School Travel Coordinator

Location: Hamilton City

Employment Type: Fixed Term

Applications Close: 19 January 2025

We have the opportunity for two individuals to join our City Transport team as School Travel Coordinators in fixed-term roles until June 2027.

This is a hands-on community facing role focused on engaging with schools to help create safer school travel environments. If you are an organised self-starter who wants to make a difference in your community then this could be the role for you.

What will I be doing?

• Effectively managing relationships to understand school traffic and safety issues and the barriers to active travel
• Developing and reviewing school travel plans to assist schools to adopt a safe and sustainable approach to school travel
• Respond to school related road safety and or parking issues and support city wide campaigns to address congestion
• An understanding of Council’s transport strategy ‘Access Hamilton – Ara Kootuitui Kirikiriroa’ and how it links to school travel
• Collect and evaluate relevant data to provide recommendations on future programme development and implementation

What skills and experience do I need?

• Tertiary qualification or equivalent experience in education, health promotion or marketing
• Broad knowledge of road safety and sustainable transport issues
• A doer, who can self-manage and work autonomously.
• A good communicator that can establish and maintain relationships with key stakeholders within the schools and community.
• Able to collate data to create baseline data required for this project.

What's in it for me?

• Fixed-term roles 40 hours/week until June 2027.
• Recruiting range starts at $68k per annum
• Flexible and supportive team
• Opportunity to make a long-term impact on school travel within Hamilton City
• Medical coverage for you and subsidised policies for your family
• Two wellness days in addition to the annual leave allowance to take care of yourself

How to apply:

• Read the Position Description
• Click apply
• Note that we'll be reviewing applications as they are received

This role is covered by the Children’s Act 2014, which means that shortlisted candidates will be required to undergo all safety checking requirements under the Act before commencing employment, as well as during employment.

As a council, we believe in creating a welcoming environment where everyone feels valued and belongs. We value inclusiveness (Kotahitanga) – we respect and value the unique perspectives, experiences, and talents that everyone brings. As a member of our team, you'll have the opportunity to positively influence the lives of the community so that Hamilton’s full potential can be unlocked making it the best place to be. It is important to us that we support you throughout our selection process (interview and assessments). If you have any access needs during this process, let us know in advance so we can make sure these are met.

This role is being sourced directly. If/where Hamilton City Council requires the support of a recruitment agency, we will seek this support from our panel of selected agencies. Hamilton City Council will not be responsible for, and will not pay, any commissions, fees or other payments related to unsolicited contact.