Bus Corporate Planning & Governance Lead
| Posting date: | 05 September 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 October 2025 |
| Location: | Manchester, M1 3BG |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75739870 |
Summary
Are you highly organised and thrive in a busy and dynamic role? Do you want to play a key role in shaping the future of public transport in Greater Manchester?
Your Role
We’re looking for a proactive and detail-oriented individual to lead corporate planning and governance within the Bus Team at TfGM. You’ll be instrumental in coordinating and preparing high-quality information for internal governance groups and stakeholders, while driving forward planning activities that support the delivery of Greater Manchester’s Bus Strategy.
Who are we?
The Bus Team is leading a transformative moment for TfGM, following the successful launch of bus franchising earlier this year, bringing the network back under public control for the first time in over 40 years! This is a unique opportunity to help redefine how buses serve our communities, improving quality, performance, and integration across the region!
What you’ll bring
What you do and how you do it is important whatever type of role you work in at TfGM and even small behaviours and actions can have a really big impact. At TfGM, our behaviours bring to life our values of Deliver, Care and Adapt.
We’re looking for someone who brings:
- A collaborative mindset and a solutions-focused approach.
- Confidence in managing competing priorities and meeting tight deadlines.
- Strong communication skills, including clear and concise report writing.
- Experience in governance and corporate planning within a large organisation.
- The ability to lead and support others, fostering a positive and inclusive team environment.
You’ll be a key part of embedding new ways of working and helping the Bus Team deliver on its ambitious goals.
You can find out more via the role profile for this position below.
What we can offer you
This is a 12 month fixed term contract providing maternity cover, with a salary of £47,539-£52,866 per annum.
You’ll experience all areas of work within the Bus team, including network planning, commercial, performance and future development. You will have the chance to help deliver transformational change to the bus network in Greater Manchester the Bee Network working as part of a team in a fast-paced environment.
At TfGM we encourage candidates to discuss flexible working options at any stage of the recruitment process. We are happy to #talkflexibleworking to help colleagues maintain a healthy work life balance.
Our benefits include:
- Generous annual leave starting at 28 days (plus bank holidays), increasing with service, with options to buy more.
- Free travel on buses across Greater Manchester, plus rail or Metrolink travel to and from work.
- Local Government defined pension scheme with life cover of 3x salary and options to boost your contributions.
- Enhanced family-friendly leave policies, including those supporting fertility treatment, alongside flexible and hybrid working and a special leave policy to support a range of unexpected events. Please note that qualification criteria may apply, including a requirement to have been employed with the organisation for a minimum specified period of time.
- Discover more benefits including wellbeing support, Personal and Career Development, Flexible working, financial support and more on our website
What's next?
If you believe you have the skills and experience required, we’d really like to hear from you!
To apply please submit your CV and complete your application ensuring that you provide clear examples against the criteria questions, all appointments will be based on merit. Our short-listing process is anonymised, so please do not include your name or contact details on your CV. If any personal details are included these will be visible to the hiring manager.
Internal candidates - check with your line manager before applying for a secondment, to make sure you can be released from your substantive role.
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TfGM is proud to be an equal opportunities employer that encourages and celebrates diversity. We want to recruit and retain a workforce that reflects the communities we serve and welcome individuals from all backgrounds by committing to providing a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We will offer support and reasonable adjustments if required and we also have a Guaranteed Assessment Scheme which you can find out more information on here.
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