Salary: £71,425 - £80,216 per annum, plus relocation support
Location: York/Northallerton, Hybrid 

As Head of Public Transport, you will lead one of the most high-profile and strategically important areas within our portfolio. With bus and rail reform, service improvement and the transfer of additional transport responsibilities on the horizon, this role will be central to improving public transport provision across the region. I am looking for a credible and influential leader who can build strong relationships with operators, stakeholders and elected members while driving forward an ambitious agenda for change.

Reporting to the Director of Transport, you will lead the strategic direction, development and delivery of public transport services across York and North Yorkshire, with a particular focus on bus services and growing influence over rail services as powers continue to evolve.

This is a highly visible leadership role where you will work closely with the Mayor, senior leaders, government departments, transport operators and key regional stakeholders to shape and deliver an ambitious public transport agenda.

You will lead the development of long-term public transport strategies, oversee investment priorities, and ensure that services are accessible, sustainable, customer-focused and deliver value for money for residents and visitors alike.

About You

We are looking for a strategic and influential transport leader with experience operating in complex, stakeholder-rich environments.

You will bring:

• Significant experience working at a senior level within the transport sector.
• Expertise in bus service delivery, public transport operations, policy and investment.
• Knowledge of bus franchising, Enhanced Partnerships, concessionary travel and public transport legislation.
• Experience managing major budgets, contracts, business cases and complex programmes.
• A strong track record of partnership working, stakeholder engagement and influencing at senior levels.
• The ability to provide credible advice to elected members, senior leaders and government stakeholders.
• Outstanding leadership skills, with experience building and developing high-performing teams.
• Whether your background is within a Combined Authority, local government, transport operator, consultancy or wider public transport environment, you will have the credibility, vision and ambition to drive meaningful change.

For more details, please see the Job Description / Person Specification.

Key Dates

Closing: Thursday 27 August 2026 (midnight)
Shortlisting: Friday 28 August 2026
Stage One Assessment Event (Teams): Thursday 3 September 2026
Final Stage Assessment Event (In person, York): Thursday 17 September

For an informal confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Katherine.Brioude@northyorks.gov.uk or Leanne.Auton@northyorks.gov.uk

For full details on how to apply for this role, please view the Contact and Apply section.

Salary: £71,425 - £80,216 per annum, plus relocation support
Location: York/Northallerton, Hybrid

As Head of Transport Programmes, you will be responsible for overseeing the delivery and assurance of a substantial programme of transport investment. This role will ensure funding is effectively managed, investment priorities are delivered, and partners are supported to achieve successful outcomes. I am seeking a strategic leader with strong programme management, governance and partnership skills who can help maximise the impact of transport investment across York and North Yorkshire.

Reporting to the Director of Transport, you will provide strategic leadership for the Combined Authority's transport investment portfolio, overseeing the development, governance and delivery of a programme valued at more than £450 million over four years.

This is a high-profile role at the heart of one of the Combined Authority's most significant priorities. You will shape long-term investment decisions, develop robust programme governance and assurance frameworks, and work closely with local authorities, government departments and delivery partners to ensure investment delivers lasting benefits for residents, businesses and communities across York and North Yorkshire.

You will oversee a diverse portfolio of capital and revenue programmes, ensuring schemes are delivered on time, within budget and in line with funding requirements while maximising economic, environmental and social outcomes. The role will also be instrumental in securing future investment through the development of compelling business cases, funding bids and partnerships.

About You

We are looking for a strategic and commercially minded leader with substantial experience of delivering major programmes and investment portfolios.

You will bring:

• Significant experience within transport, infrastructure, regeneration or major capital programme environments.
• A strong track record of leading complex programmes, projects and investment portfolios.
• Expertise in programme governance, assurance, risk management and benefits realisation.
• Experience managing substantial budgets, business cases, funding programmes and contracts.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience in negotiating with government departments, local authorities and strategic partners.
• The ability to provide strategic challenge, independent assurance and expert advice to senior leaders and elected representatives.
• Proven leadership experience, including developing high-performing teams and driving continuous improvement.

You may currently be working within a Combined Authority, local government, central government, transport organisation, consultancy or wider infrastructure environment. Most importantly, you will have the credibility, strategic mindset and leadership capability to deliver complex programmes in a dynamic and politically aware environment

For more details, please see the Job Description / Person Specification.

Key Dates

Closing: Thursday 27 August 2026 (midnight)
Shortlisting: Friday 28 August 2026
Stage One Assessment Event (Teams): Friday 4 September 2026
Final Stage Assessment Event (In person, York): Friday 18 September

For an informal confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Katherine.Brioude@northyorks.gov.uk or Leanne.Auton@northyorks.gov.uk

For full details on how to apply for this role, please view the Contact and Apply section.

Salary: £71,425 - £80,216 per annum, plus relocation support
Location: York/Northallerton, Hybrid

As Head of Transport Strategy, you will lead the development of our long-term transport vision, including the Local Transport Plan and supporting strategies that will guide investment and decision-making for years to come. This role requires an experienced strategic thinker who can bring together evidence, policy, stakeholder views and political priorities to create ambitious and deliverable plans for the future.

