Principal Officer - Traffic Management at Nottingham City Council

Nottingham, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

30 Aug, 26

Salary

44075.0

Posted On

01 Jun, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Traffic Management, Traffic Regulation Orders, Highway Project Management, Stakeholder Engagement, Financial Management, Budget Monitoring, Engineering Design, Legislation Awareness, Problem Solving, Coaching and Mentoring, Performance Tracking, Environmental Problem Solving

Industry

Government Administration

Description

Contract Type: Permanent Working Hours: 37 hours per week Worker Type: Hybrid & Office Worker Salary: Starting Salary is £40,777 (Level one) rising to £44,075 ( level four) per annum - pay award pending Location: Loxley House, Station Street, Nottingham NG2 3NG We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more… Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. As well as competitive pay, great leave entitlement and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best. In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you. * You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here [https://eism.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/ncc/pages/1004]. About the Role The Traffic & Flood Risk Management Service area seeks to deliver an excellent customer focused service in an efficient, effective, and economic manner, with specific focus of the Council’s role as the Highway Authority whilst adhering to Corporate, Departmental and Government priorities. We’re looking for a proactive, skilled Principal Officer to help support a multidisciplinary team delivering high‑quality traffic management services across the city. You’ll coordinate Traffic Regulation Orders, develop, deliver and maintain progress of highway projects, investigate and resolve traffic issues and the consolidation of Traffic Orders. If you can balance technical expertise, legislation awareness, stakeholder engagement, and innovative problem‑solving to keep our network safe, efficient and future‑ready—we want to hear from you. Candidates will need to outline in their application how they meet the Person Specification and the 6 bullet points below About You The ideal candidate will have: * To support the Technical Leads/Service Manager at public forums, Committees and other meetings to discuss traffic management, highway development control, workplace parking levy or other related highway issues * Investigate complex traffic management, workplace parking, and environmental problems raised by Members, the public and other sources including assessing alternative solutions, implementing Traffic Regulation Orders as necessary, preparing engineering designs, accurate work programmes and estimates for projects, monitoring their progress and arranging implementation on site in accordance with financial, legal and other requirements. * To provide tracking information and be responsible for the management of projects within the team’s work programme, including budgets, ensuring that financial, legal and other requirements. * To use developed Traffic Management skills and a detailed knowledge of highway disciplines to deliver the Council’s Transportation priorities including considering and anticipating the impact of new government legislation/policies on the delivery of the service taking immediate action where necessary to prepare for the future. * To set and maintain performance measures and structures for the purpose of tracking performance, tackling issues that arise. To coach and mentor others to address development needs, agreeing development goals with Management where necessary. * To take responsibility for financial management processes, in particular the management of substantial budget profiles / information associated with capital work programmes and the control and monitoring of expenditure. You can find the job description for this post here [https://www.nottinghamcity.gov.uk/media/5a2ffbeb/7216-principal-officer-traffic-management.doc]. At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information [https://eism.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/ncc/pages/1014] for applicants page. For informal enquiries please contact Sue Thorpe, Service Manager Traffic Management & Moving Traffic Enforcement by email at susan.thorpe@nottinghamcity.gov.uk [susan.thorpe@nottinghamcity.gov.uk] Closing Date: 29th June 2026 Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Interviews will be held: TBC If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support [https://emss.org.uk/support] By applying to this job, you agree to our Terms & Conditions. [https://eism.fa.em2.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/CandidateExperience/en/sites/CX_1/pages/1006] Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits. In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to: * 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually * Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9% * Smart Working – to support your work life balance * Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme * Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more! Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference. We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes. We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.

Responsibilities

Coordinate Traffic Regulation Orders and manage the delivery and progress of highway projects across the city. Investigate complex traffic and environmental issues while managing substantial budget profiles and capital work programmes.