Job Title:Workplaces Engagement Officer, North Ayrshire

Job Description

Reference:SUS1935

Salary:Grade F: £21,534 - £24,103 per annum

(dependent on relevant skills and experience)

Hours:37.5hours per week

Contract:until 30September 2017

Base:Irvine, North Ayrshire

Job Purpose:

To engage workplaces and their employeesin and around the Irvinearea through a wide range of techniques, activities and events which will encourage an increase in sustainable travel modes such as cycling and walking, an increase in patronage on rail and bus services and a reduction in single-occupancy car journeys.

Dimensions of role:

This role will deliver engagement activities, working alongside the Active Travel and Transport team at North Ayrshire Council,to employees in major, medium and small employers in and around Irvine, Largs, Garnock Valley & North Coast areas of North Ayrshire. The role’s key aim will be to increase walking, cycling and sustainable travel and create transport modal shift from single-occupancy car travel.

Background:

Sustrans is a leading UK charity enabling people to travel by foot bike or public transport for more of the journeys we make every day. One aspect of our work is our Smarter Choices behaviour change programme, working in workplaces, schools, and communities across the UK to encourage active travel.

Regional organisational structure:

The post holder will report to theSmarter ChoicesWorkplace Coordinator based in Edinburgh, and will be part of the North Ayrshire CouncilActive Travel and Transport team based in Cunninghame House in Irvine. The role will link to officers delivering active and sustainable travel programmes in workplaces throughout the UK.

Key Relationships:

Internal: Smarter Choices Workplace Coordinator, Edinburgh

Other Sustrans Workplace Project Officers, various locations Smarter Choices Manager, Edinburgh

Project Officer (Smarter Choices), Edinburgh

Regional Director, Scotland

Deputy Director, Behaviour Change, Scotland

Behaviour Change and EngagementTeam (Bristol)

Volunteer support team

Research and Monitoring Unit

External: North Ayrshire Council

Irvine Bay Regeneration Company

Cycling Scotland

Paths for All

Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT)

Local businesses

Local partners

Local Cycling Groups

Key responsibilities:

1.To provide support to engaged organisations to produce Development Plans in order to help overcome barriers to sustainable travel for commuting journeys and business trips.

2.To co-ordinate Workplace activities and act as a central liaison for participants, stakeholders, local partners and the central challenge team.

3.To develop and implement an effective marketing and engagement strategy to engage key organisations in Irvine, Largs, Garnock Valley & North Coast areas of North Ayrshire.

4.To deliver activities and events to encourage and promote sustainable travel in line with the needs of individual workplaces, including working with local partners.

5.To support at least 5 workplaces to become Cycling Scotland Cycle Friendly Employer accredited.

6.To work with an organisation’s internal departments e.g. internal communications / Human Resources to promote and facilitate our engagement activities.

7.To liaise with North Ayrshire Council to maximise close working with the Active Travel and Transport Manager, Access Officer, Business Developmentteam and other relevant local authority departments.

8.To support the delivery of the Smarter Choices, Smarter Places funded Travel Smart project in partnership with North Ayrshire Council.

9.To provide excellent customer service and support to all workplaces.

10.To manage project budget.

11.To ensure that project monitoring data is gathered and processed to evidence progress in encouraging participants to travel more sustainably.

12.To ensure that project reporting documentation is completed and processed on time.

13.To ensure the delivery of the project follows Sustrans Health and Safety guidelines regarding the management of such projects and the assessments of risks.

Training and personal development:

To attend essential Sustrans training as required by the Charity.
To ensure own personal development by working to objectives set as part of the Charity’s appraisal process.

Health & Safety, Safeguarding and Equality, Diversity and Inclusion:

To support and comply with the organisation’s policy for the management of Health and Safety.
To support and comply with the organisation’s policies for the management of safeguarding.
To support and comply with the organisation’s policy and procedures relating to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion and apply principles of best practice in own role.

Other

To perform any other duties consistent with the nature and grade of the role as agreed with the line manager.

Working Conditions:

The post will be based inIrvineand will include a significant amount of time at workplaces around the area. Work outside normal office hours will be required, including occasional weekend hours. The post holder will be trained in Sustrans workplace engagement.

The postholder will be based within the Sustrans Smarter Choices team. They will work in close partnership with local authority staff and their delivery partners, as well as other Sustrans regional staff and the Sustrans Behaviour Change team based in Bristol.

The postholder will be required to work in areas across North Ayrshire. In order to reach these locations the postholder will have access to a North Ayrshire Council Pool Vehicle. The postholder must hold a current, clean UK driving licence.

Special Note:

This job description does not form part of the contract of employment, but indicates how that contract should be performed. The job description may be subject to amendment in the light of experience and in consultation with the jobholder.

Compiled: Smarter Choices WorkplaceCoordinator, Edinburgh

Date:July 2016

Workplace Engagement Officer, North Ayrshire(SUS1935)

Person Specification

Criteria / Essential
Qualifications, education and training / Good standard of education
Experience / Experience of sustainable behaviour change or employee engagement project delivery in a workplace setting
Experience of organising and publicising events in a workplace setting
Experience in marketing
Experience of working with key internal workplace departments
Experience of partnership working with local authorities
Experience of leading group workshops
Skills and abilities / Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent sales and presentation skills
Excellent organisational skills
Ability to motivate and enthuse others
A “can do” attitude
Ability to develop productive working relationships at all levels, especially with key workplace andlocal authority staff
Ability to plan and prioritise own workload
IT literate
Current, clean UK driving license
Knowledge / Familiarity with Sustrans workplace travel projects
Understanding of workplace departmental targets, culture and internal protocol
Other / Committed to the promotion of walking and cycling and the promotion of sustainable transport
Willingness to travel by cycling or another form of sustainable transport during the course of work
Criteria / Desirable
Qualifications / Educated to degree level or equivalent
Bike Maintenance
Ride Leader
Cycle Instructor
Experience / Experience in the use of internet research
Experience with administering websites and smart phones
Experience of working with communities
Experience of working with volunteers or workplace ‘champions’
Knowledge / Local knowledge of Irvine, Largs, Garnock Valley and North Ayrshire Coast.
Skills and abilities / Good report writing skills
Ability to find creative solutions to problems