Vacancy Details

Description

Active Travel Assistant  

Temporary (19/08/2024 – 15/08/2025)

37 hours per week

Grade 05 £24,294 - £25,119 per Annum

Secondment considered

Interviews to take place on the 14th August 

Whilst your base will be Abbey Road offices, you will have the option to work flexibly, with some time at home, on site and in the workplace.  You can also take advantage of our flexible working arrangements.

The role will require the successful applicant to engage with communities and this will entail working in the evenings and on weekends occasionally. 

Wrexham County Borough Council have been successful in obtaining grant funding for Active Travel schemes in the county. As a result, we wish to recruit an Active Travel Assistant to support the work. The Active Travel Assistant will be responsible for auditing of routes and identifying minor works for improvements to existing and future active travel routes, engagement with communities and organisations to enhance active travel projects and for organising behaviour change projects to complement infrastructure projects.

This Welsh essential post requires good conversational Welsh.  If you have not used your Welsh in a while, that’s fine we have further support that can be given including access to accredited Welsh language courses and informal chatting sessions. Applicants are encouraged to apply in Welsh however this is not essential as spoken Welsh is the key skill required in this particular role.

For further enquiries about the role, contact Gwen Thomas on gwen.thomas@wrexham.gov.uk or 01978 729667.               

The Council welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of race, gender, disability, sexuality, religious belief or age.   

The Council is committed to developing its bilingual workforce and welcomes applications from candidates who demonstrate their capability to work in both English and Welsh