About the role
A vacancy has arisen for a motivated and enthusiastic person to join the Definitive Map Team at Cambridgeshire County Council. We maintain and develop the Council’s Public Rights of Way, Town and Village Green records and the Commons Register, achieving the best outcomes for our customers, residents and other stakeholders.
Our role is to ensure that the Council’s records are accurate. We ensure applications to change public rights of way meet the legal tests and the Council’s policies. Applications for changes to the Definitive Map are investigated, reported upon and the statutory processes carried out. We respond to planning consultations so that the best outcomes for all stakeholders can be met. We work with the public, other council services, and other stakeholders in relation to these services.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a supportive and flexible team who are protecting the public’s access whilst balancing the needs of landowners and development across the County. We recognise this is a relatively unusual role, so we will consider candidates with suitable transferable skills, and training will be provided.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact: Roger Payne, Definitive Map Manager - Roger.Payne@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Interviews will be held at New Shire Hall, Alconbury Weald week commencing 7 April 2025.
What will you be doing?
We have a busy portfolio dealing with a wide range of cases and enquiries from the public, colleagues, partner authorities and other stakeholders.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing caseload of applications to change public rights of way (Public Path Orders)
- Providing input for Planning Applications and Pre-Planning Consultations
- Investigations into claims for public rights of way (Definitive Map Modification Orders)
- Site visits, researching historic documents, and statements provided by the public and landowners
- Report writing, involving consideration of Council Policies, consultation responses & relevant legislation
- Registering Landowner Deposits
- Consultations and negotiations with the public, partner organisations and developers on proposed changes to public rights of way
- Working with / interpretating plans on GIS to keep our records updated
- Managing applications for Town and Village Greens
- Responding to Commons Register Enquiries
About you
We are looking for a quick learner with excellent organizational skills and an appetite for professional development. A methodical and thorough approach is required to manage the Council’s records and casework. Experience and the ability to liaise knowledgeably with a range of stakeholders on complex issues and processes as well as a high standard of written and verbal communication is essential. You will be an adaptable team player with a supportive attitude and will demonstrate commitment to team working, enjoy being outside and have a passion for improving public access.
Strong map reading and interpretation skills are essential, with experience of digital mapping desirable. Previous experience of working with public rights of way, records management, statutory processes or experience in dealing with historical documents, surveying and relevant legislation is desirable. However full training is provided on the job.
Please note that although based at Huntingdon Highways Depot, this is a hybrid role offering a mix of office- and home-working. The post-holder will be expected to travel around the county for site visits and customer and colleague meetings when required.
More information about the Team’s service can be found on our website at Definitive Map and Statement - Cambridgeshire County Council
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
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.
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