About the role
The Highways team provides statutory services that all residents of North Northamptonshire use. The team is responsible for providing a safe road network that operates efficiently and effectively, providing strategic direction for the future development of highways assets, public transport, active travel, and all road users, being mindful of budget constraints, legislation, and the sustainability agenda. The team also fulfills the Council’s duty to ensure the safe travel of eligible students to school.
The post holder will support the team to provide information to customers, including local Members and MPs, through the website and correspondence. They will be responsible for meeting customers and dealing with highway enquiries on site to help develop solutions.
The position is office-based working predominantly from Sheerness House, Kettering, but will involve occasional site visits around North Northamptonshire. North Northamptonshire operates a flexible working arrangement to enable colleagues to work remotely or from different locations depending on the needs of their role.
What will you be doing?
The main areas of work that this role will cover include:
1. Supporting the Highway Community Liaison Officer in providing excellent customer services by responding to customer enquiries and complaints, local Member and MP enquiries in an efficient and timely manner.
2. Working with other teams across the service, as well as our contractors, to gather the necessary information to ensure timely and comprehensive responses to our customers and supporting the Highways Community Liaison Officer in developing solutions to highway-related problems/requests.
3. To work with the wider Customer Service Teams across North Northamptonshire and regularly meet with them to look for improvements to customer services.
4. Provide support to the wider highways team when needed.
About you
You will have:
* Experience of working in a customer service-oriented team with knowledge, and experience of using customer relationship management systems.
* Experience in working in a local government environment and/or a customer-facing service.
* Knowledge and understanding of the importance of effective communications.
* Excellent IT skills including Microsoft Office and GIS systems (in order to create maps of a very high standard of accuracy).
* A basic understanding of highway maintenance-related operations would be an advantage.
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
Why choose us?
We offer a vibrant working environment with:
* A pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
* Lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge, and potential in a large unitary council.
* Generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days.
* Hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
About us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our values define who we are and how we operate, by forming the foundation for how we interact with our customers, colleagues and provide our services. They are also at the forefront of our decision making and delivery and are:
* Customer-focused
* Respectful
* Efficient
* Supportive
* Trustworthy
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
North Northamptonshire Council re-signed the Armed Forces Covenant in June 2024 which highlights the Council’s pledge to support the Armed Forces community. The council obtained the silver status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS) and we are now currently working towards achieving Gold status.
We aim to be a carbon neutral Council by 2030.
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council (northnorthants.gov.uk).
* Job Category: Highways and Transportation
* Location: Sheerness House, Kettering, United Kingdom
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