Orders Drafting Coordinator

Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government; Cardiff; On-site; GBP 31,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

The Welsh Government is advertising for an Orders Drafting Coordinator to support the Statutory Orders Branch. Based Pan Wales, the role focuses on drafting and checking road-related orders, with liaison across scheme consultants, local authorities and the public.

The successful candidate will work within a team delivering statutory orders for trunk roads and motorways. Expect to interpret complex legislation, manage guidance and be involved in ministerial advice, with attendance at site

Qualifications

• Experience drafting statutory orders and documenting regulatory processes.
• Ability to interpret complex legislation and apply it to decisions.
• Strong liaison skills with authorities, consultants and the public.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and check draft orders, plans and maps and liaise with scheme consultants, authorities and the public.
• Co-ordinate responses to objections and consults, and support ministerial advice.
• Manage and monitor Order-related financial records and ensure compliance with procedures.

Skills

Drafting orders

Policy interpretation

Stakeholder liaison

Education

Relevant degree or equivalent

Job description

The Welsh Government operates name-free recruitment. The recruiting panel will not see personal information such as a candidate’s name and address during the sifting process. This policy is in line with our commitment to end bias and promote equality and diversity.

Vacancy title

Orders Drafting Coordinator

01/09/2026, 16:00

Advertising basis Permanent

Salary range or pay band EO £30,754 to £34,997

Work pattern Full time (applications are welcome from people who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time)

Group Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy Group

Directorate Transport & Digital Connectivity

Branch Business Team – Orders Branch

Location (s) Pan Wales

‘Pan Wales’ means the post holder can be based in any Welsh Government office, subject to business needs. Roles based outside Wales, including London, are not available unless explicitly stated in the advert.

A list of the Welsh Government’s offices can be found on www.gov.wales/welsh-government-offices . Please note it may not always be possible to accommodate a preference for a specific office location.

The post holder’s travel from their home to their assigned Welsh Government office is considered their ‘ordinary commute’ and must be done in their own time and at their own cost.

Purpose of post

The Strategic Road Network (SRN) dominates the Welsh Government asset portfolio, accounting for the largest share by a significant margin, with a depreciated replacement cost of around £18bn. Whilst only around 5% of the total road length in Wales, covering 75 miles of motorway and 1000 miles of trunk road, the network carries a third of all traffic.

The Statutory Orders Branch is a specialist Unit which is responsible for the production and confirmation of orders for improving and maintaining the trunk road and motorway network, delivering local authority road schemes and stopping up highways to enable local development to be undertaken. The work of Orders Branch is highly specialised involving quasi legal drafting of statutory orders and ensuring compliance with statutory procedures. The Unit is part of a wider delivery team with responsibility for Trunk Road development and maintenance throughout Wales. This post’s role is to ensure that the statutory procedures and policy are adhered to and consistently and fairly applied with managerial responsibility for one Team Support.

Key tasks

• Preparing and checking draft orders and order plans and maps and liaising when required with scheme consultants, local authorities, developers and the public relating to:
• Regulation, both permanent and temporary, of trunk road traffic under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
• Stopping up of highways under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 enabling private and local authority development to proceed.
• Arranging for responses to objections, and where appropriate distribution of documents leading up to Public Inquiries, co-ordinate consideration of Inspector’s Report and providing ministerial advice.
• Management of TS in connection with Traffic and Stopping Up Orders.
• Processing and making recommendations on statutory blight notices, discretionary purchase applications and favourable opportunity purchases in respect of land and property.
• Overseeing and providing advice in respect of the consideration and decision‑making process in relation to Local Highway Authority Orders submitted for confirmation when required.
• Assist when required with requests for extensions to Local Authority Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders and Special Event consents, liaising with E&T’s Property Leadership Team (PLT).
• Preparing draft advice in connection with ministerial correspondence and other correspondence when required.
• Attending meetings; scheme exhibitions and public inquiries with line manager and project team when required.
• Overseeing and checking financial records and making payments for the section.
• Previous experience of interpreting and applying complex legislation would be beneficial.

The successful candidate will gain a wealth of experience drafting and dealing with Road Traffic Orders. As part of the Transport and Digital Connectivity Directorate, the successful candidate will be invited to attend regular internal training sessions on a range of topics which affect the directorate.

