Head of Transport Policy

Head of Transport Policy

Salary: £40,300 - £43,191

Location: Belfast

Closing date for applications: Monday 13th May 2024 at 5pm

The Consumer Council is recruiting for a Head of Transport Policy, to join our Infrastructure and Sustainability Directorate.

Reporting to the Director of Infrastructure and Sustainability, you will be a member of the Consumer Council’s Wider Leadership Team (WLT). You will work with colleagues across the organisation, and key stakeholders, to deliver the objectives of our Corporate Plan against statutory and non-statutory functions.

As Head of Transport, you will:

• Be responsible for the delivery of the annual work programme within the Transport team, managing people, projects, resources and budgets to deliver timely, high-quality outputs.
• Lead the development and delivery of transport policy for the Consumer Council across a wide range of areas including our work on standards relating to road, ferry, airline and railway passenger transport services and facilities. You will also represent consumers as Northern Ireland Government transport strategy is developed as transportation is digitalised and decarbonised.
• Manage collaborative stakeholder relationships with funders, Government Departments, Regulators and service providers including the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure, Translink, the Northern Ireland Airports, airlines, taxi companies, UK Department for Transport and the Civil Aviation Authority, the advice sector and other consumer bodies.
• Lead on the delivery of publishing transport consumer research and insights including research reports, recommendations and conclusions, press releases, communication campaigns and press activities.

You will work in partnership with our Board, stakeholders and industry to influence public policy and regulation, deliver positive outcomes for consumers, and advise the Consumer Council’s Wider Leadership Team in your respective policy area.

Benefits:

At the Consumer Council, you will receive a competitive basic salary, an excellent pension scheme with 30% employer contribution, 25 days annual leave and 12 statutory holidays alongside excellent opportunities for professional development.

The Consumer Council currently operates a hybrid working model.

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