Highway Ranger – Various – Highway Depots Countywide, United Kingdom
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
Love being outdoors? Want to make a real difference to local communities every day?
We’re looking for a passionate and practical Highway Ranger to help keep Cambridgeshire’s roads, footways and public spaces safe, well maintained and working for everyone.
This is an exciting new role that combines inspection and supervision, hands-on problem solving, community engagement and operational leadership. No two days will be the same. One day you could be investigating a flooding issue, and the next helping local volunteers improve their community, or delivering highways minor maintenance work.
If you enjoy working independently, solving problems, engaging with people and making visible improvements that residents can see and appreciate, we’d love to hear from you.
The role includes highway inspections and supervision, delivery of maintenance works, community engagement and oversight of the Council’s Highway Volunteers Initiative.
For more information or to chat about this opportunity please contact Joshua Rutherford at local.projects@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
About you
You don’t need to tick every box to apply. If you’re enthusiastic and can demonstrate most of the skills and experience below, we’d love to hear from you.
We are looking for someone who:
Enjoys working outdoors and in the community
Has experience in operational delivery and supervision in highways, construction, maintenance or a similar field
Can investigate issues, think critically and find practical solutions
Has excellent communication and people skills
Can organise their workload and manage competing priorities
Is confident using digital technology and Microsoft Office applications
Is comfortable working independently and making sound decisions
Values teamwork, inclusion and excellent customer service
Is interested in helping communities improve their local environment
This is an opportunity to help shape a new and innovative approach to highway maintenance in Cambridgeshire.
You’ll:
- Make a tangible difference to communities across the county.
- Work in a varied role where every day is different.
- Help develop community-led solutions through our Highway Volunteers programme.
- Be part of a supportive and forward-thinking highways team.
About usCambridgeshire 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.https://youtu.be/DDE1nplZttYVisit 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…