6 Month  Fixed Term Contract

Permanency Possible

£30,000 - £42,000 depending on skills and experience

The closing date for applications is 13th February 2022 @ 23:59 hours

Job Purpose

You’ll assist providing strategic and tactical transport modelling and analysis that informs Public Transport business decisions. With an emphasis on Station modelling and demand forecasting, you’ll support the delivery of short, medium, and long-term plans for station infrastructure and customer use of that infrastructure.  You’ll optimise services for customer journey time, service reliability, network capacity and connectivity, whilst taking account of value for money, operational constraints and customer priorities.

Examples of current work include considering the implications of increased commercial opportunities within stations, planned temporary service closures including escalators, lifts, or train operations, providing additional station capacity, new station design. Also the impact of changes in the short and longer-term through forecasting of station demand as services and population change.

Key Accountabilities

• To provide technically competent advice concerning complex strategic, service development and operational issues using modelling, forecasting and analysis. To provide quantitative measurement of the potential impact on customers of business decisions through modelling and analysis of journey times, including the effect of crowding and congestion.
• To provide analysis for senior business leaders to resolve complex strategic & operational problems. Timescales will cover from issues impacting in a few days through to the extent of the Business Plan and beyond and can involve decisions on multi-million pound projects.
• To provide analysis and modelling that is technically proficient, understandable and actionable to influence business and operational decisions, and to help develop, run and maintain a set of models and tools ensuring they are up to date, validated, calibrated and fit for purpose.
• To provide expertise in Underground, Rail, Bus and pan-TfL transport modelling and analysis tools by integrating input from a range of professions to provide development that improves efficiency and innovation by using best practice and adopting procedures for quality assurance
• To help ensure the range of information sources from across LU, Rail, Bus, TfL and from worldwide benchmarking meet the needs of modelling and analysis by providing technical specification to improve existing and new sources of data
• Contribute to the development of Public Transport Planning team capability. Support the development of apprentices, research students, and modelling consultants in carrying out their accountabilities. Ensure that their objectives are set, training and coaching provided, and that development is achieved whilst also meeting shorter term objectives and deadlines.

Skills

• Excellent data analysis using Excel. Essential

• Able to code in one or more of VBA, R, Python, etc. or data analytic tools and query using Business Intelligence tools or GIS packages Desirable

• Ability to work with modelling and analysis tools to develop and run models which deliver customer service and innovation in a productive approach Essential

• Strong written and verbal communication skills Essential

• Data collection skills and ability to define and do research and interpret the outputs. Desirable

• Ability to interpret and communicate modelling and data analysis from different information sources effectively Essential

Knowledge

• Degree in highly numerate discipline or equivalent experience. Essential

• Knowledge of Transport Planning principles and application. Ideally public transport service and reliability issues and service performance metrics and their application in the business. Desirable

• Knowledge of computer modelling skills Essential

• Knowledge of the relevant transport models and software used in TfL and their application such as Train Service and Pedestrian modelling software including Legion Desirable

• Understanding the principles by which decisions are made and executed and knowledge of the business case development process including DfT’s TAG or equivalent. Desirable

• Knowledge of some of the relevant transport analysis or forecasting of demand, revenue for transport services e.g. using demand modelling and network assignment such as Emme, Cube, Vissum, MOIRA, RailPlan or Motion or PDFH. Desirable

Experience

• Experience in modelling & analysis in network and service industry, preferably in transport Essential

• Experience of managing and delivering own prioritised work programme and responding to customer needs Essential

• Experience of delivering high quality data collection, research, analysis and interpretation of data from different sources Desirable

• Experience of participating in multiple teams Desirable

• Experience of communicating effectively to stakeholders to enable data led decisions Desirable

Application Process

Please think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description and ensure your CV reflects the requirements of the role you are applying for.

Please apply using a two-page CV and a covering letter (Word (.docx) format preferred) 

Equality and Diversity

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Benefits 

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow.  Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

• Final salary pension scheme
• Free travel for you on the TfL network
• A 75% discount on National Rail Season Ticket and interest free loan
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays 
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers
• Discounted Eurostar travel