Description | Salary £27,269 - £31,067 Per annum | Full time | Permanent | 37 hours per week | Preston International Sponsorship – this role is not open to international sponsorship Lancashire County Council Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper. Lancashire is a vibrant and striking place and Lancashire County Council exists to serve everyone who lives or works in Lancashire. As the fourth largest local authority in the country and the largest in the North, we serve over 1.2 million residents. The Highways Asset Management Service is responsible for ensuring that Lancashire County Council meets its statutory duty as a highway's authority through strategic management of over 7,500 kilometres of vehicular highway network, containing 152,000 streetlights,15,000 illuminated signs/bollards, over 2000 bridges and other structures, together with many other highway assets. The Role & Responsibilities We are seeking a dynamic and organised Asset Technical Officer, who will support the Asset Management Performance and Information team and contribute to our organisation's success. This is an exciting opportunity to join us in Lancashire, as we continue to develop and deliver our diverse asset management programme and move forward with exciting and innovative initiatives. The work contributes towards the wider Highways Asset Management service, and underpins other work completed throughout the Highways business area. For further details, the Highway Asset Management webpage can be found at: Highway asset management In Lancashire - Lancashire County Council The Asset Technical Support Officer would report to the Asset Technical Officer (Asset Register & Street Lighting) and would support on the co-ordination and completion of administrative and reporting work required to support 2 distinct workstreams within the Asset Management team:- Asset Register Street Lighting The Asset Technical Support Officer would be expected to demonstrate a high level of skill in relation to Microsoft packages e.g. Word, Excel, Powerpoint etc, including being comfortable using analytical techniques such as pivot tables, graphs and formulas The Asset Technical Support Officer should also be able to demonstrate the ability to master new systems such as the Highways Asset Management System (HAMS) in both its existing, and future, forms to assist in the maintenance of the Asset Register, which would include the management of electronic records. The Asset Technical Support Officer would be instrumental in supporting the management of both the overall Asset Register, and the Streetlighting asset function in terms of inventory information, and for the collation and submission of annual energy invoicing. This would also include the processing and monitoring of ad-hoc Streetlighting related work. The Asset Technical Support Officer will need to be resilient and flexible and be able to support the provision of resilience across the Asset Management and Streetlighting functions, by completing shadowing exercises with other members of staff. Whilst experience and knowledge within the Highways business area would definitely be an advantage, candidates with appropriate transferable skills would also be welcomed, and considered. Application Supporting Statement Please note that when completing your personal statement, it's important that you have specifically demonstrated and evidenced that you meet each essential criteria from the person specification in line with the role responsibilities as detailed above. If you do not meet the criteria, but feel you possess relevant qualities, please demonstrate within your supporting statement. Why Join us Benefits There's fabulous flexibility and the opportunity to create the work life balance you will love with our hybrid working model. We offer up to 32 days annual leave plus bank holidays, two additional days at Christmas and then an additional 20 days that can be purchased. We have benefit packages which has everything from discounted white goods to a hybrid car lease scheme, long service awards, Medicash, support groups, cycle to work schemes, free eye tests plus much more. Best of all we have a generous public sector pension (16.3% employer contributions) with shared AVC's that provides Income Tax relief and National Insurance (NICs) savings using a salary sacrifice arrangement and providing a flexible pension saving opportunities. We also have a range of personal/professional qualifications which will be available to you and career progression available for the right person. Development: You will receive support and development along the journey – there will be time for supportive reflection and supervision for yourself, opportunities for personal/professional qualifications, multidisciplinary initiatives, mentoring, but most of all the opportunity to make a difference, feel valued and achieve the job satisfaction you've always wanted. Inclusivity: LCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds and faiths, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work. Informal Chat: If this opportunity is of interest, we encourage that you contact:- Lori Dale Highways Asset Principal (Performance & Information). E-mail - lori.dalelancashire.gov.uk or telephone 01772 536621, for more details. Closing Date: 16/02/2025 Lancashire County Council Values - Supportive, Innovative, Respectful, Collaborative. Here at Lancashire County Council, we are helping you to make Lancashire the best place to live, work, visit and prosper. 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. 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