Transport Planning Technician

Leicestershire County Council; Glenfield; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A government council in Glenfield is looking for a Transport Planning Technician to maintain the HDM electronic system and support consultations. The ideal candidate will have GCSEs in English and Mathematics, proficiency in MS Office, and GIS software knowledge. Flexible working options are available to accommodate personal circumstances.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and update the HDM electronic system (MasterGov).
• Provide administrative support including processing invoices and generating reports.
• Monitor and manage consultations and correspondence in the HDM inbox.

Skills

Attention to detail

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving ability

Ability to manage workload

Use of MS Office

Understanding equality, diversity and inclusion

Education

GCSE English Language and Mathematics Grades A - C or equivalent

Tools

GIS mapping software

Job description

Overview

As Transport Planning Technician within the HDM team, your responsibilities would include (but not be limited to):

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and updating the HDM electronic system (currently MasterGov) for recording, providing and monitoring consultation responses.
• Providing a superuser role for MasterGov including developing appropriate training manuals, providing appropriate training, representing the team on the corporate working group, liaising with the system provider to maintain and develop the system and managing access rights to the system.
• Monitoring and managing consultations and correspondence arriving through the HDM generic inbox.
• Providing administrative support in the provision of the HDM system including processing invoices as appropriate and to provide reports giving management and performance data.
• Monitoring and reviewing consultations on planning applications and pre-application enquiries and ensuring appropriate information is input onto electronic systems to record and monitor progress.
• We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual\'s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.
• GCSE English Language and Mathematics Grades A - C or equivalent, or relevant demonstrable experience.
• Use of MS Office programmes and use of GIS (geographical information systems) mapping software.
• Attention to detail to ensure accurate recording of information.
• Ability to work to tight timescales, agreed timescales and be able to manage your own workload.
• Ability to search and interrogate systems in order to extract relevant information and produce reports.
• Excellent communication skills to liaise with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to problem solve and identify new and efficient ways of working.
• You must also have an understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion. In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.
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