Modeshift Business Director

Contract: Fixed term of three years with good possibility of extension Hours: 37.5-hours per week Monday to Friday. Working hours between 8am-6pm. Based: Largely home based with a minimum of two days a month working from our head office in Darlington. Some travel to local authorities, events and meetings in the UK will be required. About the position

ModeshiftBusiness Director

Modeshift believe that communities are healthier, wealthier and more inviting when people are given the opportunity to walk, wheel and ride for their everyday journeys.

We have a rare and exciting opportunity for a passionate and talented project manager to join our busy Delivery Team. This role is ideally suited to an individual who possesses excellent management and leadership skills, with significant experience in building, shaping and motivating teams, and leading programmes.

We are one big team at . Join us and be part of the movement towards active and sustainable travel.

Role Overview

The Business Director will play a pivotal role in driving Modeshift's strategic growth, operational efficiency, customer growth and retention, and stakeholder engagement. This role combines commercial acumen with a passion for sustainability and behaviour change, ensuring Modeshift continues to deliver high-impact programmes and services.

The postholder will contribute to the strategic direction and vision across Modeshift's annual 12 objectives.

Once quantified outcomes and budgets are agreed, the postholder will be fully accountable for individual Delivery Plans for each workstream of Modeshift, including outcomes, cost, activities and reporting.

The postholder will be responsible for the quality standards across the workstreams improving customer experience and exploring and exploiting new behaviour change and accreditation ideas and opportunities.

What you need for this position

• Experience, at a senior level, of planning and managing a portfolio of customer facing programmes and services
• Experience of developing, leading, and expanding programmes and schemes
• Significant programme delivery and result focussed experience
• Senior level managerial skills with experience of managing a high performing team of staff
• An eye for budget and strategy delivery, great at forming relationships, presenting, reporting and general planning and organising
• Significant experience and knowledge of sustainable travel delivery and best practice, including national standards for Travel Plans and the Modeshift STARS accreditation scheme
• Pension contributionof 3%on all earnings
• 30-days paid annual leave pro rata plus all national bank holidays
• Supportive team culture
• Training and development asrequired
• Modeshiftuniform forpublic facing events- includescasual shirt,t-shirtand sweater
• Laptop and mobile phone
• Travel expenseswhere travel for external meetings isrequired

Start date: From1March2026

To apply:

• Review the full job description including what you need for the role, key responsibilities, and the personal specification
• Submit a CV and covering letter (max 2 pages) detailing how you meet the skills, knowledge and experience detailed in the job description
• If you do not fully meet the criteria, please state any exceptions in the covering letter
• The closing date to apply is 18 December (midnight). Please note , this date is subject to change depending on the volume of applications.
• Modeshift will not be sending out feedback on the first round of applications. This is due to the size of our organisation and involvement of volunteer board members in the shortlisting process
• Early January 2026 - first round of interviews to take place. These will be conducted online for around 45-60 minutes
• A final shortlist of applicants will be invited to face to face interview on Friday, 30 January in London. This will last for around 90 minutes
• Early February 2026- Position offered
• Starting date from 1 March 2026

Modeshift supports, inspires, and champions individuals and organisations that are working to deliver interventions and strategies to improve everday journeys.

Modeshift STARS supports organisations to create, deliver, and track the effectiveness of their Travel Plans whilst working towards national accreditation.

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