Traffic Management Assist

This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
 

• Job Title:                            Traffic Management Assist
• Job Location:                     Shire Hall, Block 5, 6th Floor 
• Salary:                               £29,093 - £31,586 per annum 
• Hours per Week:               37.00 
• Contract Type:                   Permanent 
• Closing Date:                     09/03/2025 
• Job Requisition Number:   7166 
• This post is not open to job share

About the team and Role

Come and join our enthusiastic Street Works Team·

We have a legalisative duty for managing and co-ordinating all works on our highway network. We monitor compliance with Street Works Legalisation and can issue financial penalties for any failures to comply.The Traffic Management Assistant will assist the  Streetworks Coordination and Compliance Teams in all aspects of Streetworks management. The team are dedicated and hard working and we have a great team spirit.

About You

To be successful you will need excellent organisational skills to allow you to prioritise workloads and ensure our service levels are maintained. We also need a customer-focused nature to help build working relationships with our stakeholders. You’ll need good IT skills for analysing and reporting data to ensure the administrative output is accurate and completed in a timely manner. We're looking for someone with excellent writing and numeracy skills, proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Internet Explorer), adaptability and eagerness to learn new technologies, a solid academic background with five GCSEs at grade C/4 or above (including Mathematics and English).

About Us

We are committed to investing in your development and operate flexible times and ways of working, so you may be working on your laptop in one of our offices or staff cafes in the heart of the City Centre or working from home.

As you’d expect, we offer an attractive package of benefits which makes a career in Local Government both flexible and rewarding.

For all your hard work, you will receive the following:

• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• 25.5 days annual leave rising to 29.5 days after 5 years continuous service
• An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
• Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
• Career development and qualification opportunities
• Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
• 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.
• An in-house Occupational Health service
• Employee discount scheme
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
• Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network, DNet (disability) network  and the Young Employees Network.

How to Apply

If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.

For an informal discussion about the role please contact Caroline Cogram via email at Caroline.Cogram@gloucestershire.gov.uk.

Closing date 9th March 2025.

Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 31st March 2025

Additional Information

To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-

Traffic Management Assistant - Job Profile

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.