Other vacancy related information

• A reserve list may be held for this opportunity. Any candidate who is successful in being offered a reserve status, will remain on the reserve list for 12 months.
• The post is Pan Wales but office attendance will be required regularly to meet with team members and divisional colleagues. Wider team members are located Pan Wales, but immediate team members are located in Cardiff.
• Attendance at scheme exhibitions and public inquiries (involving travel and overnight stays) may be required.
• In the event of a large number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted against the lead assessment criterion: Delivering at Pace. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
• The successful candidate will be required to attend the office 2-days a week.
• If candidates require additional information about the team and their work, please feel free to contact us to arrange a discussion with a member of the team.
• The pay scale of this role has a salary band between £30,754 and £34,997 in 3 annual increments. Pay progression is based on annual incremental advance to the next point on the scale (awarded subject to satisfactory performance) until the employee reaches the target rate.
• If candidates score the same at interview, the first consideration will be the sift score. If this is equal, the criteria at interview will be weighted as follows:
• Delivering at Pace
• Experience 1
• Working Together
• Managing a Quality Service

Vetting level Basic

Number of posts 1

Contact point for further information regarding the post [e-mail]

Welsh language requirements

Welsh language requirements 3 - Welsh language skills are not essential for this opportunity; you do not need Welsh language skills to apply. However, as the Welsh Government is a bilingual organisation, Welsh language skills are desirable and will be considered if two or more candidates receive the same score at the application or interview stage.

Understanding by reading 1 - Can read some basic words and phrases with understanding

Speaking and being understood 1 - Can hold a basic conversation in Welsh

Understanding by listening 1 - Can understand parts of a basic conversation

Writing and being understood 1 - Can write basic messages on everyday topics

Artificial Intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our AI candidate guidance for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

Selection Process and Stages

Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.

The selection process and stages are:

Number of Stages:

2 stage process

Stage 1 Application Form

Stage 2 Interview

Behaviours

We’ll assess you against these Behaviour criteria during the selection process.

Behaviour 1: Delivering at Pace

Have a positive and focused attitude to achieving outcomes, despite any setbacks

This will be tested at stage 1: Application Form

This will be tested at stage 2: Interview

Behaviour 2: Managing a Quality Service

Managing a Quality Service - Create clear plans and set priorities which meet the needs of both the customer and the business

This will be tested at stage 1: Application Form

This will be tested at stage 2: Interview

Behaviour 3: Working Together

Working Together - Change ways of working to aid cooperation within and between teams in order to achieve results

This will be tested at stage 2: Interview

Experience

We'll assess you against the following Experience criteria during the assessment process.

Evidence to provide Experience questions

Experience 1: Ability to interpret complex guidance or legislation and use it to inform decisions

This will be tested at Stage 1: Application Form

This will be tested at Stage 2: Interview

Strengths

This will be tested at Interview stage only.

If you do not meet the eligibility criteria your application will not progress. If it becomes clear at a later stage in the process that you are not eligible to apply, your application may be withdrawn, or the offer retracted.

Nationality requirements

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

Social Model of Disability

Welsh Government has adopted the social model of disability, which recognises that barriers in society act to disable people who have impairments, or health conditions, who are neurodivergent or who use British Sign Language.

We are committed to removing barriers in the recruitment process so that all (or potential new) staff can perform at their best.

Recruitment adjustments can be made at any part of the recruitment process for candidates with an impairment or health condition, who are neurodivergent or who use British Sign Language.

We are committed to inclusive recruitment and offer interviews to eligible candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role through the following schemes:

Disability Confident

The Welsh Government is a Disability Confident Leader. As part of our commitment to this scheme we interview any candidate with an impairment, health condition, who is neurodivergent or who uses British Sign Language if they meet the minimum criteria for the post.

A Great Place to Work for Veterans

The Welsh Government operates the Great Place to Work for Veterans Initiative. As part of our commitment to this scheme we interview any eligible candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the post.

Redeployment Interview Scheme

Civil Service employers can offer an interview to a fair and proportionate number of civil servants who are at risk of redundancy and who meet the minimum criteria for the post

By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that candidates must provide us with evidence in their application (and/or test) that they meet the minimum level of competence for the role - usually defined as a minimum score of 4 per criterion.

Social Partnership

In Welsh Government, the relationship between the employer and trade unions is based on social partnership. We believe our goals can best be achieved by management and trade unions working together.

Our 3 recognised trade unions are:

• PCS
• Prospect
• FDA

This relationship is underpinned by a partnership agreement. This sets out how our unions work with Welsh Government on issues such as:

• Pay
• Terms and conditions
• HR Strategy, policies and procedures
• Health, safety and well-being
• Organisational change

Our Welsh Government trade union colleagues work together to give their members a real say in the workplace. They make sure that the interests of their members are promoted and protected. They also help reduce inequalities and improve terms and conditions.

The Welsh Government has an excellent track record of working in partnership with its trade unions. We support you to join a recognised trade union, to ensure your voice is heard in the workplace. We encourage you to learn more about our trade unions, partnership working and to get involved in their work.

All Welsh Government staff are members of the Civil Service, and as a result they are eligible for:

• 31 days annual leave (pro-rated for part time)
• training and development opportunities
• Cycle2Work Scheme
• Smart Working flexible working arrangement
• Green Car Scheme (subject to availability)

If you are an active Civil Service Pension member you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us.

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and wish to make a complaint please email [e-mail] . Please ensure that you refer to the vacancy reference number.

If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Welsh Government, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: [e-mail].