Engagement and Development Officer (Behaviour Change) £39,274 per annum – Grade 7 Leeds / Hybrid Full time / Permanent – 37 hours per week Closing date: 5 May at 11:55pm Please note that the Combined Authority will consider requests for part-time working and / or job share. We currently have a vacancy for an Engagement and Development Officer to join our Behaviour Change / Active Travel team, within our Transport Partnerships department. Our work has a particular focus on enabling more people to make more journeys by bike and on foot. The successful candidate will have a background in project management, as well as the ability to work with a wide variety of partners and stakeholders, knowledge and experience of behaviour change activities and be able to communicate effectively about the benefits of active travel. This is a varied, exciting role, working in a fast-paced environment with a focus on developing and delivering behaviour change activities that support more people to cycle and walk, more often. Our Offer Alongside a competitive salary, we offer an excellent benefits package including: · 28 days Annual Leave (increasing upon years of service) plus Bank Holidays. · Generous Employer-Contribution Pension Scheme. · Free Travel on rail and buses across West Yorkshire with the MCard (Zones 1-5). · Flexible Working Practices with Health & Wellbeing initiatives, including agile working options, as well as a generous flexi-time scheme to ensure you achieve the best work/life balance and career goals. · Bright, airy, modern office space, with all latest technology, just a 2-minute walk from Leeds Train Station. The Role Reporting into the Senior Engagement and Development Officer, your key responsibilities will include: · Developing and delivering behaviour change initiatives and offers that can be targeted to different audiences, with a focus on engaging them in cycling, walking, wheeling and scooting. · Delivery of a behaviour change programme, including promoting, managing contracts, and monitoring delivery of funded activity, working with a broad range of organisations to ensure the broadest range of audiences are supported. · Developing a range of communications, with a particular focus on case studies and ‘people focused’ stories, that support the promotion of active travel. · Procuring services and managing contracts and small projects, including ensuring the monitoring and evaluation of these projects as part of a programme evaluation framework Please review the Role Profile on our website for more information about the responsibilities. About You You will have the following key skills, attributes, education and experience: · Experienced in development and delivery of engagement activity, with a particular focus on active travel. · Experience of working with other communications professionals and supporting the creation of communications that achieve a positive impact and promote sustainable travel. · Experience of working with a wide range of partners, particularly charities and across the community to collaborate and deliver activity at a grass roots level to ensure the widest uptake of services. To Apply If this sounds like your next role, please complete the application form and tell us within the supporting statement why you would be a great fit for our role and how your skills, knowledge and experience align with the requirements within the Role Profile. Please visit our Advice for Candidates webpage and review the guidance on this page for support in completing your application form. Further Information The Combined Authority is passionate about creating an inclusive workplace that promotes and values diversity. We know through experience that different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds create a stronger and more creative work environment that delivers better outcomes. We welcome applications irrespective of people's age, disability, neuro-divergence, sex, gender identity and gender expression, race or ethnicity, religion or belief, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity. or other personal circumstances. We have policies and procedures in place to ensure that all applicants are treated fairly and consistently at every stage of the recruitment process, including the consideration of reasonable adjustments for people who have a disability and/or who are neuro divergent. To find out more about inclusivity at the West Yorkshire Combined Authority please visit our dedicated webpage. Under the Disability Confident Scheme, applicants with a disability are guaranteed an interview, subject to the minimum criteria being met. Please note that whilst it is our policy to recruit at SP1 for all appointments, which is the salary stated above, each role includes career salary progression, with incremental increases applicable in most cases on an annual basis