Senior Technical Officer – Community Projects

Kirklees Metropolitan Council; Kirklees; Hybrid; GBP 30,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Excellent pension scheme

Career development

Flexible working

Family friendly policies

Job summary

Kirklees Metropolitan Council is seeking a role within the Community Projects team to manage traffic and highway safety initiatives across Kirklees. The position emphasizes delivering Traffic Regulation Orders, working with councillors and the public to improve road safety for all users, including vulnerable groups.

The team operates in a busy environment with varied projects, offering hybrid working, ongoing training, and a supportive culture.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a small team and guiding junior officers on minor traffic schemes.
• Ability to prioritise competing workloads.
• Proven experience handling challenging customers with a strong customer focus.
• Ability to investigate and respond to requests from the public, councillors and MPs with solutions.
• Ability to operate effectively in a political environment.
• Knowledge of Traffic Regulation Orders processing and where they are used.
• Ability to consult with a wide range of people.
• Ability to assess potential housing impacts on the Highway Network.

Responsibilities

• No explicit responsibilities listed beyond the role requirements in the HTML.

Skills

Team management

Prioritise workloads

Customer focus

Investigate and respond

Consultation with varied stakeholders

Political environment experience

Traffic Regulations Orders processing

Housing impact assessment

Job description

Do you have an interest in highway safety and have some knowledge of Traffic and Highway Law? Would you like to make a difference to parking and congestion on our roads and around schools: Would you enjoy a varied role where you would focus on the delivery of community schemes to improve parking and congestion throughout Kirklees? Are you a problem solver and have excellent knowledge of electronic systems? Then we have the perfect role for you!

The Team

Join our Team in Community Projects and you’ll be working in a team responsible for the preparation and processing of Traffic Regulation Orders to support the development of safe and effective traffic movements around the district. We work in a busy environment where no day’s the same. We develop, process, and deliver many different highway safety initiatives throughout Kirklees. We work closely with local councillors and members of the public as well as a number of other teams and external bodies to improve the safety of all road users including our most vulnerable users

The Role

We’d like to hear from you if you

• Can manage a small team and help junior officers design minor traffic schemes when needed.
• Can prioritise your workloads
• Have experience of dealing with challenging customers and have a strong customer focus
• Can investigate and respond to requests from the public, Local Councillors and MPs and develop a range of solutions to a wide range of Highway Safety issues
• Have the necessary skills to work in a political environment
• Have some basic knowledge / experience of what is involved in processing ‘Traffic Regulations Orders’ and when and where they are used.
• Can consult with a wide range of people
• Can assess the potential impacts of proposed housing on the Highway Network.

For a full list of the role requirements please see the attached Job Profile.

What can we offer?

• Hybrid working supporting a balance between home and work
• A friendly and supportive team environment
• Ongoing training and career development
• Excellent pension scheme
• A range of family friendly policies, including flexible working

What a team member says about the role

“Having recently joined the team, I am currently training in my new role which involves allocating and over-seeing the work and progress of minor schemes for the technical officer as well as investigating and replying to complaints about parking. I am also starting to develop highway safety schemes to improve road safety within Kirklees and I enjoy meeting people on site to discuss their concerns; it is very rewarding when you can come up with ways of helping them and make a difference to their lives. The team are very friendly and supportive, and I am enjoying working alongside them.”

We may close this vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if we receive a high volume of applications.

Karen Northis the manager for this role, please contact them on 01484 221000 for an informal discussion, or if you need any more information.

Company: Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Salary: £29,540 – £37,280

Location: Kirklees, West Yorkshire, West Yorkshire

Sector: Highways

Sector: Highways Maintenance

Sector: Streetscene

Job Role: Officer