Are you passionate about making a real impact on public transport in Greater Manchester?
Do you have the expertise to lead stakeholder engagement and build strong relationships with key decision-makers? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you to shape the future of bus services in the region.
Your Role
As the Lead for Stakeholder and District Liaison, you will play a pivotal role in driving stakeholder engagement strategies that support the Bee Networks vision. You will develop and implement structured engagement plans, forge relationships with local authorities, MPs, and community groups, and ensure stakeholder insights shape service improvements. Acting as a senior point of contact, you will provide strategic advice, manage emerging challenges, and represent TfGM at high-profile meetings and events.
For more information, please see the role profile at the bottom of the advert.
Who are we?
The Bus Services Team at TfGM is at the forefront of delivering the Bee Network, the UKs biggest public transport reform outside of London. With the introduction of bus franchising, we are bringing buses back under local control to create an integrated, accessible, and customer-focused transport network. This role is an opportunity to be part of this transformation, working with stakeholders to ensure communities across Greater Manchester have a say in shaping the future of bus services. You will be joining a dedicated and passionate team committed to delivering high-quality services that improve connectivity, sustainability, and accessibility for all.
What Youll 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 are looking for an experienced stakeholder engagement professional with a strong background in transport, local government, or community engagement. You should have exceptional relationship management skills, the ability to influence decision-making, and experience working with a diverse range of stakeholders, including local authorities, councillors, and community groups. Strong written and verbal communication skills, strategic thinking, and experience leading engagement activities such as public consultations or workshops are essential.
What We Can Offer You
This role offers the chance to be at the heart of Greater Manchesters bus transformation, shaping services through effective stakeholder engagement. You will work within a dynamic and supportive team, building relationships with key stakeholders to influence transport policy and service delivery. With a competitive salary, a hybrid working model, and opportunities for career development, you will play a vital role in delivering the Bee Network. We also offer generous annual leave, pension contributions, and free local travel, with flexible working arrangements available to support work-life balance.
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?
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.
We embrace AI to enhance our operations and to innovate our services. However, we value human talent and are looking for passionate individuals to join our organisation. Please ensure you personally complete your application and read all the instructions carefully to maximise your chances of success.
Applications that rely too heavily on AI may be rejected during shortlisting, however we understand that AI may be used as a reasonable adjustment, if using AI to support your application, please give a brief explanation why to help ensure fair selection process.
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.
For this opportunity, you must be able to prove you have the right to work in the UK - if in doubt please visit the following link Employers' right to work checklist - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Please note we are not a licensed sponsor.
Please note we may close the advert early if we receive a high volume of applications.
NOTE TO AGENCIES we will be accepting direct applications only for this role. No fee will be paid if a candidate is hired for this position as a result of an unsolicited agency or search firm referral CV.
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