Permanent, Full Time. Your working days will be Monday to Friday.
A fantastic opportunity has arisen at professional-level role within a defined career development structure. This Permanent full-time role has arisen due to the BCC decarbonisation agenda.
This role is designed to provide you with a thorough induction in the work required to achieve the goals and targets of the Service. Specifically, the role will focus on the Council’s Highways Assets Policy and the Decarbonisation Agenda.
The role will ensure that all aspects of the Council’s assets management policy are completed on time and to standards set by the Department for Transport including the annual submission to the Department of Transport.
The role will require you to have an enthusiastic approach to assisting the authority in meeting its asset management goals whilst embedding carbon reduction in everything we do. You will be required to keep abreast and inform senior officers of the benefits and challenges of a good asset management plan and how it can reduce the carbon footprint of the authority and the city overall.
In addition, you will lead the Highways Group’s work on aligning us with the overall Council’s decarbonisation targets including the achieving of full Carbon neutrality by 2025.
You will join a vibrant and fulfilling working environment and work part of a well gelled team in delivering front line services to colleagues, Council teams, the Public and Elected Members in accordance with the Council’s core values and the key performance indicators for the Highway Asset Team.
What will I be doing?
You will undertake duties to include: reviewing the progress of the Assets Management Plan and policies thus creating new working policy’s for carbon reduction in highways. Leading on the formulation, consultation and implementation of policies and actions. Addressing internal and external enquiries relevant to the Assets and Decarbonisation Policy.
What do I need to have?
Qualifications at Degree or equivalent level in a relevant field plus additional specific professional qualifications and relevant experience in creating policy or working methods through a system of consultation and engagement at all levels.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to respond to enquiries and initiate/reply to correspondence.
Why Bristol City Council?
At Bristol City Council, we go that extra mile for our people; we offer a work environment which is fast moving and supportive, giving you the chance to use your skills and develop new ones within a high-profile organisation. For the majority of our roles hybrid working arrangements are available, giving teams the opportunity to work in a way that suits them, balancing service need and individual choice - mixing both home and office working.
Join us and you’ll receive a generous rewards package including flexible working and flexi-time, membership of the Local Government Pension scheme, and a generous annual leave allowance. In addition, you will be working in a supportive environment where you’ll have the chance to make Bristol a better place and contribute to its future.
How do I apply?
If you share our values and are ready to be part of our exciting journey please select the apply button below.
To be successful in being shortlisted for interview, please submit an application which fully demonstrates how you meet each of the essential criteria as laid out in the Person Specification, this should be demonstrated in the ‘Further Information’ section of your application. Your application should fully evidence your education and training, along with your previous employment history. On occasion we will receive high numbers of applications, we may then shortlist against the desirable criteria along with the essential criteria, therefore please demonstrate how you can meet desirable criteria if you can.
If you have any further queries after reading the job advert along with the attached job paperwork, please contact Razvan Constantinescu on [email protected]
At Bristol City Council, we value having a workforce as diverse as the City we serve. We therefore welcome, develop and promote people from all sections of the community. Appointments will be made on merit.