Team: Highways Development Management Job Family: Enabling - CBG13 Salary: £51,471 - £55,585 per annum pro rata Hours: 37 hours per week Location: You will be expected to attend a CBC office location as often as needed to carry out your role, which will be no less than once per month. Contract Type: Hybrid - Permanent Closing Date: 10th July 2026 Interview Date: W/C 20th July 2026 About the role: A fantastic opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and ambitious individual to strengthen and help grow the Council’s Highway Development Management Team. You can find your greatness working for Central Bedfordshire Council as part of the Highway Development Management Team. You will provide professional highways and transportation advice on planning applications and development proposals across the authority area, helping to manage the safe and sustainable delivery of genuinely ambitious growth proposals. You will also be expected to attend Development Management Committee, prepare Appeal Statements, and prepare evidence and attend Planning Hearings and Inquiries. Day-to-day, you will provide consultation responses to planning applications and pre-application enquiries, liaise with internal and external stakeholders and partner organisations, and negotiate highways improvements and contributions, whilst also having the opportunity to help develop the team and mentor junior staff. To join us you will have experience in a similar role, providing Highway Development Management advice in a local authority setting, or working within a related Highways DM, Highways Engineering, or Transportation Planning environment. You will have a qualification in a relevant discipline, such as Highways Engineering or Transport Planning, or hold a professional membership with a relevant organisation with significant and directly applicable professional experience. You will need to be organised, able to manage and prioritise workloads. You should also be able to communicate with the Council’s customers and stakeholders effectively, promptly, and courteously, with the ability to explain highways considerations to technical and non-technical audiences. Our Offer We have a number of rewards and benefits available to our staff, to view these please visit our <a href="https://jobs.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/content/Our-rewards-and-benefits/?locale=en_GB">Rewards and Benefits page</a> Our aspiration is to be a truly flexible employer. We welcome discussion on location, hours and working pattern as part of the application process. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- You will be expected to demonstrate how you meet the key accountabilities and competencies in this <a title="" href="https://centralbedfordshirecouncil.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/Communications/IgB3e0fdae5nTriHKlZzvWEZAUtJ6Zw93TurGt8jlU70vTQ?e=D1GDR5" target="_self">Recruitment Pack.</a> Our <a href="https://centralbedfordshirecouncil.sharepoint.com/:f:/s/Communications/EuejD31meJ9GiiHyMPHL6V4BUJcaSc16Y3dGD4m8GxPfYA?e=Dg6Cg2">Competency Framework and Qualification Guidance</a> are to be read in conjunction with our Recruitment Pack. For an informal discussion about this position, please contact: Jethro Punter at [email protected] or call 0300 300 4527 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- To maintain a fair and consistent approach for applicants, it is Central Bedfordshire Council's policy to only consider applications made via our online application system and we therefore thank you for not submitting your application offline. Our National Careers Service team offer a free monthly workshop covering CV writing and how to complete the statement sections of the Central Bedfordshire Council online application form. This MS Teams workshop is open to anyone from the UK and lasts around 1.5 hours. <a href="https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/xfp/form/667"> Please book your place here.</a> More information about this service can be found here: <a href="https://www.centralbedfordshire.gov.uk/info/207/support_getting_into_work_or_learning">Support getting into work or learning | Central Bedfordshire Council</a>

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