Salary range: Grade 9 £43,449 - £45,123 p.a. plus fantastic benefits
Contract: Permanent
Hours of work: 36 hours per week
Location: Croydon
This is a key post within the Sustainable Communities, Regeneration & Economic Recovery Directorate
We're looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Assistant LSG Custodian & Streetworks Assistant to join our team.
In this role, you'll help maintain the Local Street Gazetteer (LSG), support the coordination and administration of streetworks, ensure the accuracy of street records, and liaise with internal teams and external organisations. You'll play a key role in keeping street data up to date and supporting the effective delivery of highway and streetworks services.
If you're looking for an opportunity to develop your career within The London Borough of Croydon and contribute to essential public services, we'd love to hear from you.
The post holder will also play a significant role in delivering the Council’s statutory duties under NRSWA and Traffic Management Act regulations within an area of 87km² that extends from Upper Norwood in the north to Old Coulsdon in the south which is supported by a road network of 726km.
The London Borough of Croydon’s Network Management Team is looking for a highly motivated and organised individual to join its Street Works Permit Team. As a member of the team you will be required to assist us in fulfilling our responsibilities under the New Roads and Street Works Act and the Traffic Management Act and in doing so ensure that we maximise the benefits of operating a permit scheme. The duties will primarily include assessing and approving or refusing permit and licence applications to carry out works and issuing fixed penalty notices for non compliant notifications and breaches of permit conditions. Other duties will consist of task like raising task orders / raising invoices running reports.
You will also be the assistant to our street gazetteer officer and will be learning what is needed to keep the gazetteer up to date. At times you will carry out certain task to update the gazetteer.
The position is based in Bernard Weatherill House which is close to East Croydon Station and is 2 days minimum in the office ( 5 to begin with until enough knowledge of systems).
If you wish to make a positive contribution to minimise disruption caused by street works we would like to hear from you. For an informal chat about the position please telephone Scott Wallace, Senior Permit and Traffic Officer on 020 8726 6000 - Ext 28252.
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Croydon Council is an inclusive employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community. Subject to business needs, we will be pleased to consider applications from candidates seeking flexible working arrangements and support hybrid working, whereby staff attend the workplace for part of their working week and work from home, or elsewhere, remotely for the rest of the time.
As users of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the advertised role.
Croydon council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all staff to share this commitment.
The Successful candidate will be subject to a DBS check, if the role requires one.
We provide a large number of services for local people, businesses and visitors to the borough, including services for children and adults, and environmental, cultural, sports, housing, planning and benefits services.
The borough is split into 24 electoral wards, and local elections are held every four years.
With a workforce of approximately 3,300 staff, including teachers in schools, Croydon Council is the largest employer in the borough. Spending over £900 million per year, the council makes a significant contribution to the local economy.
The council comprises three main political functions, the Executive (Leader and Cabinet), Committees, and Scrutiny.
The Leader and Cabinet are responsible and accountable for shaping policies and plans and recommending them to the council for approval. Cabinet also gives direction to departmental directors on the way services are managed and the budgets allocated to them.
Six non-executive committees take decisions relating to planning, licensing, standards of behaviour and conduct for members and officers, staffing issues, tenders, property transactions, liaison with local utility companies and internal audit.
Scrutiny holds the council executive functions to account. Examining aspects of council performance, the Overview and Scrutiny Committee also increasingly involves other local agencies which contribute to the economic, social and environmental well-being of the local population.
