KTP Associate – Transport innovation in remote, rural and island communities (Inverness based) Apply now

SALARY: £25,000 per year

CONTRACT TYPE: Fixed Term

POSITION TYPE: Full Time

HOURS: 37.00 hours per week

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for an ambitious graduate to participate the development of a rural and island transport planning, innovation and analytics tool. The tool will be transformational. It will be used to identify and make the case for a range of exciting transport innovations and projects – such as new models of passenger transport and vehicle sharing, alternative fuel vehicles, vessels and aircraft, autonomous vehicles, and Mobility as a Service – that Hitrans will seek to deploy in the Scottish Highlands and islands to improve transport services.

This position is a 24 month full-time fixed-term contract, with a £4,000 training budget tailored towards your personal development. For exceptional candidates, the post could be offered on a 36 or 48 month part-time basis.

You will require a degree or Masters degree in a relevant subject: For example, Geography, Business Management/Administration; Transport Planning/ engineering; Rural economics/ planning / development; Innovation planning/ management; Electric/energy engineering; Data analytics.

This post is subject to a Disclosure Scotland check. For more information visit: https://www.mygov.scot/standard-disclosure

There is scope for this post to be offered as a two-year secondment.

Closing Date: 29 August 2018

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