Travel Plan Coordinator

Job Introduction

We have a unique opportunity for a Travel Plan Coordinator to join our client site.

As Travel Plan Coordinator, you will support the development, implementation and on-going management of company travel plans and their associated initiatives (such as car share & cycle to work).

Role Responsibility

Together with the other Travel Plan Coordinators, devise and implement initiatives for reducing dependence on car travel, including:

• Walking, jogging, cycling, public transport and car sharing.
• Reducing the need to travel in general.
• Running shuttle bus services to provide access to train stations and the like.
• Incentivising sustainable travel.
• Engaging with local authorities and public transport companies to develop and improve local routes for cycling, walking and bus services.
• Negotiating standard discounts with bicycle retailers for the purchase of bicycles for the purpose of work related travel.

1. Manage active travel lockers and walking and cycling databases
2. Devise and periodically run relevant promotional activities including road shows and advertisement campaigns, utilising RIGHT TURNS travel planning messages, including support to UK R&D counterpart.
3. Liaise with other parts of the business to share good practice and where possible promote consistency.
4. Constantly challenge all aspects of travel plans and their associated initiatives to ensure they remain relevant and portray the client as a proactive organisation in seeking to minimise the impact of business travel on local communities and the environment generally.
5. Support the periodic review and update of travel plans as necessary, including the undertaking of regular surveys to monitor progress in relation to goals and targets and publicising results.
6. Maintain accurate information on all means by which any given site can be travelled to including by car, public transport, cycling and walking or jogging.  This would include ensuring that this information is reflected and regularly updated on the intranet site.
    

The Ideal Candidate

• Excellent planning and organizational skills.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with a diverse range of both internal and external contacts.
• Proactive and sensible approach to issue resolution and related tasks.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical business and its IT systems.
• Travel Planning experience desirable.
• Ability to travel between sites.
• Excellent knowledge of MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
   

About the Company

In the UK and Ireland, Sodexo employs some 35,000 employees to deliver integrated facilities management services to clients at over 2,000 locations in the corporate, healthcare, education, leisure, defence and justice sectors. With an annual turnover of over £1bn, we provide everything from catering, cleaning and reception to security, laboratory and grounds maintenance services, enabling our clients to focus on their core business.

We are building on our support to the Armed Forces community through the development of specific pathways within our recruitment process to  support ex-forces personnel and reservists, those applying for jobs with us who meet the ideal candidate criteria for the role advertised are guaranteed to progress to the selection process