Network Change Officer

We are seeking a highly motivated and detail-oriented Senior Network Change Officer to join our Highways and Infrastructure team. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in managing changes to the highway network, ensuring that infrastructure assets are accurately recorded, maintained, and integrated into long-term asset management strategies. Working within the PFI Contract Services team, you will support the Principal Network Change Officer in coordinating network changes, managing maintenance liabilities, and ensuring that highway assets are effectively transferred and maintained in accordance with contractual requirements and council policies., As a Senior Network Change Officer, you will play a key role in supporting the management of changes to the highway network, ensuring that asset updates, maintenance responsibilities, and associated costs are accurately recorded and managed. The role involves coordinating highway asset changes, facilitating effective information exchange with internal teams, service providers, and developers, and ensuring the smooth transfer of maintenance liabilities. You will be responsible for maintaining detailed and accurate asset records, supporting payment processes linked to maintenance costs, and providing data and analysis to inform contract performance and decision-making. The role also includes reviewing and contributing to infrastructure proposals and business cases, helping to ensure they are clear, compliant, and deliverable. Working closely with stakeholders, you will contribute to the long-term planning and asset management of highway infrastructure, support the operation and improvement of network change processes, and help develop effective service arrangements and future contract approaches in line with council policies and objectives

We're looking for a candidate who can demonstrate a sound understanding of highways services, infrastructure changes, and statutory obligations who also has

• experience of managing or supporting network/asset change processes and understanding their wider implications
• strong communication skills with the ability to coordinate and engage all stakeholders
• robust skills in data management, analysis, and maintaining accurate asset and network records
• proficiency in the use of IT systems to manage information and support effective decision-making
• experience in contract or service management, including performance monitoring and payment mechanisms with the ability to critically review and challenge project proposals and business cases
• evidence of driving process improvements and working effectively in a changing environment
• good awareness of commercial considerations and asset lifecycle management principles
  
  Birmingham City Council is an accredited Disability Confident Leader employer, and we are committed to employing, retaining and developing all of our people., Working for Birmingham City Council is more than just a job; it's about making life better for the 1 million plus people who live and work in the city., The Council is a fantastic place to work. You will find an organisation that is both challenging and supportive; with a leadership impatiently adventurous in its pursuit of excellence.
There is a clear vision which is ensuring that the Council is working for communities today and building for tomorrow, we focus our resources on five key priorities:
• A Prosperous Birmingham: through a focus on inclusive economic growth, tackling unemployment, attracting inward investment, and maximising the benefits of the Commonwealth Games.
• An Inclusive Birmingham: through a focus on tackling poverty and inequality, empowering citizens, promoting diversity and civic pride, and supporting and enabling all children and young people to thrive.
• A Safe Birmingham: through a focus on making the city safer, safeguarding vulnerable citizens, increasing affordable housing, and tackling homelessness.
• A Healthy Birmingham: through a focus on tackling health inequalities, encouraging physical activity and healthy living, supporting mental health, and improving outcomes for adults with disabilities and older people.
• A Green Birmingham: through a focus on street cleanliness, improving air quality, continuing the route to net zero, and becoming a city of nature.
We see the Council's role as providing strategic leadership - that's being able to visualise a new future for the city and equipping others to share our vision. We want to ensure the provision of services for all, so we can support those least able to support themselves by working with partners and putting citizens and neighbourhoods at the heart of our decision-making. We are always looking for people who put the customer at the centre of their approach, with a commitment to excellence to help us achieve our vision. We will support you to develop and thrive in your role, building a pathway for long-term success, with lots of development opportunities, such as apprenticeships.


• Membership of West Midlands Pension Fund - with generous employer contributions
• Enhanced Holiday Entitlement - 30 days, increasing with length of service
• My Rewards Scheme - access to 800+ brands providing discounts and savings
• Health and wellbeing support - independent and confidential employee assistance and counselling, occupational health, In return, we offer you excellent terms and conditions, generous annual leave, a great pension scheme, well-being support, annual travel passes and discounts at a number of city centre establishments.