About the role
Balfour Beatty are currently looking for an Administrator to join our Licensing and Events team within our Living Places department based in Hereford
Balfour Beatty Living Places (BBLP) are responsible for issuing a variety of licences on behalf of Herefordshire County and providing advice & support to local event organisers on matters pertaining to the highway network.
The role is administrative in nature but will require frequent contact with event organisers and members of the public who are applying for licences, as well as regular contact with Parish clerks and councillors. Good communication skills are therefore a very important attribute required in this role alongside being very well organised as the nature of the work can be varied and at times quite busy. There will be occasions where site meetings may be necessary so the ability to dive is also essential.
What you'll be doing
As a Licencing & Events Administrator, you will have the following accountabilities:
Licence Administration
- Process a variety of licence applications in a timely manner
- Offer advice and support to licence applicants
- Attend occasional site visits with licence applicants if required to assess impact of
granting licenses, such as the placement benches or other structures and
cultivation licences for the placement of flower beds or bushes within the council
owned land.
- Process licence applications for the placement of Skips and Scaffolds on the
highway.
- Process applications for dropped kerb licences by private land/house owners.
- Liaise with Balfour Beatty’s Locality Stewards to undertake any required
inspections
- Raising invoices and processing payments received for licence applications
- Respond to requests for information, complaints and enquiries relating licence applications and event activities.
Supporting Applications for Events
- Provide guidance to event organisers on matters pertaining to highway traffic
management and other concerns
- Attending meetings with and support Herefordshire Councils Safety Advisory
Group in providing advice relating to the impact of events on the highway network.
- Liaise with Balfour Beatty’s Streetworks Coordinators to ensure there are no
clashes between planned events and Streetworks.
- Administer the raising and Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders that may be
required for event activities.
- Liaise with Locality Liaison Coordinator with/for support on community led events and community engagement projects.
- Adding details of events and licences to public facing mapping system (One.Network).
Abnormal Loads
- Support the provision of advice regarding the identification of suitable routes for abnormal load movements through Herefordshire.
You will have the following:
- A positive attitude is of primary importance within this role, suiting an individual who can work on their own initiative.
- Very well organised, with the ability to deal with a variety of multiple ongoing tasks whilst prioritising workload according to demand.
- Sound interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with people from all backgrounds is essential.
- Flexible and adaptable and able to respond positively to changing circumstances
- Articulate and pays attention to detail.
- Demonstrates good emotional intelligence and able to keep calm under pressure
- On the job training & support will be provided to the successful candidate in any areas required.
Ideal, although not essential:
- Familiarity with any of the following would be a distinct advantage although training and support will be provided:
- The Highways Act 1980 or
- Experience of working in a traffic management role or
- Experience of working within an event organising role or
- Familiarity with Herefordshire County
- GCSE (A to C level) or equivalent including English and Maths
- Good working level of computer literacy with knowledge of Outlook, Word, Excel
and PowerPoint (or equivalent packages)
- A full driving licence would be beneficial.
Why work for us
Day in, day out, our teams deliver amazing projects in challenging conditions; developing, managing and maintaining the vital infrastructure and public spaces that modern economies, societies and communities rely on.
About us
The way we live our lives is changing fast: where and how we live, work, travel, shop, relax and socialise. The evolving nature of our society means we all need to shape our environment to meet a complex array of individual and collective needs.
Living Places works in partnership with Local Authorities to consult, finance, design, build and manage the essential place infrastructure that local communities and national economies need to prosper and grow.
We are right at the heart of a dynamic place shaping agenda that brings Local Authorities, local communities, Central Government, and the Private Sector together to create safe, sustainable, flexible and dynamic public spaces geared to community social need, economic growth and personal well-being as well as being environmentally sustainable.
The provision of maintenance services for highways is only a small part of what is really needed. Our focus has moved beyond the road to deliver the potential of the street: a dynamic public place that connects and combines local community and business needs, encourages social interaction and helps pedestrians, motorists, bus riders, and cyclists to coexist safely. Building great public spaces with resource efficient assets enables functional, flexible and inspirational places to be at the heart of the community.
At Balfour Beatty we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business. To ensure we deliver on this commitment, we have a UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan which sets out the wide range of targeted, proactive, measurable steps we are taking to make this a reality. You can read our UK Diversity and Inclusion Action Plan in full at www.balfourbeatty.com/value_everyone
To help and support us with our desired commitment to create an inclusive culture we are members of WISE, enei, Business Disability Forum and Women into Construction. In 2020, we signed the Audeliss and Involve Open Letter to demonstrate our commitment to taking key long term and sustainable actions on Black Inclusion. Balfour Beatty is also a Gold Award holder in the Ministry of Defence 'Employer Recognition Scheme' and actively encourage applications from Armed Forces personnel, veterans and reservists.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we are committed to working with people who have disabilities and long-term health conditions to remove barriers for them in obtaining employment. We are also committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.
Further information on Disability Confident can be found at: https://disabilityconfident.campaign.gov.uk/
Job Reference: BBUK04398