Reporting to the Director of Transport, you will lead the development and delivery of the Combined Authority’s transport vision, ensuring transport policy, planning and investment are aligned to the region’s economic, environmental and social ambitions.

This is a highly influential role responsible for developing the region’s statutory Local Transport Plan, alongside a suite of supporting transport strategies including bus, rail, active travel, highways, connectivity and decarbonisation. You will help shape how transport supports housing growth, skills development, regeneration, employment opportunities and improved access to services across York and North Yorkshire.

Working closely with the Mayor, local authorities, government departments, transport operators and regional stakeholders, you will provide expert strategic advice, influence investment decisions and help secure the funding needed to deliver transformational outcomes for residents, businesses and communities.

About You

We are looking for a strategic transport professional with the vision, credibility and leadership skills to operate successfully within a complex and politically aware environment.

You will bring:

• Significant experience developing transport policy, strategies and long-term plans.
• A strong track record of leading Local Transport Plans, transport strategies or equivalent policy programmes.
• Experience operating within local government, Combined Authorities or similarly complex public sector environments.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, consultation and partnership working skills.
• The ability to influence senior leaders, elected members, government departments and strategic partners.
• Experience translating evidence, data and emerging trends into effective and deliverable policy.
• Strong leadership capability, including developing teams, driving change and shaping organisational priorities.
• Excellent written communication skills, with the ability to produce compelling strategies, reports and policy documents.

Whether your background is in a Combined Authority, local authority, consultancy, transport planning organisation or government department, you will have the ability to think strategically, build consensus and drive meaningful change.

Please see Job Description/Person Specification.

Key Dates

Closing: Tuesday 15 September 2026 (midnight)
Shortlisting: Wednesday 16 September 2026
Stage One Assessment Event (Teams): Thursday 24 September 2026
Final Stage Assessment Event (In person, York): Monday 28 September 2026

For an informal confidential discussion about this opportunity, please contact Katherine.Brioude@northyorks.gov.uk or Leanne.Auton@northyorks.gov.uk

For full details on how to apply for this role, please view the Contact and Apply section.

Salary: £52,414 - £55,539 per annum
Location:York/Northallerton, Hybrid

We are seeking an ambitious and influential Road Safety Manager to provide strategic leadership for road safety across York and North Yorkshire. This is a unique opportunity to shape the future of road safety policy, governance and partnership working across one of England's largest regions and its diverse urban, rural and strategic road network.

Reporting to the Director of Transport, you will be the lead strategic road safety specialist for the Combined Authority and the York and North Yorkshire Road Safety Partnership. You will be responsible for developing and overseeing delivery of the Partnership's strategy and action plan, ensuring strong governance arrangements are in place and providing clear oversight and accountability for delivery against agreed priorities.

Working closely with colleagues across the Transport Team, you will also lead on the road safety elements of the Local Transport Plan, helping to ensure that road safety is embedded within wider transport policy, planning and investment decisions.

The role requires close collaboration with a wide range of partners, including North Yorkshire Police, North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service, Yorkshire Ambulance Service, City of York Council, North Yorkshire Council, National Highways and other regional and national stakeholders. You will bring partners together around a shared vision, ensure effective governance and scrutiny, monitor performance and help drive meaningful reductions in road deaths and serious injuries.

What You Will Bring

• Experience of developing and delivering evidence-based strategies, policies and programmes in a complex public sector or partnership environment.
• Strong governance and partnership-working skills, with experience of influencing, challenging and supporting senior stakeholders to deliver shared outcomes.
• Experience of implementing and supporting effective governance and meeting structures that drive accountability, informed decision-making and delivery of agreed outcomes.
• Knowledge of transport and road safety policy, including Safe System and Vision Zero approaches.
• Experience of performance management, programme delivery and turning strategy into measurable results.
• Highly effective communicator with strong influencing and engagement skills, capable of building trusted relationships, providing strategic challenge and driving collective action across complex partnership environments.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use evidence, insight and data to inform decision-making and influence policy.

For more details, please see the Job Description / Person Specification.

Contact and Apply

If you are passionate about road safety, partnership working and making a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact Fiona Kinnear at fiona.kinnear@northyorkshire-pfcc.gov.uk to arrange an informal conversation.

To apply for this role, visit NYC Jobs. Simply register your details, tell us how you meet our criteria in the supporting evidence section, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.

Key Dates

Closing: 16 August 2026
Shortlisting: 17 August 2026
Interviews: w/c 24 August 2026

Salary: £44,075 - £48,227 per annum
Location: York/Northallerton, Hybrid

This is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of how children, young people and families travel across York and North Yorkshire. Working with schools, local authorities and partners, you will lead initiatives that encourage more walking, wheeling and cycling, helping to improve health, reduce congestion and support our ambitions for a safer, more sustainable transport network.

