Transport Planner Degree Apprenticeship
CITISENSE LTD
London (EC2A 4NE)
Closes in 15 days (Sunday 17 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 1 August 2025
Contents
Summary
We’re looking for an Apprentice Transport Planner to join our London office. You’ll work alongside our experienced Sustainable Transport team, supporting the development and delivery of projects while completing a Transport Planner Degree Apprenticeship BSc (Hons) through Northeastern University London.
- Wage
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£20,000 a year
- Training course
- Transport planner (integrated degree) (level 6)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday. Flexible working arrangements with minimum 2 days per week in the office
37 hours 30 minutes a week
- Start date
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Monday 29 September 2025
- Duration
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3 years 3 months
- Positions available
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1
Work
Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.
What you'll do at work
- Assist with preparing transport assessments, statements, and travel plans for clients
- Support the design and delivery of transport, active travel, and regeneration projects
- Research policies, analyse data, and draft reports and presentations
- Monitor active travel and traffic projects and assess their impact
- Help with junction and network assessments, preliminary highway designs, and parking scheme designs
- Liaise with clients, attend meetings, and collaborate with colleagues on multidisciplinary projects
- Contribute to meaningful community and stakeholder engagement work
Where you'll work
86-90 Paul Street
London
EC2A 4NE
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY-LONDON
Training course
Transport planner (integrated degree) (level 6)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- S1: apply and comply with transport policy and planning practice for various modes of transport within relevant national, strategic and local policy contexts, and assess and evaluate the principal impacts of such policies on particular projects.
- S2: determine and apply appropriate methods to design transport schemes, providing for integration between different transport modes and systems, with the intention of providing efficient and secure transport services.
- S3: apply and comply with policies and regulations, including those relating to transport, health and safety, environmental, legal, planning and equality and diversity, and with their organisation’s formal procedures and practices.
- S4: effectively manage tasks and projects, to agreed time and resource budgets, through the application of appropriate project management tools and techniques.
- S5: apply, analyse and evaluate a broad range of appropriate transport statistics and data, utilising appropriate software and digital solutions, to inform and enable decision making within the development of transport solutions. This includes liaising with relevant organisations, such as the police, highway authorities and transport operators, to access a range of data sources and surveys for different modes or travel contexts as well as assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
- S6: determine the method, manage the collection, analysis, evaluation, and monitoring of data used in the development or delivery of transport solutions. This includes assessing data suitability, validity, quality, and accuracy relative to its intended application.
- S7: use advanced techniques for the analysis of traffic and travel generation and demand, to enable the evaluation and monitoring of transport solutions, taking account of economic (cost-benefit) analyses.
- S8: select, specify, and use a range of transport models and forecasting techniques to support the interpretation of proposed transport solutions. This will include the evaluation of models for local and strategic transport and different modes of transport, using appropriate software packages
- S9: specify the data requirements and targets against which the effectiveness and impacts of a transport policy, plan or scheme can be measured. This includes designing, managing, and monitoring programmes to assess performance over time including the effects on the economy, and other factors such as environmental, accessibility, safety, security, or land use.
- S10: determine the needs of stakeholders in developing transport solutions
- S11: plan various stages of a commercial or operational management scheme in transport, such as initial project development, feasibility study, detailed design, procurement, funding, implementation or assessing effectiveness.
- S12: identify and recommend appropriate types of finance, or funding, for a transport scheme, and contribute to the bidding or procurement of transport planning contracts or projects. This can include establishing and agreeing specifications, budgets, timescales, identifying and assessing possible risks, and preparing or evaluating technical briefs.
- S13: design, promote, implement and evaluate travel planning programmes to increase travel awareness and achieve changes in travel behaviour. This includes setting, monitoring and evaluating targets, identifying and assessing likely benefits, and communicating and liaising informatively and effectively with stakeholders.
- S14: plan, refine and analyse programmes of community involvement, stakeholder engagement or public consultations, to identify transport needs and to develop transport solutions.
- S15: communicate effectively orally and in writing in both formal and informal contexts. Prepare written reports and make presentations, participate and manage meetings, contribute to discussions, and listen actively to ensure the views of others are taken into account appropriately. Seek feedback on your own performance so you can look for ways to improve it.
- S16: apply appropriate transport, environmental impact and development planning laws, regulations and procedures, taking into account the evaluation of public testing and best practice, in gaining formal consent for transport solutions.
- S17: manage the delivery of high quality accurate, well-structured and organisationally compliant documents and recommendations for the work for which they are responsible and to a level appropriate for whom they are intended. This may include written reports, oral presentations, designs, models, calculations, reports and drawings, surveys designs, and calculations.
- S18: manage their own work independently within the limits of their authority and responsibility, making use of support and specialist expertise when appropriate. Develop and maintain productive working relationships with stakeholders and colleagues and support, guide, and motivate team members to enable them to achieve the team’s objectives as well as their own. Actively seek and provide feedback, support decision making processes, and manage any conflicts of interest that may arise in their work with integrity, fairness and consistency in decision making.
- S19: develop their own professional competence reflecting on their CPD records and develop an extended network to support the relevant professional organisations and maintain the required standard of, ethical behaviours and codes of conduct, associated with transport planning.
Training schedule
- You will be enrolled on the Transport Planner Degree Apprenticeship (BSc) at Northeastern University London, delivered over 36–39 months with day-release study.
- You’ll receive structured on-the-job training, including GIS, AutoCAD, report writing, and attending professional events. If Functional Skills are required, you will complete them as well.
- You’ll also have opportunities to shadow senior consultants and gain exposure to diverse aspects of the transport planning profession.
Requirements
Desirable qualifications
A Level in:
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- IT skills
- Organisation skills
- Number skills
- Analytical skills
- Team working
Other requirements
Eligibility: • You must have been a UK/EU/ESS resident for the past three years or more prior to starting the programme Skills & Qualifications: • A-levels or equivalent (Maths, Geography, or similar preferred). • Strong written and verbal communication skills. • Good numeracy and analytical ability. • Familiarity with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). • Interest in urban planning, transport, and sustainability. Personal Attributes: • Organised and able to manage your time effectively. • Team player with good interpersonal skills. • Motivated, proactive, and eager to learn. • Confident to share ideas and contribute to projects.
About this employer
Citisense is a dynamic and innovative transport consultancy supporting public and private sector clients in delivering sustainable, effective, and people-focused transportation projects. We work on a wide range of exciting projects across transport planning, policy, engagement, and urban design. We’re growing fast, and as part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to shape your career, develop your expertise, and contribute to meaningful work that improves cities and communities.
https://www.citisense.com/ (opens in new tab)
Company benefits
- Generous annual leave & flexible working - Ongoing training & development opportunities - Professional membership of your choice - Regular company social events - The chance to work on projects that deliver real change
After this apprenticeship
On successful completion of the apprenticeship, you will have the opportunity to continue as a Consultant within Citisense — with further development opportunities to progress into roles such as Senior Transport Planner, Project Manager, or Policy Advisor.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY-LONDON
Kris Eskesen
kristian.eskesen@nulondon.ac.uk
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000334999.
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Closes in 15 days (Sunday 17 August 2025 at 11:59pm)
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