Planner - Transport Modelling
£32,000 - £42,000 depending on skills and experience
Permanent
Southwark, London
Job Purpose
TfL is leading the development of London’s transport system through innovation and are investing millions of pounds in upgrading train services and stations, through projects like the Elizabeth line. You’ll assist by providing strategic and tactical transport modelling and analysis that informs Public Transport decisions across the business. You’ll use your skills to support the delivery of short, medium, and long-term projects by providing forecasts and using them in simulation models. The results from this analysis will help improve our plans for trains, buses and station infrastructure for how customers want to use them. You’ll optimise services for customer journey time, service reliability, network capacity and connectivity, while taking account of value for money, operational constraints and customer priorities. Your work will help increase public transport use, making London a cleaner, greener and healthier city.
You’ll have an opportunity to work on some of our wide-range of current projects including the Bakerloo line Upgrade and Extension, changes to services for London Underground, Rail and Buses to adapt to changes in working patterns; improving passenger experience during planned temporary closures; modelling additional station capacity e.g. at Stratford & Camden. Plans will also consider the impact of changes in the short and longer-term on demand as services and population change. On the job training is provided in our all our work including pioneering and bespoke tools. Recent projects have included planning the Elizabeth Line and Northern Line extensions, major station upgrades such as Bank station, major closures and proposals for major changes to the bus network. You’ll develop our innovative research projects into passenger behaviour in partnership with universities.
Key Accountabilities
- Providing insights on complex strategic and operational issues, including the impact on customers and journey times.
- Helping senior business leaders make decisions on multi-million pound projects.
- Integrating input from a range of professions to improve efficiency and innovation.
- Ensuring our models and tools stay up to date and are fit for purpose.
- Improving the quality of our data sources and technical specifications.
- Supporting the development of others e.g. apprentices and research students.
Skills:
Essential:
- Excellent data analysis using Excel.
- Ability to work with modelling and analysis tools to develop and run models which deliver customer service.
- Ability to interpret and communicate modelling and data analysis from different information sources effectively.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Desirable:
- Ability to code using VBA, R, Python or any similar data analytic tools or query using Business Intelligence tools or GIS packages
- Data collection skills; ability to define, do research and interpret the outputs.
Knowledge:
Essential:
- Degree in highly numerate discipline or equivalent.
- Knowledge of computer modelling and data analysis techniques.
Desirable:
- Understanding of transportation planning software and models, such as those used for modelling demand forecasts, pedestrian (agent) movements or train service simulations.
- Knowledge of transportation analysis and forecasting techniques, including ways to predict demand and revenue for transportation services.
- Familiarity with the principles of Transport Planning, such as how they relate to public transportation service and reliability, as well as how to measure service performance.
- Understanding of how decisions are made and implemented, and knowledge of the process for developing a business case
Experience:
Essential:
- Experience in modelling & analysis.
- Experience of managing and delivering own prioritised work programme and responding to customer needs.
Desirable:
- Experience of communicating effectively to stakeholders to enable data led decisions
- Experience of delivering high quality data collection, research, analysis and interpretation of data from different sources
- Experience of participating in multiple teams
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 7th March 2023 @ 23.59
Inclusivity statement
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to have a workforce that is truly representative, at all levels, of the city we serve. We welcome applications from all people to ensure we have diversity in background, thought and experience. This will enable us to become a more innovative and efficient organisation and help us meet the needs of our customers.
Our goal is to make our recruitment practices as bias-free and inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria.
We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information pertaining to your protected characteristics such as your name, gender, faith, ethnicity, disability status, age, sexual orientation, from CVs and cover letters to make the shortlisting process fair. When applying for this role, please make sure your application clearly outlines your relevant skills, knowledge and experience, detailing in each previous job what you were responsible for, what you delivered and what your achievements are.
Additional Information
Please note that you must apply by using your CV and a covering letter. Please think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description and ensure your CV reflects the requirements of the role.
We will endeavour to give candidates as much notice as possible however some interviews/assessments will be organised at short notice and will require a degree of flexibility.
Benefits
In return for your dedication and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area and role, but may include:
- Final salary pension scheme
- Flexible working with a great work/life balance
- Free travel for you on the TfL network
- A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan
- 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
- Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
- Tax-efficient childcare payments
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
- Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
- Discounted Eurostar travel