Highway Records Officer

Job details

Job reference REQ
05793 Date posted 10/08/2026 Final date to receive applications 25/08/2026 Location The Quays Salary £33,699.00 - £37,280.00 per annum Package Generous holiday entitlement, Employee Assistance Programme, Local Government Pension Scheme with 15.3% employer contributions, discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure and excellent development opportunities.” Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Street care Services, Refuse and Recycle Attachments  Reasons to work for

We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and forward-thinking individual to join our Network & Programme Management Team as a Highway Records Officer. This is an opportunity to support one of the Council’s key digital transformation projects, helping to modernise how highway information is managed, accessed and used.

You will help create and maintain the Council’s digital Highway Maintainable at Public Expense records and support the ongoing development of our gold-standard Local Street Gazetteer. These records are central to highway management, asset planning, legal processes, development control and public service delivery.

The role offers a varied mix of technical, investigative and project-based work, including opportunities to:

• Work with cutting-edge GIS and data management technologies.
• Lead elements of a major digitisation programme, transforming historic highway records into modern geospatial datasets.
• Investigate the history of roads, paths and highway assets using historic maps, legal records and site surveys.
• Help establish and maintain definitive highway records that support key decisions across the Council.
• Collaborate with a wide range of professional disciplines including Highway Development Control, Highway Maintenance, Legal Services, Estates, Digital Services and external partners.

This role would suit someone who enjoys solving problems, working with spatial data, interpreting evidence and making a practical contribution to public services.

Our team manages important highway datasets that support maintenance, transportation planning, asset management, emergency response, legal processes and future investment decisions across the county borough.

We are also delivering projects to improve digital highway extent mapping and the Local Street Gazetteer, creating a smarter, more efficient and data-driven highway service.

We aim to provide a supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment where people are encouraged to develop, innovate and take ownership of their work.

By joining our team, you will benefit from:

• A genuinely varied and intellectually stimulating role.
• Opportunities to develop specialist expertise in GIS, highway law, spatial analysis and asset information management.
• The chance to influence significant infrastructure and digital transformation projects.
• Supportive management and experienced colleagues who value teamwork, innovation and continuous improvement.
• Flexible and hybrid working opportunities where applicable.
• Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme benefits.
• Generous annual leave entitlement and employee wellbeing initiatives.
• A modern waterfront office location at The Quays.

We want to hear from people who are:

• Passionate about technology, mapping and data.
• Curious, analytical and naturally investigative.
• Enthusiastic about finding solutions to complex challenges.
• Organised and capable of managing multiple priorities.
• Confident communicators who enjoy working with a variety of stakeholders.
• Team players who are equally comfortable working independently when required.
• Committed to delivering high-quality, accurate work that makes a real difference.

Qualifications include;

5 GCSEs, including Maths and English GCSE.

HNC in IT / Computing / GIS or relevant experience.

We welcome applications from candidates with experience in GIS, highway records, street gazetteers, mapping, surveying, engineering, spatial data, public rights of way, transport data or land and property information. Relevant qualifications or experience in GIS, Geography, Geospatial Science, Surveying, Civil Engineering, IT/Computing, Spatial Data Management or Highway Engineering would…