Strategy Project Officer
| Posting date: | 06 March 2026 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Competitive |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 05 April 2026 |
| Location: | Tameside, OL6 6BH |
| Company: | inploi |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 75791420 |
Summary
Contract Type: Fixed term contract (until 29/02/2028)
Contract Reason: Subject to funding
Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment
Salary: Grade G. Scale 23 - £34,434 to Scale 28 - £39,152
Hours Per Week: 36
Base Location: Tameside One, Market Place, Ashton-under-Lyne, OL6 6BH
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
Tameside is playing a leading role in the development of the Bee Network, Greater Manchester’s fully integrated transport system covering rail, tram, active travel and buses. With major programmes underway including Bee Network Rail, Godley Green Garden Village, a Mayoral Development Corporation on the horizon and improvements across all nine towns this is a dynamic and ambitious period of change for Tameside.
About You
We are seeking a Strategy Project Officer to support the Transport Strategy Team in developing a deliverable pipeline of transport schemes and advancing the Council’s longterm transport priorities. If you're passionate about better transport, evidenceled decisions, and projects that make a tangible difference to people and place we want you on our team.
Working for Tameside means joining a team that values your skills, your wellbeing, and your ideas. You will benefit from:
- A fair salary and strong benefits package
- Health, wellbeing and support offers
- Opportunities to grow, develop and innovate
- A culture that listens, involves you in change, and encourages creativity
- A shared pride in delivering for our communities
Together, we are proud to work for team Tameside.
About Us
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.
For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on 0161 342 2487 or Adam.Towers@tameside.gov.uk
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