Highway Enforcement Officer

The Methodist Church in Britain; Portslade by Sea; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing support

Leave entitlement

Pension

Training and development

Flexible working arrangements

Job summary

Brighton and Hove City Council is seeking an Enforcement Officer to join the Highway Enforcement Team in Brighton. The role focuses on assessing, licensing and monitoring highway activities to ensure compliance with relevant legislation and safety standards.

You will work with businesses, contractors and residents, taking proportionate enforcement action as needed and resolving obstructions or non-compliance issues on the public highway.

Qualifications

• Experience in regulatory, enforcement or customer-focused environment.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively with colleagues, partners and external organisations.

Responsibilities

• Assess, licence and monitor highway activities and structures.
• Ensure highway placements are safe and compliant, working with businesses, contractors and residents.
• Take proportionate enforcement action where required, including formal legal proceedings.
• Investigate and resolve highway obstructions.
• Deal with reports of abandoned vehicles and bicycles.
• Assess sites, make sound decisions and authorise highway placements.

Skills

Highway legislation

Communication

Negotiation

Customer service

Site assessments

Risk-based decisions

Prioritisation

Organisational skills

Job description

The Highway Enforcement Team at Brighton and Hove City Council regulates activities on the public highway and checks that they comply with the law. The post covers assessing, licensing and monitoring skips, scaffolding, hoardings, A-boards and tables and chairs, with proportionate enforcement up to formal legal proceedings. It also takes in highway obstructions and reports of abandoned vehicles and bicycles, on 37 hours a week. Fit depends on enforcement or customer-facing experience and knowledge of highway legislation.

What the job involves

• Assess, licence and monitor highway activities and structures, including skips, scaffolding, hoardings, A-boards, displays, and tables and chairs
• Ensure highway placements are safe and compliant, working with businesses, contractors and residents
• Take proportionate enforcement action where required, including formal legal proceedings
• Investigate and resolve highway obstructions
• Deal with reports of abandoned vehicles and bicycles
• Assess sites, make sound decisions and authorise highway placements
• Identify the most appropriate course of action when dealing with offences or non-compliance

What’s required

Experience

• Experience of working in a regulatory, enforcement or customer-focused environment
• Proven track record of working collaboratively with colleagues, partners and external organisations

Skills & knowledge

• Knowledge of relevant highway legislation and enforcement processes
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, with confidence dealing with a wide range of stakeholders
• Customer service skills
• Ability to carry out site assessments and risk-based decision making
• Ability to manage competing priorities
• Excellent organisational skills, delivering accurate work to required timescales

What’s offered

• Wellbeing support
• Leave entitlement
• Pension
• Training and development
• Flexible working arrangements