Strategic Planner
Network Rail Posted on 2022-11-18
| Salary | £34,050 – £38,305 a year |
|---|---|
| Location | Glasgow G2 |
| Type | Full-time |
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About Network Rail
At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!
Scotland »s Railway is part of this family and it covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users, drives us every day and we »re empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.
Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.
We »re also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
Brief Description
Scotland »s Railway’s Strategy & Investment team are shaping the railway of the future. We are defining what the railway can deliver for Scotland and turning that into reality through a programme of transformational investment. At the heart of everything we do is Scotland’s commitment to Net Zero. This means we are creating and shaping a railway for everyone that encourages cars and lorries off the road and modal shift to trains, whilst leading a major programme of investment to make our trains and network even greener.
We do this by working as a team to define the benefits our investment must deliver, develop strategies, solve complex problems, make decisions, and build the case for investment. Communication and relationship building is key to our success as we work with a very wide range of internal and external stakeholders and lead presentation of our proposals to Scottish Government.
Our team, based in Glasgow, would now like to welcome new team members to work with us on delivering for Scotland. We encourage flexibility and have many different working patterns in place across all roles in the team. We want to be inclusive and ensure our team are reflective of the customers that we serve so encourage applications from all cultures, beliefs and backgrounds.
About the role (External)
Here are some of the duties your role will include: –
- Work to understand the needs of our customers (current and potential) and create evidence-based strategies that aim to put their needs at its heart; provide demonstratable benefits and outputs; and demonstrate alignment with Scottish Government policy.
- Provide impartial advice and support to Transport Scotland and a wide range of stakeholders, assess and evidence the strategic fit of proposals, form trusting relationships, and contribute to a rail network that is an integrated and useful public service
- Work collaboratively to understand and evidence the future needs of the railway and ensure these are translated into strategic requirements with demonstrable outputs and benefits. This includes working closely with industry partners including freight and train operators.
- Communicate, influence, agree, and embed strategic thinking within the industry
- Identify opportunities to drive efficiencies and work collaboratively to deliver cost, and carbon savings. This will include working closely with asset teams to understand the impact of railway enhancements on operations, maintenance, and renewal tasks, and vice-versa.
- Formulate evidenced and proportionate business cases to support whole industry decision making
What you will bring to the role: –
It’s desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: –
Good knowledge of the customers and assets of the route.
Knowledge of transport planning and integration
Knowledge of carbon management including options assessment
Knowledge of estimating techniques, risk analysis and economic models and tools
Knowledge of project development and delivery processes
Knowledge of Network Rail’s sponsorship and Investment processes and procedures
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Salary: £34,050 increasing to £38,305
Closing date: 1st December 2022.
Please get your application and covering letter in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.
We »re dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!
Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak’s Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you’re unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.
Company description:
People depend on Britain’s railway for their daily commute, to visit friends and loved ones and to get them home safe every day. Our role is to deliver a safe and reliable railway that connects people, businesses and communities. We connect people, businesses and communities all across our great nation. We »re a team of over 39,000 people with over 4,000 different types of jobs, all working together to deliver for our passengers. We Matter to Millions.
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