Assistant Network Officer

Job title: Assistant Network Officer

Salary: B1 £ 26,016 - £26,847

Hours: 37 per week

Contract: Permanent

Location: Hybrid working, base office Merrion House

As an Assistant Network Officer you’ll thrive on ensuring effective operation of the city’s highway network, preventing unnecessary disruption for people, goods and services. We work closely with internal and external parties to ensure compliance with codes of practice. As well as working with the general public to answer queries and resolve issues that may arise.

Leeds City Council is one of the largest employers in the region with over 14,000 employees. We seek to recruit and develop talented individuals who embody our council values and ambitions.

As an Assistant Network Officer you will bring to the role:

• Knowledge of New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Traffic Management Act 2004 and accompanying codes of practice.
• Ability to deal courteously and effectively with people at all levels verbally or in writing, remaining calm in difficult situations.
• Able to work on own initiative, with minimum supervision and often to tight deadlines.
• To interpret information and to prepare and present reports.
• Working with Geographical Information Systems.

As our next Assistant Network Officer you’ll work with a wide range of people and organisations such as individual residents, developers, utility providers and internal works promoters as part of our duties. This work ranges from the licensing of skips, scaffolds and cranes to ensuring private contractors comply with important regulations and codes of practice.

The role is integral to our Network Management team plays a leading role in the Council’s incident management processes when they impact on the network.

We take pride in offering the best employee experience, with benefits including:

• a competitive salary and annual leave entitlement plus statutory holidays
• membership of the West Yorkshire Pension Fund with generous employer contributions
• flexible and hybrid working arrangements subject to service requirements
• a clear career pathway and continuing professional development opportunities
• a range of staff benefits to help you boost your wellbeing and make your money go further

We welcome applications from everyone and actively seek a diverse range of applicants from all backgrounds and cultures. We particularly encourage applications from, but not limited to, women, carers, veterans as well as LGBT+, ethnically diverse, disabled and care experienced people.

This role is based in the UK. Home Office guidance states that candidates must evidence their right to work in the UK prior to commencing employment, either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa.

If you do not have the right to work in the UK, you must consider your own eligibility for sponsorship for a particular role through the Skilled Worker visa route before applying. To be eligible for sponsorship you'll usually need to be paid the standard salary rate of at least £41,700 per year or meet one of the other eligibility criteria.

Ensure you are eligible before applying.

The City of Leeds is rapidly changing, and the Network Management team plays a central role in this process ensuring the effective operation of the city’s highway network, preventing unnecessary disruption for people, goods and services.

The team works with a wide range of people and organisations such as individual residents, developers, utility providers and internal works promoters as part of our duties. This planned work ranges from the licencing of skips through to the co-ordination of major highway works and international events. In addition, the…