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Technical Officer (Highways Safety)

🏢 Kirklees Council

📍 Huddersfield, England ✈️ Visa Sponsorship Available 🕒 2 days ago
Work Model
📍 Huddersfield, England
Employment
💼 Full-Time Direct
Recruitment Type
🛡️ Direct to HR Pipeline
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Verified Direct Employer Opening: You are applying directly to Kirklees Council's hiring pipeline without recruitment agency markups.

Role Overview & Responsibilities

We adopt a ‘name blind’ approach to shortlisting. Recruiting managers will not have access to personal information, including your name and contact details, until a shortlisting decision has been made - please note that this also includes any CV uploaded. Equality monitoring information is not accessible by recruiting managers at any stage.
Organisation
Kirklees
Directorate
Environment & Climate Change
Service Area
Environmental Strategy & Climate Change
Hours
37
Number of Jobs
1
Location(s)
Home Working & Flint Street, Huddersfield HD1 6LG
Position type
Permanent
Grade
Grade 4-6
Salary
£21,189 - £24,054

To apply for this job you must be an employee of Kirklees Council for the duration of the recruitment process – up to and including the start date - and have successfully completed your probationary period.

Please note that if you work for an Academy you are not an employee of the Council.


Do you like helping people keep and feel safe on the roads, would you like to keep the roads in Kirklees free flowing and free from obstruction, do have an interest in highway safety? Would you enjoy a varied role where you would focus on the delivery of community schemes to help disabled people park near their homes and develop and deliver other small traffic schemes? Are you a problem solver and have excellent communication skills and the ability to use a wide range of computerised systems? Then we have the perfect role for you!


The Team

Join our Team in Community Projects and you’ll be working in a team preparing and processing traffic schemes to support the development of safe and effective traffic movements around the district. We work in a busy environment where no day’s the same. We develop, process, and deliver many different schemes throughout Kirklees. We work closely with local councillors and members of the public as well as a number of other teams and external bodies to improve the safety of all road users including our most vulnerable users


The Role

We’d like to hear from you if you:

  • Can you work with limited supervision and prioritise your own workloads?
  • Have experience of dealing with customer enquiries and have a strong customer focus?
  • Can communicate and engage with a wide range of people?
  • Have you a wide range of experience in the use of computerised systems?
  • Are you willing to learn?


For a full list of the essential role requirements please see the attached Job Profile.


What can we offer?

  • Hybrid working supporting a balance between home and work
  • A friendly and supportive team environment
  • Ongoing training and career development
  • Excellent pension scheme
  • A range of family friendly policies, including flexible working


What the team say about the role

If you have any questions or want to discuss the role further, please contact Karen North (Principal Technical Officer) on 01484 221000


Interview date
: 3 March 2023

We know there’s a wealth of talent among people who have a disability and we encourage applications from people with all differing abilities. So, if you need any support completing an application form, or any other format for the application or Job Description please contact the Recruitment Team for help by email: jobs@kirklees.gov.uk or phone: 01484 221000 and ask for ‘Recruitment’.
We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable adults and children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.
Closing date

14 February 2023, 11:55 PM

Important Information

Job Profile Technical Officer.pdf – 173KB

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