Travel and Transport Manager

About the role

This job is all about making it as easy as possible for students and staff to choose sustainable travel. Its also about delivering straightforward travel solutions so that as many people as possible can access our fantastic campus environments. This all comes together in our Travel Plan and you would be responsible for developing the next version of our plan. It must align with our developing university strategy to 2032 and with our commitments to sustainability.

With around 18,000 students and 2,000 staff to move around the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole region to access our three campuses (Talbot, Lansdowne and Chapel Gate), so we need someone who is organised, logical and can plan both operationally and strategically. You will have line management responsibilities for the travel and transport coordinator and parking officers and bringing them together as a team to provide a welcoming and inclusive environment is core to this role. You will also be working with external contractors including our fantastic Unibus contract. We are proud to have a fleet of 15 buses which move not just our students and staff but members of the public around the region and last year carried 1.2 million passengers!

Part of your role is also to ensure that we have systems which enable control of our car parks, so that spaces are available for those who need them. We are implementing a new car parking management system with autopay technology and your role will involve embedding this new system and working with the contractor to realise the benefits. You can expect to be involved operationally as well as in a management capacity for our car parking management.

Commercial and analytical skills are important to, as you will be needing to deliver within a defined budget and also to report data the various schemes you own or will implement, to enable evaluation of their impact and continued value for money.

If this role sounds like the right next step for you, and you would like to find out more about it, and the wider sustainability team, then please reach out to Lois Betts, Sustainability Manager on lbetts@bournemouth.ac.uk for a discussion.

This position does not meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker Route within the UK Visa and Immigration service’s Points Based System. Therefore, BU will not be able to sponsor individuals who require permission to work to carry out this position.”

About the department

Our Estates team are a multi disciplinary department that create inspirational and sustainable environments in which teaching, research, sport, enterprise and living can thrive. We offer a range of diverse roles as we continue to develop our sites and help to drive BU’s Climate & Ecological Crisis Action Plan.  At BU, sustainability is a key component when undergoing works to improve our estate. This involves reducing carbon emissions and increasing biodiversity around our campuses.

About us

Bournemouth University’s vision is worldwide recognition as a leading university for inspiring learning, advancing knowledge and enriching society through the fusion of education, research and practice. Our highly skilled & creative workforce is comprised of individuals drawn from a broad cross section of the globe.

A job description for this position is available at the top of this page.

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