Join #TeamTFN and you can be part of a success story in rebuilding and supporting sustainable economic growth. Become part of a winning team that transforms the North.
You will work with driven innovators, and have the opportunity to be the best version of you.
CareersOur employees are key to our success which is why we are looking for skilled and dedicated people who share our values and are excited about helping us deliver our vision.
We take employee wellbeing very seriously. As well as a competitive salary, we are proud to offer an impressive benefits package that includes:
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Register for job alertsYou will be requested to apply by completing an application form. Typically, it takes approximately 20 minutes to complete, so please use the time to complete it as fully as possible, giving specific examples to show how your experience and skills meet the requirements in the person specification.
We will always advise candidates of the outcome of their application and candidates who most closely match our requirements will be invited to an interview.
If you have any concerns or comments about our recruitment and selection process, please see our frequently asked questions below or contact human resources by mailing [email protected]
Lead a Legal and Democratic Services Team, acting as a trusted advisor, providing recommendations and challenges to senior management to guide decision-making on matters that affect the strategic direction of TfN. You will be expected to contribute to the development of strategic objectives and long-term plans.
Provide TfN’s Boards and Directorates (including Rail North) with expert legal advice and manage the full range of professional legal, democratic and corporate information management services to support achievement of our corporate objectives and strategic priorities. This includes leading the administration and effective operation of all TfN Boards and Committees, working closely with political members as necessary.
Act as TfN’s Monitoring Officer ensuring compliance with all associated legal duties and responsibilities.
Please note, this post is politically restricted. The successful applicant must refrain from participating in any political activities, publicly expressing support for a political party or undertaking other politically related activities.
Developed with our employees, our values and behaviours underpin our unique culture and ways of working. They influence how we operate as individuals and as an organisation.
We’re proud to be a values-based organisation. We’ve introduced the Values In Practice (VIP) recognition scheme, a quarterly programme that celebrates and rewards those who are demonstrating our values day-to-day.
Our valuesOur team is made up of the bright minds we attract and retain from right across the North. We are proud of and value our workforce.
We continue to strive to be a best practice employer. We’ve demonstrated this through accreditations as a Living Wage Employer; a Disability Confident Employer; and a member of the Chartered Institution of Highways & Transportation’s Diversity and Inclusion Charter.
This is backed-up in practice by championing our employee voice, for example via our established Employee Forum, as well as the establishment of active Diversity & Inclusion and Climate Change groups.
Our diversity policy
If you are looking for work experience please email a request and tell us about yourself, why you want work with us and the time period(s) you are looking to undertake the appointment.
We are open to work with students who want to write their dissertation in cooperation with us. There is no formal dissertation admission process but it would be helpful if you email a request and tell us about what your dissertation is on.
Please contact us on [email protected]
For the purposes of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the ‘controller’ of the personal data which you provide to us as part of the recruitment and selection process (and in the duration of your employment for successful applicants) is Transport for the North.
We are collecting this data and will process it for the purpose of processing your application for employment and for successful applicants, for fulfilling our employer obligations. For successful applicants, we will share your information with the following organisations, for the following specified purposes:
There may be other circumstances in which we may share or use certain information about you with other organisations, including:
Information relating to unsuccessful applicants will be retained for 12 months and information relating to employees will be retained for a period of 6 years following the end of their employment for audit and referencing purposes. On the expiration of such period(s) we will safely delete your information.
Information provided to us will be processed on the basis of the performance of a contract with an organisation or individual. We do not require your consent to use such data for this purpose. However, as a data subject you have a number of rights under the GDPR, these include the right to access the information which we hold about you. In some cases, you may have a right to have your personal data rectified, erased or restricted, and to object to certain use of your data.
For further information please email [email protected]
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