Bexley’s Growth Strategy for the next 30+ years sees the potential for unprecedented levels of new development, including up to 31,500 new homes.  Two of London’s Opportunity Areas fall within the borough and we’re working with the Mayor of London on the two Opportunity Area Planning Frameworks.  This is a particularly exciting time to contribute to developer’s proposals making sure that Bexley’s current and future travel needs are accommodated.

Transport & Development needs an experienced individual to contribute to developing transport and highway proposals that support the Council’s Growth Strategy, and in particular through the appraisal and approval of developer works to the highway and public realm as well as the management of the public rights of way network.  You will help cultivate good working relationships with key internal and external partners, particularly to ensure that the required infrastructure is secured to an appropriate standard.

This is a Career Grade post and although it is an excellent opportunity for an experienced practitioner or someone in the first few years of their technical career, the current workload means that we are looking for someone who can work with minimal supervision with proven experience of assessing and supervising developer’s schemes.  You will be a member of a multi-disciplinary team that delivers a number of the Council’s statutory highway authority functions, including the assessment of development proposals and the formulation of transportation policies, as well as highway status enquiries and the stopping up/diversions of highways/public rights of way.

If your application is successful, you will be appointed at the appropriate scale and starting salary, depending on your skills and experience.  The job specification for the role explains the expectations for the post holder at each job level within the scope of the post.

For an informal chat about this opportunity, please call Martin Able, Transport & Development Manager, on 020 3045 5833 (email martin.able@bexley.gov.uk)

What we offer

• Career Average Revalued Earnings Pension Scheme
• Performance Related Pay
• 25 days Annual Leave rising to 28 after 5 years’ service (pro-rata) plus Bank Holiday Entitlement
• Annual Leave Purchase Scheme
• An excellent working environment at our fantastic new offices
• Opportunities for flexible working with excellent ICT facilities
• MyChoice Staff Benefit Scheme – Includes Childcare Vouchers, Cycle to Work Scheme, access to high street shopping vouchers and online discount codes.

View more about our employment deal here.

About us:

Bexley is an outer London Borough with the best of both worlds, located between the hustle and bustle of London and the Garden of England, Kent. Within the borough we have award winning parks, open spaces and listed heritage sites.

Bexley is a Thames Gateway borough that has huge potential to grow and is planning to deliver a significant increase in jobs and housing over the next 20 years. To enable this, developers, investors and stakeholders require clear guidance and accurate information from the Council relating to the highway, future transport schemes, and other planned development.

How to apply

Please visit https://jobs.bexley.gov.uk/wrlive to find out more and apply.  CVs will not be accepted unless they are submitted with a completed application form.

Closing date for applications is 14 October 2019

Interviews are scheduled for w/c 21^st October 2019.