What's involved with this role: Interim Principal Development Coordinator - Highway Legal Agreements Reference no: Gloucestershire 5259224 Pay Rate: up to £47.00 per hour PAYE depending on experience 37 Monday – Friday, normal working hours This opening assignment is for 5-6 months City: GLOUCESTER The position will require weekly attendance in Gloucestershire for site visits, officer meetings. Attendance at planning Committee meetings and appeals would also be required. HDM experience required. Candidates with experience of working on large scale housing projects and complex mixed use developments, who can work with confidence across highways development issues such as highway design, active travel, section 278, 38 and 184. Provide support to the Highway Legal agreements Team Leader and the wider team, comprehensively managing 3rd party developer’s applications and legal agreements under Section 184, 278 and 38 of the Highway Act 1980, ensuring that proposals are to an acceptable standard for technical approval and future adoption with regards to future maintenance requirements and sustainability. Key Responsibilities: Facilitate economic sustainable development and adoption of highways within the County, in line with the councils’ policies and strategies. Provide professional advice and guidance to planning officers, developers, agents and internal consultees on Transport Development design, construction works and associated legal agreements. Attend meetings, technical groups and stakeholder forums as required and represent the Highway Authority in meetings with developers and other public sector officers, providing highways and transport advice with regards to technical submissions and related matters. Establish and maintain appropriate professional working relations with Elected Members Calculate Bond and fee values for each development scheme in line with Council policy and keep detailed records of fee income. Act as leading officer on the issuance of Advanced Payment Code (APC) notices under Section 220 of the Highways Act 1980. Act as the lead supporting officer to the Highway Legal Agreements Team Leader and Deputise as required. Issue relevant certificates, statements of adoption and subsequently managing release of bond payments. Instruct Legal officers to prepare and enter into legal agreements with 3rd party developers and advise as required. Manage efficient data input into the Highway Legal Agreements team database. Key requirements: Accredited Degree in Civil Engineering or relevant subject, or compensatory knowledge, abilities and skills Full and valid Driving License Sound understanding of highway engineering and design standards, and to translate and communicate these to stakeholders Substantial experience in a public or private organisation dealing with Highways development management issues Substantial experience in Highways Planning and Development legislation Substantial experience of engineering design standards Experience of S278, 38 and 106 Agreements, Experience of providing technical feedback to highway related matters Experience of external liaison with specialist engineering consultants e.g. Street lighting, traffic signals, structures etc Experience of negotiating complex legal agreements Experience of on-site operations Good communication and interpersonal skills Highly effective negotiation skills Ability to interpret technical information from engineering plans Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for. Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address. Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobstclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title. If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms. We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity. Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion. We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles. ALD “XR Please note that clients invariably ask us to strip out contact details from CVs before we submit them for consideration. This is always quicker and easier to do if you send your CV to us in Word format, rather than as a PDF please