from work within the Greater Manchester boundary

* Generous pension scheme contributions

* Commitment to learning and personal development and upskilling through apprenticeships

* Reimbursement of professional fees, where essential to the role

* We promote good physical and mental health and can provide additional support to staff via our employee assistance programme when required.

What's next?

To apply please submit your CV and also provide a covering letter providing clear examples of how your experience meets the requirements of the role, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on either of these documents. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.

Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.

TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.

For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK. Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.

Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications