Urban Designer

About the role

Team: Delivery/ Infrastructure

As an Urban Designer at Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team which includes designers, engineers, technicians and other specialists. Together, you will deliver projects and programmes that support the Trust’s strategic priorities to create new and improve existing places for people to walk, wheel and cycle.

You will be responsible for creating clear and accurate technical design work. You will use your professional skills and experience to complete tasks with minimal supervision. The work plays a key role in delivering complex projects that support our mission to provide high quality and sustainable infrastructure.

In this role, you will use your design/technical knowledge, to apply practical and creative problem solving, producing clear and accurate technical design work, as well as engagement outputs for non-technical audiences/members of the public/children and young people. You will work closely with colleagues across different disciplines and contribute to solutions that help improve places for people to walk, wheel and cycle. Your contribution is important to creating high quality, sustainable and inclusive active travel networks.

Our Urban Designers also often lead community engagement related to infrastructure design, bringing communities and partners along a journey where early involvement can help shape outcomes that work for local communities. If this is something that interests you, there will be opportunities to get involved in designing and delivering community/stakeholder/school engagement events, as part of our established collaborative design process. We will arrange any necessary DBS certificates needed. 

What You’ll Be Doing

• Use technical design expertise and design software including AutoCAD and Adobe Creative Suite, to produce accurate and reliable project outputs and deliverables, including improvements to the National Cycle Network.

• Collaborate with internal colleagues to deliver a wide range of impactful project design outputs and reports/documents, that support our strategy, making active travel a genuine choice for everyday journeys.  

• Engage with external partners, regulatory authorities, local communities and other key stakeholders to scope, shape and deliver solutions that work for people.

• Engage with communities and young people, to collaboratively design active travel improvements that work for local people.

• Manage straightforward projects from start to finish through all RIBA stages. 

• Use of street and active travel design guidance to support design development and outputs. Use of key guidance documents will include Active Travel England’s guidance and tools, Manual for Streets, LTN 1/20, National Design Guide, Healthy Streets, Inclusive Mobility, Traffic Signs Manual and Specification for Highway Works.

• Contribute to business development activities by preparing agreed project proposals and supporting with tender submissions.

This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a creative, fastmoving environment and wants to stretch their skills across a wide range of disciplines. Working for the Trust means being part of a passionate, multiskilled team where you’ll collaborate with our designers, engineers, behaviour change colleagues, ecologists, sustainability experts and other specialists to shape real, positive change in communities. It’s an opportunity to grow your technical expertise, tackle meaningful challenges, empower local communities to shape changes, and make a visible impact on the places people walk, wheel and cycle every day.

About you

We’re looking for someone who has experience and understanding in the areas listed below. You don’t need to meet every requirement - if you feel you’d be a good fit, we encourage you to apply.

• A design degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant design field, such as Urban Design, Landscape Architecture, Architecture, or another relevant and clearly demonstrated design specialism, with at least two years of experience. 
  OR five years of work experience in a relevant design role.

• Competence in using design software that is appropriate for the role, e.g. AutoCAD suite including Civil 3D and other packages.

• A working understanding of street and active travel design guidance, healthy street design, and inclusive design principles. 

• Ability to take a holistic design approach to creating places and routes that facilitate people travelling actively, whilst helping people feel safe, welcome, and included.

• A working understanding of health and safety management, including how to apply the CDM Regulations.

• The ability to work in a way that promotes the safety and wellbeing of children, young people and adults at risk.  

Living our values

At the Walk Wheel Cycle Trust, we’re a values‑driven organisation. We’re looking for people who are:

Always Learning – curious, open‑minded and committed to continuous improvement.

Championing Equity – inclusive, respectful and focused on ensuring everyone has a voice and fair opportunity to succeed.

Taking Ownership – proactive, responsible and empowered to make things better.

Delivering Together – collaborative, transparent and motivated by shared success.

Through our values we make it possible for more people to walk, wheel and cycle safely, healthily and joyfully.

Additional information

• Application deadline: 23:59, 18 October 2026

• Interviews will be held at our Bristol Hub, during the week commencing 02 November 2026. To apply, please complete our online application form.

• We actively welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, particularly those underrepresented in our workforce, including people of colour and candidates with disabilities. 

• Adjustments are available throughout the application process.