Investigations Technical Officer Preston

Salary £ 25,183 - £ 27,269 per annum | Permanent, Full Time, 37 hours per week | Preston

**International Sponsorship**- this role is **not**open to international sponsorship

**Lancashire County Council**

Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper. Lancashire is a vibrant and striking place and Lancashire County Council exists to serve everyone who lives or works in Lancashire. As the fourth largest local authority in the country and the largest in the North, we serve over 1.2 million residents.

The Highways Asset Management Service is responsible for ensuring that Lancashire County Council meets its statutory duty as a highway's authority through strategic management of over 7,500 kilometres of vehicular highway network, containing 152,000 streetlights,15,000 illuminated signs/bollards, over 2000 bridges and other structures, together with many other highway assets.

**The Role & Responsibilities**

We are seeking a dynamic, thorough, pro-active and organised Investigations Technical Officer, who will support the Asset Management Performance and Information team and contribute to our organisation's success.

This is an exciting opportunity to join us in Lancashire, as we continue to develop and deliver our diverse asset management programme and move forward with exciting and innovative new initiatives. The work contributes towards the wider Highways Asset Management service, and underpins other work completed throughout the Highways business area.

For further details, the Highway Asset Management webpage can be found at: Highway asset management In Lancashire - Lancashire County Council

This role will support the completion of investigation activities within the Asset Management team. This could include the completion of online, and physical in-person, searches, as well as researching and collating historical documents to sufficiently evidence an investigation (evidence which will then be used by the Asset Technical Officer to determine an outcome to the investigation).
- Researching and collating information and, under supervision, producing reports
- Liaising with other LCC teams to collate additional information
- Preparing / compiling sourced information into support reports using Microsoft Word
- Creation of basic dashboards using Microsoft Excel or similar (under supervision and guidance from senior officers)
- Dealing with enquiries and correspondence from other teams
- Records management (manual and electronic), including maintenance, retrieval and research
- Provision of support to senior officers
- Servicing meetings and taking follow-up actions / checking the progress of issues

**Application Supporting Statement**

Please note that when completing your personal statement, it's important that you have specifically demonstrated and evidenced that you meet each essential criteria from the person specification in line with the role responsibilities as detailed above.

If you do not meet the criteria, but feel you possess relevant qualities, please demonstrate this within your supporting statement.

**Why Join us**

**Benefits**
- There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you will love with our hybrid working model.
- We offer up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, two additional days at Christmas and then an additional 20 days that can be purchased.
- We have benefit packages which has everything from discounted white goods to a hybrid car lease scheme, long service awards, Medicash, support groups, cycle to work schemes, free eye tests plus much more.
- Best of all we have a generous public sector pension (16.3% employer contributions) with shared AVC's that provides Income Tax relief and National Insurance (NICs) savings using a salary sacrifice arrangement and providing a flexible pension saving opportunities.
- We also have a range of personal/professional qualifications which will be available to you and career progression available for the right person.

**Development**:You will receive support and development along the journey - there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal/professional qualifications, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, but most of all the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted.

**Informal Chat**:If this opportunity is of interest, we encourage you to contact:
**Closing Date: 09/03/2025**

**Job Description and Person Specification**

**_Lancashire County Council Values - _**_Supportive, Innovative, Respectful, Collaborative. Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping you to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper._