Rights of Way Enforcement Officer

**Rights of Way Enforcement Officer**

**Working Pattern: 37 hrs per week - Monday to Friday**

**Location: West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 6BJ (with travel around Nottinghamshire rights of way network required)**

**Do you enjoy being outdoors? Do you have a passion for ensuring our countryside is maintained to the best possible standards? Do you want to be part of a team that work collaboratively to share their expertise?**

**The Job**

We are looking for a Rights of Way Enforcement Officer to act as Via’s centre of expertise on the protection and assertion of the Rights of Way network, implementing the County Councils RoW enforcement policies and procedures to protect the network and increase compliance with RoW legislation

Key areas of responsibility for this role will include:
- Provide expert management of enforcement issues working with colleagues and client to protect the existing RoW network.
- Manage specific campaigns to proactively reduce future issues to achieve greater efficiency and public satisfaction
- Liaise with landowners to achieve resolution at an early stage of enforcement process to improve awareness and compliance of landowner responsibilities and obligations
- Manage implementation of enforcement works and recovery of costs to encourage compliance and safeguard the network
- Investigate, gather evidence, and prepare information to support formal enforcement process including representing the client in court should it be necessary and be an expert witness to successfully defend public rights.
- Monitor and analyse performance data to ensure effectiveness of enforcement activity

**The Person**

Mainly you will be excited to be a vital part of our Rights of Way team but there are a few things we would like from you:
- Proven experience of an enforcement role
- Ability to deal with and manage difficult and potentially volatile situations and people effectively and calmly
- Ability to work collaboratively within a small team
- Proven experience of working and negotiating with the people, landowners
- Full, valid UK driving licence
- Ability to undertake regular site visits in a lone working situation which may involve difficult, remote or uneven terrain
- Ability to prioritise time and organise own workload
- Ability to maintain computerised records
- Experience of managing works and contractors.
- Interest in the countryside and public access
- Ability to assimilate and analyse information, keep accurate records and write clear and concise reports

**About Via**

Based in Nottinghamshire, with a multi-skilled local workforce and a range of highly trained staff at a few different locations throughout the county. Via East Midlands provides sustainable highways services for Nottinghamshire and across the wider East Midlands region. Our roles include highway maintenance, electrical works, mechanics, construction, forestry, road safety, civil engineering and much more. We combine a public-sector service ethos with a strong commercial focus, and we are passionate about innovation and creating and delivering sustainable solutions safely across Nottinghamshire and the wider East Midlands.

Via is a great place to work if you value work-life balance and we are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer a range of family friendly and inclusive employment policies, including generous annual leave allowances, with flexible working available to our office-based staff. With most of our work being based in the East Midlands, our front-line staff also enjoy short journeys to site each working day. By joining us you will be part of a growing organisation that positively embraces customer and community aspirations.

If this sounds like you, it would be great to hear from you.

**Salary**: £23,750.00-£30,250.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Flexitime
- On-site parking
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Work Location: One location