Transport Solutions Manager

Role Overview

• Lead the design and delivery of impactful projects or funding opportunities, working closely with Programme Directors and colleagues across the Transport Solutions Team.
• Manage end-to-end delivery of specific initiatives – this could include grants, pilots, commissioned projects, partnerships or other tools – ensuring they are well scoped and aligned to our strategic priorities.
• Use insight, evidence, and stakeholder engagement to shape the approach to new work, including scoping documents, funding criteria, business cases, and delivery plans.
• Work flexibly across our matrix team, contributing to projects or funding rounds outside your own portfolio as needed, and supporting colleagues with specialist input or delivery resource.
• Build and maintain relationships with external stakeholders, including charities, researchers, delivery partners and commercial organisations.
• Manage delivery, budgets, due diligence, risks and outcomes for projects or funding opportunities, ensuring appropriate governance and reporting is in place.
• Collaborate across teams including Impact & Evaluation, Finance, and Communications to ensure high-quality delivery, learning and visibility of our work.
• Bring and apply knowledge in key areas such as accessible transport, disability, inclusive innovation, grant-making or systems change.
• Support the development and continuous improvement of our delivery models, funding mechanisms and ways of working.

Requirements

• Experience managing projects or funding opportunities from inception through to delivery, including planning, delivery, and monitoring, ideally across teams and with external partners or suppliers.
• Ability to scope and deliver initiatives or funding opportunities using evidence, insight, and engagement with disabled people and other key stakeholders.
• Strong organisational skills, with the ability to manage multiple, complex workstreams to deadlines in a fast-paced and evolving environment.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Strong data and analysis skills, including the ability to synthesise qualitative and quantitative insight to inform decision-making and strategy.
• High IT literacy, including confident use of Microsoft Office (especially Excel and PowerPoint).
• A collaborative and flexible working style, with experience contributing to cross-team initiatives or matrix working.
• Understanding of disability and transport issues, such as the social model of disability, transport barriers, key legislation etc. (Nice to haves).
• Experience delivering or managing grant programmes, innovation pilots, research projects, or cross-sector partnerships. (Nice to haves).
• Familiarity with innovation or funding mechanisms such as challenge prizes, agile funding rounds, co-design, systems mapping, or commissioning frameworks. (Nice to haves).
• Experience of working in or alongside government, industry, or the not-for-profit sector. (Nice to haves).
• Experience supporting or line managing others in a team or project context. (Nice to haves).

Benefits

• 26 days annual leave, plus the option to buy/ sell up to five days.
• One wellbeing day for extra flexibility.
• Pension scheme
• Up to 20%, including a 10% non-contributory contribution and matched contributions up to 5%.
• Life Assurance of four times your salary.
• Private healthcare through BUPA for you and your family, along with a Medicash Health Plan.
• Employee assistance programme: GP appointments, eye tests, flu vaccinations, sick pay and free gym and yoga sessions.
• Enhanced Parental Leave, including Adoption Pay.
• Free parking, EV charge points and a minibus service to/from the town centre and train station.
• Fresh fruit, breakfast snacks, and a Dress for Your Day dress code.
• Learning and development opportunities to help you grow.