Overview
Enforcement Officer – PE28 4YE
Our Benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits in addition to the basics like annual leave, sick pay, pension and mileage…
- A comprehensive wellbeing package to cover all aspects of wellbeing, both in and out of work, which can also be accessed by your family
- Buy up to 4 weeks additional annual leave (pro-rata) through our salary sacrifice scheme
- Take your bank holidays flexibly to better suit your personal circumstances
- Make Additional Voluntary Contributions (Shared AVCs) to your pension with tax and National Insurance savings
- Access to development opportunities, apprenticeships and qualified coaches to support your personal and professional growth
- Paid volunteering hours each year so you can make a positive impact on our community during your normal working day
- Access to Peer Support Groups through our IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network
- Opportunities to nominate and receive Employee Recognition Awards
- An Our Cambs Rewards account, giving you access to in-store and online discounts as well as our Car Lease and Cycle to Work schemes
Take a look at our Employment Benefits Brochure attached to this advert to find out more.
About the role
Are you a confident communicator with a passion for protecting public spaces and upholding highway regulations? Join us in making Cambridgeshire safer, more accessible, and better maintained for everyone.
We are looking for a proactive and principled individual to take on the role of Enforcement Officer. In this position, you will be responsible for investigating breaches of highway legislation, enforcing compliance, and ensuring that public land is used appropriately and lawfully. Your work will directly support the County Council’s commitment to maintaining a safe and efficient highway network, and your actions will help preserve the integrity of our shared spaces.
For an informal discussion, please contact David Allatt, Service Director of Infrastructure and Project Delivery by email on david.allatt@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About you
We are seeking a confident and capable professional with a strong understanding of highway legislation and enforcement procedures. You will bring experience from a regulatory, enforcement, or public service background, and demonstrate a calm, assertive approach to resolving complex issues. Your knowledge of the Highways Act 1980 and related legislation will be complemented by your ability to apply policy consistently and fairly.
You will be an excellent communicator, able to engage with a wide range of stakeholders and manage challenging situations with professionalism and tact. You will be organised, resilient, and committed to delivering high-quality services that reflect the County Council’s CARE values. You will thrive in a role where every day brings new challenges and where your work has a direct and positive impact on the communities we serve.
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.
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.
http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/council/jobs-and-careers
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