Public Rights of Way Officer

About the role

The Rights of Way Officer role is based in the Green Infrastructure team and provides an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual looking to join our Highways Maintenance team.

The role is to implement and advise on the maintenance, protection, improvement and promotion of access opportunities (Rights of Way, permissive access and other access) in line with the Council’s statutory duties and wider corporate objectives. It involves working with Community Groups, Partners and dealing with customer correspondence from Parish Councils and members of the public. You will be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written and be able to build relationships with land owners, customers, elected members, partner organisations and other stakeholders.

The Asset Information Team will work closely with you to manage the impact of development and associated network changes. Together you will protect our PROWs and ensure proposed changes is beneficial.

For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Emma Stannard, Green Infrastructure Manager, emma.stannard@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Interviews will be held at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald, PE28 4YE week commencing the 08/07/2024.

What will you be doing?

You will be responsible for all our Highways Green Infrastructure on the Public Rights of Way network, leading change in the way Cambridgeshire County Council manages and maintains our highway grass verges, hedges, shrubs and trees.

Our Highways Green Infrastructure is important to achieving nature recovery as part of our Climate Crisis response and you will be a big part in achieving our aims for nature.

About you

We are looking for a candidate who has practical experience of Rights of Way and who has a sound understanding of the relevant legislation. You will be responsible for dealing with all Rights of Way in South Cambridgeshire. You will be expected to deal with issues relating to Rights of Way, liaise with customers and stakeholders and attend meetings outside of normal working hours.

Ideally you will be educated to A level/GCSE standard or have extensive relevant knowledge and experience. The post will be based in the Whittlesford Highways Depot, but the ability to travel independently to different locations on a daily basis is essential to carry out site inspections and meetings with Cllr’s and other stakeholders in remote places

Our benefits

We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

• Flexible working
• Flexible Bank Holidays
• A comprehensive wellbeing package
• Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
• A comprehensive pension scheme.
• IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
• Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
• An employee recognition scheme

About us

Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

We are proud to serve the diverse communities of Cambridgeshire and want our workforce to be reflective of this diversity, which we firmly believe benefits our colleagues, the organisation and our communities. If you don’t meet every single requirement in the job role but think this could be you, please don’t be put off.   We are committed to building a workplace that is compassionate and inclusive as well as diverse, so if you think you could be a good candidate for this role please consider applying and speak to the recruiting manager if you have any questions.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered.  We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We fully support providing reasonable adjustments throughout our recruitment process, as well as when you join us, and we encourage candidates to contact the Hiring Manager, whose details can be found in the advert, to discuss any adjustment needs. Some examples of adjustments could include additional time to complete an assessment or printing a document on pastel coloured paper with larger font size and line spacing. We would value talking about what might be possible to enable you to join us and thrive, so if there is something that would help you to do your best during your journey with us, please get in touch.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion. 

https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers

Attached documents

• Public Rights of Way Officer JD.pdf