About us

The Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT) is a charity, learned society, membership body and leading voice for those who work in the highways, transport and infrastructure sector. CIHT members come from within the private, public and academic sectors. We offer a neutral space to inform, network and discuss transport sector issues, with the sector at large, offering 360-degree perspective and insight. We champion equality, diversity and inclusion. We work with employers to encourage people from all backgrounds to choose a career in our sector. Society relies on safe, sustainable and integrated environmentally friendly transport and infrastructure systems. Our members play a vital part in meeting that need. CIHT works with our members to improve the standard of practice across the fields of highways, transportation and infrastructure. We are the lead voice of the highways and transportation profession in the UK.

About the job

Key Responsibilities of the role:

• Be the principal point of contact at a regional level for committee members. The Regional Engagement Officer acts as the CIHT’s representative ‘on the ground’, the golden thread which connects the Region with the wider institution, engaging with members and championing the value of membership.
• Develop relationships with committee members and key stakeholders in the region
• Encourage and support members to take up volunteer roles either on committees or on working groups to help delivery activities set out in the business plan
• Co-ordinate the production and distribution of the regional newsletters
• Support the region in shaping a programme of CPD, networking/social events and awards programme, through the business planning process
• Work with regional contacts to help them deliver a range of events, both in-person and online
• Oversee and support compliance with CIHT governance arrangements
• Support the regional committees when preparing the annual budget and business plan and monitoring performance against key targets
• Attend regional meetings/AGMs and ensure that relevant CIHT staff are aware of progress, achievements and challenges in the Regions and Nations
• Provide guidance to the Chairs ensuring that organisation’s policies and objectives are outlined, supported and clarified appropriately both before and during the meetings
• Promote CIHT activities and the benefits of membership to non-members in the region
• Build CIHT’s networks through engagement with stakeholders at events and conferences
• Update and maintain member and non-member details for the Region on the membership database working closely with the Membership department to ensure the integrity of CIHT member data
• Support the Head of Membership and Member Services, Membership Engagement Manager and other Regional Engagement Officers in the development of good practice and improve service delivery.
• Assist regional committees and the membership team in the promotion of CIHT policy, activities and help to develop local membership support.
• Any other duties as may be reasonably expected, and which are commensurate with the level of the post

The job involves some travel to meetings both regionally and nationally with some overnight stays and some work outside of standard office hours.

You will be expected to attend 4 all staff meetings per year in the London head office.

Equality and Diversity Statement

CIHT is committed to equality and diversity in its role as an employer, valuing the benefit a diverse workforce brings. It is our intention not to discriminate on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.

Our Values

Professional
An effective, high-performing and ethically focused Institution that has integrity, acts impartially and strives to do the right thing, in a fair and responsible way

Inclusive
An accessible Institution that values equality, diversity and inclusion by supporting all our members, regions and national groups, committees and panels

Collaborative
A membership body that engages with our stakeholders, supports common interests and informs and influences decision-makers

Progressive
An ambitious and innovative Institution committed to positive change

How we value our people

We recognise that our people are central to our ability to deliver high-quality and professional services. We offer a welcoming working environment and a commitment to good people management, including our performance and development review process.

Learning and development
We are committed to supporting employees’ learning and development. Ensuring every employee has a learning and development plan is part of our annual performance development process.

Working environment
We are a friendly team located in central London, close to transport links, in a well-resourced light and airy building.

Wellbeing support
We provide a range of benefits to support staff wellbeing: employee assistance programme (post probation), assistance with eye care costs (post probation) and opportunity to apply for flexible working hours.
Pension and life assurance provision
All employees are eligible for the statutory provision, and additionally we provide a good pension scheme with 8% employer contributions (employee contribution is minimum 5%).

Other benefits
Generous holiday allowance (27 pro rata days plus bank holidays), with option to buy/sell leave