Description | Salary £39,513 - £44,711 per annum | Full time | Permanent | 37 hours per week | Bamber Bridge | International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship The Street Works team are responsible for ensuring Lancashire County Council meets its obligations under the New Roads and Street Works Act, Traffic Management Act and Lancashire Permit Scheme. The team also have responsibility for a range of additional functions as part of managing and regulating the highway network. This includes the licencing and permitting of skips, scaffolding & hoarding; managing and co-ordinating occupancy of the highway for events, highway works and highway development schemes. The team is also responsible for the processing of associated road closures (Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders) that works/events can create and the county council's highway sponsorship scheme. The purpose of the Street Works Team Leader post is to work with the Street Works Manager in leading a medium sized team tasked with regulating and managing works and activities taking place on or affecting Lancashire's highway network. As the Team Leader you will have day to day accountability for ensuring the team you are responsible for is carrying out its functions and operating effectively and efficiently in line with processes, procedures, regulations and statutory guidance. The post requires you to have detailed understanding and practical experience of manging street and highway works from the perspective of the New Road and Street Works Act and Highway Permit Schemes. The candidate will be able to demonstrate good communication, organisational and management skills as they will be expected to lead a team and handle complex complaints and liaise confidently with both staff, senior management, elected members and the public. You will also need to work closely with external stakeholders, including utilities and other external companies/councils to ensure that the network is managed effectively, and activities are co-ordinated and inspected. Works and activities on the highway attracts a lot of public attention due to the impact that it can have on users. Therefore, the team leader will work with the Street Works Manager to ensure that complaints from the public, elected members and other stakeholders are dealt with diligently and in line with the county council's policies. The post is a permanent full-time position (37 hours per week) based at Cuerden offices, Bamber Bridge, Preston, however, the successful candidate must be flexible and able to work agile as the role requires as there may be an expectation to work from a range of locations if needed. The role is not solely office based and the post holder may be required to attend site meetings and work flexibly as the highway regulation service is a 7 day a week operation. This post therefore is designated as an essential car user role. The candidate will therefore need to have access to a vehicle insured for business use. You may also be required to drive a Lancashire County Council vehicle and therefore need a full driving licence. Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence. In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits. Benefits: There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you'll love with up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, 2 additional days at Christmas and then further days that can be purchased too – we have a generous Local Government pension with shared AVC's available then a benefits package which has everything from dog care to day care, holidays at home or abroad, long service awards, Medicash, inclusivity support groups, discounts on white goods and electronics, cycle to work schemes, salary sacrifice car lease schemes, eye tests and prescription support plus much more. If you're already a Lancashire County Council employee you must apply via the internal vacancies option on Oracle Fusion. You can do this by logging into Oracle Fusion and then going to Me - Current Jobs. Please ensure you have uploaded and attached your supporting statement to evidence how you meet the criteria for the role. The panel may be unable to shortlist you for interview without this evidence You will be required to provide a car for use in connection with the duties of this post and must be insured for business use. However, we may consider you if you cannot drive because of a disability. In return Lancashire County Council offers a range of benefits, which can be found on LCC Vacancies website. We reserve the right to close down a vacancy early, before the closing date, if we receive sufficient applications. Job Description and Person Specification