Winter Service and Streetlighting Project Officer

Job Title: Streetlighting/Winter Service Project Officer
Salary: £29,832 - £31,877 per annum
35 Hours per Week Location: Warndon Depot/Hybrid
Team: Streetlighting/Winter Service Permanent Contract

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The Role

Here at Worcestershire County Council, we're truly committed to building a successful and growing local economy, protecting our environment, improving outcomes for our children, young people and families, and helping ensure our residents are healthier, live longer and have a better quality of life. This means constantly evolving how we operate, innovate and succeed as an organisation.

Worcestershire County Council is looking to appoint an experienced Project Officer to join the Streetlighting and Winter Service team. This team plays a vital part in administering the delivery of the maintenance and upgrade of the County's streetlighting assets and the winter service across Worcestershire.

Working in tandem with another project officer, you will provide administrative and projectsupport to a team of lighting engineers and the lighting/winter service manager. The role will be varied and range from fundamental administrative tasks to running small, bespoke projects within each service area to prescribed timescales and budgets.

About you

We are looking for someone with:

• Excellent IT skills, to include the suite of Microsoft applications, Graphical Information Systems (GIS) and asset database interrogation, extraction and updates
• A proactive, and highly organised approach and the ability to work on your own initiative is a must.
• A demonstrable ability to manage small, yet important and impactful projects within each service area to budget in a pressured environment
• Excellent communication, negotiation and stakeholder management skills
• Significant experience in a highways environment.

Essential qualifications

include a Level 4 qualification (or at least 2 years relevant work experience within a highways or infrastructure deployment field).

A valid UK driving licence

Desirable

• A levels/equivalent level
• Project based qualification e.g. Prince2, Agile; or a commitment to work towards one.

Our values

• Customer Focus - delivering high quality services
• Can Do Culture - taking a proactive and solution focused approach
• Freedom within Boundaries - making effective decisions within agreed frameworks

Benefits

You'll find an overview of the benefits Worcestershire County Council have to offer on our webpage

• Worcestershire County Council - Why work for us?

Some of these offers include:

• Great Holiday Entitlement: As well as bank holidays, you'll get 26 days paid holiday (pro rata for part time staff). This goes up to 31 days when you have been with us for 5 years. If you get more than 26 days where you work now, don't worry because if you join us without a break, we'll match your holiday up to 31 days. If you're successful and want to take advantage of this do let us know!
• Brilliant Pension Scheme: The Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) is a nationwide, career average pension scheme and is a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government.
• Professional Learning & Development: We actively encourage learning and development for all our staff should they want to progress further or explore other areas within the organisation.
• Flexible Working: We are proud to offer hybrid working to provide a better work/life balance where possible.

How to apply

Please apply using the Worcestershire County Council Tribepad system. Shortlisting will be based on how well your application demonstrates the essential criteria.

Worcestershire County Council is committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. Reasonable adjustments will be provided in line with the Equality Act.

For further information please contact:

Equality & Diversity

The County Council is committed to equality of opportunity for all citizens and celebrates the diversity of all its residents.

Application Closing Date

Sunday 15th February at 5pm
Anticipated Interview Date: week commencing 28th March 2026

Attached documents

JD & PS Winter Service & Streetlighting Project Officer.docx