Streetworks Compliance Officer
Gloucester
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Streetworks Compliance Officer
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 6th Floor
- Salary: £33,143- £36,363
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 08/03/2026
- Job Requisition Number: 13478
- This post is not open to job share
Are you ready to take up a vital role? Want to shape the future of Gloucestershire and create a safer, more accessible and sustainable highways network?
About The Team & Role
At Gloucestershire County Council, we are dedicated to managing the dynamic world of street works, a front facing service to control and manage roadworks across the county, with the aim of minimising disruption whilst allowing highways to be maintained and utilities to provide the essential services we all rely on.
The Council is looking for a Compliance Officer, a varied and pivotal role, to support the management of Street works across the county.
Reporting to the Compliance Manager, the Compliance Officer will support the performance management of Statutory Undertakers/Works Promoters operating on Gloucestershire County Council’s network. The role will help ensure compliance with all relevant legislation and regulations and ensures that all works activities undertaken on the Council’s highway network are legally compliant.
You will work closely with various stakeholders, such as other local authorities, transport agencies, and utility contractor companies, to ensure compliance.
About You
As the Compliance Officer, you will play a vital role as a member of our Street works team, you will have excellent communication skills, with the ability to build and maintain successful working relationships with both internal and external stakeholders, bodies and companies.
To be successful in this role, you should have proven experience in Street works, with a strong understanding of relevant systems, regulations and principles.
About Us
As you’d expect, we offer an attractive package of benefits which makes a career in Local Government both flexible and rewarding.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for many of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- Employee discount Cycle to Work scheme
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network
How To Apply
If you are an experienced professional with a passion for Street works and want to be part of our talented team and together face problems head-on then we want to hear from you.
Please express your interest by submitting your application and personal statement by clicking the “Apply Now” button.
If you wish to discuss any aspect of the role, please contact Caroline Cogram via email at caroline.cogram@gloucestershire.gov.uk.
Applicants will be shortlisted and maybe interviewed during the advertisement period. As such the closing date may be altered subject to candidates being successful. Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail.
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Street Works Compliance Officer
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
If you are an Internal applicant and consider yourself to have a disability* as per the Equality Act (2010), please declare this in an email to recruitment@gloucestershire.gov.uk, as this is NOT currently covered in the application due to a technical error.
By providing this information, you can choose to be considered for a guaranteed interview under our Disability Confident pledge if you meet all essential criteria. It also enables the recruiting manager to arrange any reasonable adjustments you may need during the process.
*a disability is defined as: a physical or mental impairment, which has a substantial and long-term (more than 12 months) adverse effect on a person’s ability to carry out normal day-to-day activities.
Commitment to our employees
Applications from any Gloucestershire County Council's employees who are currently on the redeployment register or at risk of redundancy will be considered first at shortlisting stage.
Gloucestershire County Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people or vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
We want to be an employer of choice, attracting and retaining excellent people to work for us, so that we can best serve all of Gloucestershire’s diverse communities. Our promise to you is that we will provide an inclusive and supportive working environment that enables you to bring your whole self to work and realise your full potential.
It is a legal requirement, under the Immigration Act 2016, that anyone appointed to a ‘customer facing role’ must be able to demonstrate an ability to fulfil all spoken aspects of the role with confidence in fluent English.
Hybrid working arrangements are available for the majority of our roles, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice, with a mix of both remote and office working.