Network Rail

Senior Strategic Planner - IRC2238932

Job Description

Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter.  Watch our video to find out more!

We're continuing to build a diverse organisation which is representative of the people we serve. We want to harness the skills and expertise of our people and attract the best talent, to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here.

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! 

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance. 

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

Do you want to take on a role that shapes the future strategy for the railway in the South East? Our strategic transport planning communities are responsible for the long term planning of the railway network. We provide advice and choices to decision makers, especially funders and franchising authorities. We work with stakeholders collaboratively to understand, inform and communicate their goals and show how the railway can help achieve them.

We take an independent and long-term view, that goes beyond the duration of today's franchises, to consider options including different timetable patterns; more trains; longer trains; infrastructure options (e.g. digital railway); or new physical infrastructure (e.g. grade separated junctions).

Our work includes leading or clienting demand forecasts, business case appraisals, whole industry economic and station capacity analysis, geographic and market-based studies, network studies, and portfolio advice to national funders

About the role:

1. Lead cross-functional teams to develop strategic plans for the region.
2. Develop strategic plans for specified routes and contribute to strategic planning of more complex routes, based on needs and priorities of stakeholders.
3. Co-ordinate analysis for capacity studies, taking into account the existing capability, contractual & regulatory obligations, and the implications of expected future traffic levels.
4. Work with the Lead Strategic Planner to undertake business appraisal of complex projects and route strategies.  Identify industry benefits of service and network changes including journey time improvements and frequency increases
5. Work with sponsors of major asset renewal and enhancement schemes to identify any interface with route/strategic strategies and develop, where appropriate, combined development and delivery strategies.
6. Assist with the Route’s input to the Whole Industry Strategic Plan, in particular the presentation of strategic study outputs.
7. Identifying the needs and priorities of stakeholders and monitor strategic planning activities to ensure that they are being met. Lead liaison with internal and external parties.

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• Experience of network strategy and business planning
• Understanding of the basic infrastructure issues which influence capacity 
• Numerate degree or equivalent
• Good relationship management with good experience of cross-functional, collaborative working
• Good communication skills (both written and verbal) skills
• Good commercial and financial awareness, including understanding economic trade-off analysis
• Knowledge of rail industry and commercial framework

Desirable

• Knowledge of Network Rail’s sponsorship and investment processes and procedures

• Knowledge of project development and delivery processes

• A wide-ranging knowledge of the customers and assets of the route.

How To Apply

Please apply via our website using IRC2238932

Salary: £ 44,690 - £50,276

Network Rail adheres to pre-employment Baseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS), this is government standard for pre –employment vetting. BPSS government standard pre-employment vetting requires Network Rail to screen a potential employee’s unspent criminal convictions and undertake 3 year career checks. Employment at Network Rail is subject to employees meeting the BPSS government standard pre-employment vetting.

Network Rail welcomes applications regardless of age, disability, marital status (including civil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, trade union affiliation, or other irrelevant factor. We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria.

Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail.  Applicants should demonstrate their personal commitment to safety in their application.

Network Rail can offer you a rewarding career with competitive pay and excellent benefits including a choice of contributory pension schemes, a generous annual leave package, a bonus scheme and an annual 75% subsidy on season tickets costing up to £3000 (to a maximum amount of £2,250).

Network Rail positively embraces flexible working recognising that employees may wish to balance work and family/home life.

Closing date: 10th November 2022, late applications will not be accepted.  We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.

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