Modelling and Transport Planning - Corporate

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• Placements
• Further education and professional studies
• Duration
• Entry requirements and minimum criteria
• Applications

Our Group Planning team provides TfL with a world-class transport planning function. We're capable of delivering integrated transport strategies and developing major multi-modal infrastructure projects. So we know you'll want to make a genuine contribution to our work from the moment you arrive.

Join our Modelling and Transport Planning scheme and you'll work on live projects and schemes. You'll provide analysis that will impact on the provision of transport services for all those who visit, live and work in London. It'll demand strong mathematical and analytical skills, not to mention bags of enthusiasm.

We've carefully planned the scheme for you to develop a broad grounding in transport planning and develop expertise in forecasting, analysis, appraisal and modelling. You'll also enjoy variety that includes transport system planning, travel demand data, planning tools and evaluation, and the development of transport network plans and strategies for TfL.

You'll even have opportunities to experience the wider TfL community, such as Surface Transport and London Underground. During your training you'll develop the right skills and knowledge to progress to a management position (where you'll ideally use modelling skills) once you've finished.

Placements

Placements normally last six months and include a range of different projects and programmes, giving you the chance to engage in real work and get an understanding of how each business area delivers its aims.

Strategic Modelling and Analysis

This area applies strategic transport models to develop future travel demand forecasts, and has a number of teams covering the following areas:

• London-wide and sub-regional modelling
• Monitoring and reporting
• Strategic land use assessments and policy studies assessment, eg behavioural/travel trends/economic

We also work closely with other teams in Planning and in particular the Transport Strategy and Planning directorate.

Transport Strategy and Policy

Our teams are:

• Developing and refreshing sub-regional plans for London
• Providing strategic advice and coordinating TfL input to government consultations and GLA strategies
• Producing feasibility studies of potential long term major projects
• Leading on securing planning consents to enable scheme delivery by TfL
• Establishing a centre of excellence for design issues within TfL

Further education and professional studies

After your first year you'll be given the option of day release to study for an MSc in Transport Planning at Imperial College London or Westminster University. You'll also be encouraged to become a member of a recognised professional body, such as the Institution of Highways and Transportation (IHT) or the Transport Planning Society (TPS).

Through the wider TfL graduate programme, you'll also develop business and management skills. This could include short courses in subjects such as project management, influencing, negotiation and presentation skills, or other relevant subjects. 

Duration

This scheme is offered as a two-year fixed term contract.

Entry requirements and minimum criteria

We ask for a minimum 2:1 degree (or equivalent) in transport planning, town planning, modelling, maths, statistics, physics, engineering, geography, biology, chemistry, communication, history, economics, political sciences, politics or human geography.

• Graduate in appropriate discipline with appropriate classification - 2:1 
• High standards of written communication, verbal, numerical and inductive (ability to deal with ambiguous data) reasoning
• High standards of verbal communication
• Skilled in analysis and problem solving
• Keen on embracing change
• Collaborative, and keen to share information, knowledge and skills
• A strong focus on internal and external customers
• A commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion
• Keen to seek out new opportunities for learning and career progression and challenges
• Be able to identify the goals of any project and work steadily towards them
• Able to take a structured and methodical approach to any task, identifying priorities and setting deadlines

If you're successful you'll have to pass pre-employment checks before joining. These will include reference checks, qualifications checks, right to work in the UK and in some cases a medical and a Criminal Records Bureau check. 

Applications

Applications close on 27 January 2012.

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