We’re recruiting: Active Travel Ambassadors Coordinators
Active Travel Ambassadors Coordinator – three posts Regionally based
Modeshift believe that communities are healthier, wealthier and more inviting when people are given the opportunity to walk, wheel, ride, and use public transport for their everyday journeys.
Active Travel Ambassadors (ATA)
The ATA programme supports secondary school pupils in devising their own active travel behaviour change campaigns to increase sustainable journeys in their school community.
The scheme involves training, resourcing, and supporting students to deliver actions in their school, to their peers and teachers. Throughout the programme, pupils will develop leadership, public speaking and campaigning skills and schools will gain a Modeshift STARS accredited Travel Plan.
The programme is delivered in partnership with The Bikeability Trust and is funded by Active Travel England.
Post Salary: £21,000 – 25,500 pro rata based on 37.5 hours per week (£28-34k FTE) plus holiday pay
Benefits:
- Pension contribution of 3% on all earnings
- Term-time only, 39-weeks
- Training and development as required
- Modeshift uniform for public facing events – includes casual shirt, t-shirt and sweater
- Laptop and mobile phone
- Travel expenses
Start date: June 2025
Location: Regionally-based working from home, with regular travel to schools, local authorities, events and meetings in the UK. Occasional travel to the Modeshift office in Darlington.
Regions:
- 1 x Midlands (West)
- 1 x North East
- 1 x South West
Working hours: 37.5-hours per week Monday to Friday. Working hours between 8am-6pm. Core working hours are 10am-12noon and 2pm-4pm.
Contract: School term-time only. Fixed term contract to 31 July 2026 (potential for extension subject to funding).
Closing date: 6 May 2025
For more information and to apply visit:
North East: Active Travel Ambassador Coordinator
