Project Officer – Active Journeys

job description

As the Project Officer you will be required to play a dynamic role in delivering a variety of walking, wheeling, and cycling projects that make a real difference to people's lives.

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid, with travel around London, East & South-East

Full time 37.5 hours per week – we are happy to talk flexible working

£28,831 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Closing date: 23:59 on 26 October 2025.

Reference: 85REC

About the role

This is a fantastic chance to join the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, working within the Active Journeys team as our new Project Officer.

As the Project Officer you will be required to play a dynamic role in delivering a variety of walking, wheeling, and cycling projects that make a real difference to people's lives.

In this varied role, you will be responsible for planning and delivering practical activities for young people in schools, supporting the implementation of School Streets to create safer and healthier environments, and working closely with the National Cycle Network and Infrastructure teams on community engagement for related schemes. You will engage with a broad range of internal and external stakeholders, building strong relationships to ensure the successful delivery of projects, and will also be responsible for integrating Sustrans volunteers into your work to help maximise impact and community involvement.

This role involves regular travel, with work taking place at different locations to support and deliver projects for the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust.

About you

We ask that you have experience in the following areas:

- Experience of managing small clearly defined projects or experience of delivering work packages as part of a project.

- Experience of working as part of a team and building meaningful and collaborative relationships, both internally and externally.

- Understanding of active travel and issues facing communities that experience inequalities. 

- Knowledge and understanding of behaviour change theories and tools.

- Knowledge and experience of applying health and safety procedures including risk assessment

- Knowledge of safeguarding principles.

- Experience of leading group workshops and presenting to audiences online and in person.

- Ability to ‘flex’ across different projects at different delivery stages and local contexts.

Additional Information

Closing date for the receipt of completed applications is 23:59, 26 October 2025.   

Interviews will take place in via MS Teams during the week commencing 03 November 2025

We encourage early applications as the role may close ahead of schedule if we receive strong interest.