Transport & Development Officer (Career Grade)

 

London Borough Bexley Council

Management Grouping:  Place

Housing & Strategic Planning

Transport & Development                                    

Bexleyheath

£33,915 - £45,927 (Bexley 12 – 15)

Permanent / Full Time (36 hours per week)

Closing Date:  Sunday 21^st May 2023

 

Job reference: PL00000506

 

Bexley sees the potential for unprecedented levels of new development, including up to 31,500 new homes over the next few decades.  Two of London’s Opportunity Areas fall within the borough, and this is a particularly exciting time for managing how Bexley’s huge development potential will be realised.

 

The Transport & Development Team deliver many of the statutory transport and highway functions of the Council, and with such a wide-range of duties need someone to contribute to evolving transport proposals and relevant policies, as well as undertaking the highway development control function and approval of development-related highway works, to ensure that planning applications deliver the necessary initiatives.  You will help cultivate good working relationships with key internal and many external partners, particularly to establish how required infrastructure will be secured.

 

This is a Career Grade post and an excellent opportunity, whether you are an experienced practitioner or someone starting out on their technical career.  You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team that delivers a number of the Council’s statutory highway authority and transport functions, which in addition to development-related activities and the formulation of transportation policies and projects, includes funding bids and legal processes covering stopping up orders, public rights of way and highway records.

 

If your application is successful, you will be appointed at the appropriate scale and starting salary, depending on your skills and experience.  The job specification for the role explains the expectations for the post holder at each job level within the scope of the post.

 

For an informal chat about this opportunity, please call Martin Able, Transport & Development Manager, on 020 3045 5833 (email [email protected])

 

What we offer

 

• Relocation package up to £8,000
• Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme
• Performance Related Pay
• 26 days Annual Leave rising to 29 after 5 years’ service (pro-rata) plus Bank Holiday Entitlement and concessionary day at Christmas.
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• An excellent working environment at our fantastic new offices
• Opportunities for flexible working with excellent ICT facilities
• MyChoice Staff Benefit Scheme – Includes Childcare Vouchers, Cycle to Work Scheme, access to high street shopping vouchers and online discount codes.

 

View more about our employment deal here.

 

About us:

 

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.

 

Bexley is a Thames Gateway borough that has huge potential to grow and is planning to deliver a significant increase in jobs and housing over the next 20 years. To enable this, developers, investors and stakeholders require clear guidance and accurate information from the Council relating to the highway, future transport schemes, and other planned development.

CVs will not be accepted unless they are submitted with a completed application form.

• Closing date for application is 21^st May 2023.
• Interviews are currently scheduled for w/c 5^th June 2023.