Principal Officer

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week x 1 Post available

Worker Type: Off site Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £40,777 (Level one) rising to £44,075 (Level four) per annum (pro-rata for part-time)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3GN

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more…

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. 

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham.  So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

The Traffic & Flood Risk Management Service area seeks to deliver an excellent customer focused service in an efficient, effective, and economic manner, with specific focus of the Council's role as the Highway Authority whilst adhering to Corporate, Departmental and Government priorities.

The Principal Officer's primary purpose is to support the Technical Lead and Service Manager in the leadership and management of a multi discipline team to effectively manage, develop and deliver the Network Management duties of the City Council. The role is required to promote, and co-ordinate works on the Nottingham City highway network. Working with statutory undertakers and developers to ensure high quality, low impact working practices. Building professional working relationships with all works promoters and developers and supporting the Service Manager with corporate decisions and programmes.

We are looking for a proactive and efficient individual, who can put citizens and customers first and work with a range of internal and external stakeholders. They must also be organised and have excellent communication skills to ensure that the outputs of the service area are maintained to professional standards.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Skills to implement the duties as required by the Traffic Management Act 2004, Highways Act 1980 and New Roads & Street Works Act 1991 as they apply to the Highway Authority.
• Can provide a comprehensive network management service for managing, coordinating and controlling activities on the highway to support the delivery of approved transport programmes, other programmes of highway works and meeting the needs of local communities.
• Has a wide knowledge and working experience of current practice and legislation relating to network management duties.
• A can-do attitude and willingness to learn 
• Be able to deliver and maintain the Network Management duties in line with the national strategy and local priorities.
• NRSWA Street-works Supervisors Qualification
• This post is covered by the statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act English Language Requirement for public sector workers) and therefore the ability to speak fluent English, is an essential requirement for the role.

You can find the job description for this post here 

At Nottingham City Council, we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it.  We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries, please contact Scott Harrison, Service Manager, Highways Network Management, by telephone on or by email at  

Closing Date: 8th December 2025

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held:  At Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham at a date to be confirmed.

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