Rights Of Way Officer (Legal Orders & Enforcement)

Shropshire Bus Enhanced Partnership; Shrewsbury; Hybrid; GBP 28,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Shropshire Council is seeking a Rights of Way Officer to ensure the statutory responsibilities relating to Public Rights of Way are met and to help customers manage routes across land, while identifying opportunities to improve health, wellbeing, and the local environment.

The post holder will update the Definitive Map within a defined area, negotiate landowner maintenance responsibilities, process map alteration applications, maintain statutory registers, and collaborate with landowners,

Qualifications

• Experience of Mapping and Enforcement Law.
• Experience ensuring the Definitive Map and Statement is kept up to date in accordance with Council policies.
• Ability to process, investigate and make recommendations on applications to alter the map and public Rights of Way.

Responsibilities

• Update the Definitive Map of Public Rights of Way within a defined area.
• Negotiate and enforce landowner maintenance responsibilities on the Rights of Way network.
• Process applications to alter the map and public Rights of Way.
• Maintain statutory registers.

Job description

The primary function of this post is to ensure that the Council’s statutory responsibilities relating to the Public Rights of Way are met and to help our customers to manage Public Rights of Way over their land and wherever possible to identify and utilise opportunities to advance the service’s specific target to improve people’s health and wellbeing and to support local communities, the local environment and tourism economy.

The post holder will be:

• responsible for all work associated with updating the Definitive Map of Public Rights of Way within a defined area.
• negotiation and legal enforcement of landowner maintenance responsibilities on the Rights of Way network.

An individual who has experience of Mapping and Enforcement Law and experience of ensuring that the Definitive Map and Statement is kept up to date in accordance with Council policies, including:

• Processing, investigating and making recommendations on all applications to alter the map and public Rights of Way
• Maintaining statutory registers

We are looking for an articulate, highly motivated individual who possesses a keen interest in improving recreational access to the Countryside. You will have experience of negotiating and working positively with a wide range of agencies, including landowners, community groups, the general public and other organisations.

We would love to get to know you more so please give us a call if you would like to discuss this role or our team. You can contact us on

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Attached documents
JD - Rights of Way Officer.pdf
Advert - Rights of Way Officer.pdf
PS - Rights of Way Officer.pdf