Highway Adoption Officer

Directorate: Regeneration & Environment

Engineering/Technical, Maintenance/Construction

Permanent, 37 hours per week.

We are currently looking to recruit a Highway Adoption Officer within our Network Management team. This is an excellent opportunity that has arisen to join Rotherham Councils’ nationally recognised award winning Highway Network Management team service.

The Network Management team is part of the Community Safety and Street Scene service, and we are passionate about what we do in the borough. We are looking for an enthusiastic person to join our team who is looking for a challenge and to develop within this exciting opportunity.

The successful applicant will manage the process of the adoption of new roads within the borough and contribute to the process for associated highway improvements connected with developments. You will have experience in a Highway Engineering discipline and knowledge of the Highways Act 1980, Section 38, and Section 278 agreements.

Having excellent communication and organisational skills, you will work closely with the Councils planning and asset management team and manage a small team to deliver the Highways adoptions service and oversee the management of the Bond Schedule and Supervision fees.

The role will require preparation of documentation for legal, and management sign off in association with construction of new developments along with maintaining development correspondent files. Reporting direct to the Highway Asset and Drainage manager, you will have independence to manage your own workload to meet service plan objectives. You will ensure the maintenance the Councils adoption records and ensure records are captured on the mapping software.

You will be the point of contact for adoption enquiries and provide responses to stakeholders in a timely manner. The post holder will be a professional representative of the Council as we are proud of our borough, and we strive to provide the best for our residents and visitors.

With experience in working within Civil Engineering environment (Highways, Drainage an advantage), this role requires the use of various software suites (Microsoft Word, Excel, etc), and use asset management and mapping software.

We have a huge plan of physical regeneration and investment within Rotherham. There has never been a more exciting time to join Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, it is a great place to work and deliver improvements for Rotherham’s residents and visitors.

Are you looking for a challenge and enthusiastic about an opportunity to continue your development?

If the answer is yes, this is a fantastic opportunity for you.

This post will from time to time involve travel throughout the Borough, it is therefore a requirement to possess a Driving Licence and have access to a vehicle.

Further details about the responsibilities and requirements of the role is contained in the job details.

In return for your hard work and dedication, we can offer you the chance to be part of a great team dedicated to ensuring that all people in Rotherham thrive. You will also have access to a variety of attractive employee benefits including competitive leave entitlement, local government pension scheme and access to a range of staff discount and flexible benefits schemes.

Here in Rotherham, we are adopting a hybrid way of working which will include office and home working based on service and customer needs.

This is a career graded position Band H - Band I. For applicants to be considered for the higher band entry level, additional requirements will need to be met in accordance with the Band profiles, please see attached Profile documents; Highway Adoption Officer Band H - I.

For further information contact Andy Saxton andy.saxton@rotherham.gov.uk / 07748 143010 or Grant Williams grant.williams@rotherham.gov.uk 07748 143089

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions).

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. For further information, please visit our website.

From 1st April 2017 to 31st March 2024 employees paid at Band D and above are subject to a temporary pay reduction of 1.15% spread out by means of a weekly / monthly deduction (dependent on pay frequency) from each pay period over the full financial year. In recognition of implementing this temporary measure, those who experience a pay reduction will be awarded of three additional day’s leave (pro rata for part-time).