You will play a key role in developing and delivering innovative programmes that inspire behaviour change, create lasting partnerships and support the Mayor’s vision for active travel. Through your work, you will help create environments where active travel is the natural choice for everyday journeys and contribute to making York and North Yorkshire one of the best places in the country for people of all ages to walk, wheel and cycle.

What You Will Bring

We are looking for an enthusiastic and collaborative professional with a passion for active travel, sustainability and improving outcomes for children and young people.

You will bring:

• Experience of developing and delivering programmes, projects or initiatives within schools, education, transport, public health or community settings.
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to build effective relationships with schools, local authorities, communities and partner organisations.
• A proven ability to influence and inspire behaviour change through engagement, communication and partnership working.
• Excellent organisational and project management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver successful outcomes.
• Confidence in presenting information, facilitating workshops and working with a wide range of audiences.
• A commitment to inclusion, ensuring active travel opportunities are accessible to people of all ages and abilities.
• A passion for creating healthier, safer and more sustainable communities through walking, wheeling and cycling.
• The ability to work independently while contributing positively to a collaborative team environment.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of active travel programmes, School Streets, Modeshift, Bikeability or travel planning initiatives.
• Experience of working with schools or educational settings.
• Understanding of local government, transport, public health or environmental policy.

This role offers the opportunity to make a visible and lasting difference to the lives of children, families and communities across York and North Yorkshire.

Please see Job Description/Person Specification.

Contact and Apply

If you are passionate about walking, wheeling and cycling and want to make a difference through working with education partners to make a lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.

If you would like to discuss the role in more detail, please contact claire.hoskins@yorknorthyorks-ca.gov.uk to arrange an informal conversation.

To apply for this role, visit NYC Jobs. Simply register your details, tell us how you meet our criteria in the supporting evidence section, remove your personal details from your CV and upload.

Key Dates

Closing: 24 August 2026
Shortlisting: 25 August 2026
Interviews: 7 September 2026

We are proud of York’s status as one of the safest and best cities to live in the UK, engaging our 202,000 residents and 7 million visitors to live healthier, happier independent lives.

We are a vibrant, digital city at the heart of Yorkshire - the best of tradition and the modern. With excellent connectivity by road and rail, the neighbouring towns and cities of Leeds, Hull and Harrogate are in easy reach. National Parks and areas of areas outstanding natural beauty are on our doorstep, with their quaint villages and market towns, whilst the Yorkshire coast provides a retreat ideal for sunny days.

We are known for our considerable assets – we have our internationally important heritage, with strong creative industries and a significant cultural offering. We have strengths as a science city, and our digital infrastructure recognises us as the UK’s first Gigabit City. We have a young and highly skilled workforce, and lay claim to world-leading universities and some of the highest performing schools and colleges in the country.

We are ambitious and aim to be a prosperous city for all - where local businesses can thrive and residents have good quality jobs, housing, opportunities and access to quality public services. We celebrate and champion the diversity of our population and encourage everyone to play an active role in the city, so that our vibrant economy and rich communities can make York the acclaimed city it is. We are one of the safest cities in the country and offer some of best available education.

A city of Sanctuary and Human Rights, our community is truly multicultural and diverse.  We are the first city in the North of England to set the aspiration to make our city an anti- racist and inclusive one. We are committed to tackling discrimination in all aspects of services that the Council delivers, including public health, in order to have an impact and bring about positive change to our residents.

Our thriving retail and visitor economy welcomes millions of visitors every year. We have been recognised as the ‘foodie centre of the universe’ and our Christmas market is the best in the UK. Our many awards include Sunday Times best place to live, Conde Nast city of best architecture and in 2018 YouGov found that we are the nation’s favourite city. We are friendly, community-spirited, festive and summer-friendly – what’s not to like?

Find out more about working and living in the City of York here It's All York

North Yorkshire is a thriving county that adapts to a changing world and remains a special place to live and work.

North Yorkshire's natural beauty is captured in its three areas of Outstanding Natural Parks, National Nature Reserves, stunning coastlines, scenic rural villages, vibrant cities and market towns. North Yorkshire really is a beautiful, thriving and special place to live and work, rich in heritage and culture.

North Yorkshire features significantly in the ten best places to live in the UK in Halifax Quality of Life Survey. The Quality of Life index aims to quantify where living standards are highest in the UK by ranking local performance across a range of indicators. Local areas featured in the top ten included Richmond, Selby and Malton.

Figures released by the Office for National Statistics bulletin positions North Yorkshire as the safest place in England with extremely low crime rates.

In addition, the county benefits from excellent road and rail links, with easy access via the east coast mainline, the A1(M) and A19. Leeds, York, Newcastle, Durham and Teesside are all easily commutable, and London and Edinburgh are just two hours away by train.

From its lively cities to pretty villages, rolling countryside and grand coastline, North Yorkshire has so much to offer including great employment opportunities for your family members, along with a higher proportion of schools which are good or outstanding compared to national figures.

You can find out more about what North Yorkshire has to offer on the No place like North Yorkshire website North Yorkshire - start planning your visit - VisitNorthYorkshire.com