Senior Officer Accident Investigation

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Job Description

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 x 1 post

Worker Type: Hybrid Worker

Salary: Starting Salary is £33,945 (Level one) rising to £36,648 (Level four)

Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham, NG2 3NG

We've got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join the Traffic & Flood Risk Management Service Area - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for. Ever wondered who manages the highway network and always thought you can do a better job - perhaps this is the opportunity you've been looking for? Read on to find out more...

Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive, and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.

In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.

* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.

About the Role

The Traffic & Flood Risk Management Service area seeks to deliver an excellent customer focused service in an efficient, effective, and economic manner, with specific focus of the Council's role as the Highway Authority whilst adhering to Corporate, Departmental and Government priorities.

This post will work under the supervision of the Technical Lead and the primary purpose is to use developed road safety investigation and engineering skills to take measure that prevent accidents. Ideally a qualified Road Safety Engineering Auditor You will undertake studies into accidents on the highway to help deliver safety improvements. You will have the ability and skills to explain contentious and complicated highway proposals demonstrating diplomacy, accountability, and approachability in an ever-changing work environment.

We are looking for a proactive and efficient individual, who can put citizens and customers first and work with a range of internal and external stakeholders. They must also be organised and have excellent communication skills to ensure that the outputs of the service area are maintained to professional standards.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• A developed knowledge and experience of developing and introducing road safety and highway policies, procedures and programmes.
• A working experience of current practice for the design, construction and successful delivery of road safety and highway schemes
• A developed knowledge and experience of undertaking road safety audits and development control advice to ensure the safety of the highway network.
• Can understand and undertake budget management processes, procurement procedures and contract/commissioning processes to achieve effective service delivery
• A can-do attitude and willingness to learn and understand complex highway processes
• Ability to work and collaborate with a wide range of stakeholders from multiple organisations and experience of handling conflict and managing sensitive issues to achieve positive outcomes

You can find the job description for this post here

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Jennifer Williams, Technical Lead - Road Safety, by telephone on 0115 8765229 or by email at jennifer.williams@nottinghamcity.gov.uk.

Closing Date: 2nd August 2024

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: TBA

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from the Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic community, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender community (LGBT) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.