Closing date: 12:00pm, 19 December 2018

Job Title: Head of Northern Powerhouse Rail Business Development

Location: Flexible across the North of England, but with a requirement to regularly work from client office in Manchester

Salary: £60,224 - £71,019 per annum

Employment Term: Permanent

The organisation was formed to transform the transport system across the North of England, providing

the infrastructure needed to drive economic growth.

Role Purpose:

Lead a specialist technical service, delivering complex, pertinent data, analysis, design and appraisal solutions to senior organisational colleagues to establish and deliver the programme of next phase of business case development for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) beyond the Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC).

You will be expected to lead the next phases of NPR Business Case development, supporting the NPR Director as Scheme Sponsor, developing and leading the programme of business case development post SOBC; and ensuring that NPR is fully integrated into the organisation, national and local transport programmes.

The successful candidate will have successful senior management experience in transport demand modelling,

forecasting and analysis with a strong knowledge of the transport planning process, experience of transport

policy and business case development. You will have an excellent track record of delivering large, complex

projects, demonstrating effectiveness in managing complex working relationships with external stakeholders

and internal stakeholders at board level.