Head of Research and Training
Lead a unique, disabled-led research and training team who are dedicated to removing barriers to transport for disabled people.
- Closing date for applications: 15 July 2024
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- Contact email: office@transportforall.org.uk
Transport for All is looking for a Head of Research and Training to lead and grow our work to achieve Justice in Practice: where disabled people’s lived experience is meaningfully embedded, appropriately compensated, and responded to in the transport sector and beyond.
About the role
As a member of the leadership team, you’ll secure funding for and lead delivery of our own research projects, and research projects with the transport industry, academia, charities and other organisations. You’ll lead a unique, disabled-led research and training team who are dedicated to removing barriers to transport for disabled people. This isn’t about gathering yet more evidence – it’s about responding to the lived experience of our diverse community and using research and training to drive change.
Recent projects including collaborating with Sustrans on the Disabled Citizens Inquiry into Walking and Wheeling, facilitating product testing by disabled people of an external organisation’s app for planning barrier-free walking, wheeling and cycling routes, and grant-funded research into removing barriers to accessing transport concessionary schemes. You’ll also lead and develop our Disability Equality Training offering – disabled-led training sessions for transport practitioners that lead to a culture change in the sector.
How to apply
Please download the Job Description before you apply. To apply, email the following documents to office@transportforall.org.uk with the job role as the email title:
• Your CV
• A supporting statement explaining how you meet the criteria in the person specification and why you are interested in working with Transport for All
What happens next?
The deadline for applications is 10am on Monday 15 July
Interviews will take place via Zoom on 24 and 25 July
For an informal discussion about the role, or to receive the documents in other formats, please contact Emma Vogelmann on emma.vogelmann@transportforall.org.uk.