Place Community Officer

2 weeks ago

Yate, United Kingdom South Gloucestershire Council Full time
How you'll make a difference

As Place Community Officer, you will be working within the community to mitigate risk and help contribute towards a safe and enjoyable highway and open space environment for residents, workers and visitors within South Gloucestershire.


What you will be doing
  • It will be your responsibility to effectively investigate planned and emergency enquiries relating to highways and public spaces such as overgrown vegetation, potholes, and emergencies.
  • It will be key for you to act on urgent reports within legal timeframes.
  • Working closely with parish and town councils, local community groups, and other council departments, you will request repair where required.
  • Whilst the wider team cover the whole local authority area, you will cover a specific area to ensure a dedicated service delivery.
  • Using dedicated IT systems, you will assess and decide the risk and severity of submitted reports.
  • You will also undertake land and asset ownership checks.

What we need from you
  • You will have a good understanding of highways and/or ground maintenance legislation.
  • You must have strong communication skills and a proven ability to balance competing demands.
  • It is essential that you have good IT skills and an ability learn new systems such as MS Word.
  • Ideally, you will carry a form of New Roads and Street Works Act accreditation (NRSWA) but this is not essential.

 

What you need to know:

  • Due to the nature of this role, you will be required to travel widely across South Gloucestershire so you must have a current driving licence.

 

The closing date for applications is 11.55pm on 30th December 2024.

 

Interviews will be held on 13th January 2025.

 

How a career at South Gloucestershire Council is different  

 

  • We value our staff as individuals, investing in their careers and we are recognised for the quality, breadth and depth of our training and development offer, which helps make the greatest long-term difference in work. 
  • We trust our team to work in the way which allows them to make the biggest difference and we continue to invest in technology to help staff do their jobs to the best of their ability and celebrate innovation.  
  • As part of our benefits package you will receive generous annual leave (pro rata), employee wellbeing support and you will have access to a range of staff discounts , including eye tests, travel, shopping and leisure activities 
  • We recognise that our diverse team of skilled and dedicated people make us a great place to work. We welcome applications from everyone and ensure that individuals are selected, promoted and developed on the basis of their merits and abilities.   

 

Our teams at South Gloucestershire Council are making a real difference to the lives of people who live, work and learn here.  

  • We're building and shaping communities which people are proud of 
  • We're planning for the future; building and improving the roads, railways, schools, green spaces, and houses. 
  • We’re providing essential services across our communities to ensure they are safe and well maintained. 

 

We've achieved a great deal, but we need talented and dedicated people to ensure we continue to make a difference. 

 

We’re making a difference, be part of it  

 

To view the full job description, please click this link: Place Community Officer - Job Description

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