Senior Roadspace Co-Ordinator

Are you ready to take up a vital role? Want to shape the future of Gloucestershire and create a safer, more accessible and sustainable highways network?

About The Team & Role:

At Gloucestershire County Council, we are dedicated to managing the dynamic world of street works, a front facing service to control and manage roadworks across the county, with the aim of minimising disruption whilst allowing highways to be maintained and utilities to provide the essential services we all rely on.

The Council is looking for a Senior Roadspace Coordinator, a varied and pivotal role, to support the coordination of Street works across the county.

Reporting to the Permit Scheme Manager, The Senior Roadspace Coordinator is to support the coordination and management of Gloucestershire County Council's Street Works and Road Works Permitting scheme. The role ensures compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations and ensures that all works activities undertaken on the Council's highway network are legally compliant and are coordinated and managed to reduce disruption to the travelling public.

You will work closely with various stakeholders, such as other local authorities, transport agencies, and utility contractor companies, to ensure compliance. Acting as the County Council representative at Regional JAG / HAUC and national meetings as required.

As the Senior Roadspace Coordinator, you will play a vital role as a member of our Street works team, you will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain successful working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, bodies and companies.

To be successful in this role, you should have proven experience in Street works, with a strong understanding of relevant systems, regulations and principles. Excellent organizational and multitasking skills, combined with interpersonal abilities, are essential.

Proficiency in relevant street works software is required, and the ability to work under pressure and make informed decisions is crucial., If you are an experienced professional with a passion for Street works and want to be part of our talented team and together face problems head-on then we want to hear from you., We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire's diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.

It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a 'customer facing role' must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

As you'd expect, we offer an attractive package of benefits which makes a career in Local Government both flexible and rewarding.

Hybrid working arrangements are available for many of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.

· Flexible and agile working opportunities

· 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service

· Career development and qualification opportunities

· Supportive and positive working environment

· Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)

· Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.

· Employee discount Cycle to Work scheme

· Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)

· Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network