About the role
The Technical Officer role is based in the Green Infrastructure team and provides an excellent opportunity for an enthusiastic individual looking to join our Highways Maintenance team.
To support the Green Infrastructure Manager and other managers within Place & Sustainability in delivering the Council and Directorate’s objectives through joined-up service planning, community engagement and the flexible use of resources.
The team will work with wider teams within the Highway Maintenance Group and to ensure a customer focus in the service delivery and ensure benefits are realised for communities in terms of net zero, resilience and sustainability. Working with Community Groups and Partners, dealing with customer correspondence from Parish Councils and members of the public. You will be an excellent communicator, both verbal and written and be able to build relationships with customers, elected members, businesses, partner organisations and other stakeholders.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Jon Clarke, Highways Maintenance Group Manager, Jonathan.Clarke@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk
What will you be doing?
You will be responsible for all our Highways Green Infrastructure, leading change in the way Cambridgeshire County Council manages and maintains our highway grass verges, hedges, shrubs and trees. Our Highways Green Infrastructure is important to achieving nature recovery as part of our Climate Crisis response and you will be a big part in achieving our aims for nature.
About you
We are looking for enthusiastic candidates who preferably have experience of highway maintenance or a technical background.
Being motivated to make a visible difference to our communities and drive forward change to meet our net zero ambition.
Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:
- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme
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 believe benefits our employees, the organisation and our communities.
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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