About the role
This is an exciting opportunity to join Sustrans, working in partnership with Crawley Borough Council Sustainability Team as a Project Officer, delivering active travel initiatives in schools across Crawley.
As the Project Officer, you will communicate confidently about walking, cycling and wheeling within school and communities in Crawley. You will be working closely with schools, enabling the pupils and families in the schools' surrounding area to leave their cars at home for the school journey.
You will engage with schools and communities across Crawley; developing and delivering activities and events in schools which promote and enable all forms of active travel to school, through practical skills, incentive programmes and classroom sessions.
Contributing to the objectives of Sustrans and Crawley Borough Council, you will promote the benefits of active travel.
You will build and manage internal and external relationships with key people such as school leadership teams, governors, parents and students.
This role will require travel and work at locations as necessary to undertake projects on behalf of Sustrans and provide training and support to the school and community champions enabling them to independently run events and initiatives about Active Travel.
About you
You should have experience of leading physical activities or behaviour change projects for children and young people and be experienced in the planning and delivery of these events.
With the ability to build relationships with ease across a wide range of people, you will be able to adapt your communication skills to the diverse audiences you will be engaging with.
Sustrans has a long-term commitment to being a charity for everyone - reducing inequality, valuing diversity, enabling inclusion and ensuring all people are treated with dignity and respect. We aim to be a truly inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all parts of the community, in particular from under-represented groups.