Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. The role of Technical Officer is an important position requiring excellent communication skills to connect the activities between teams based in the highway commissioning team/office. Good administrative and ICT skills are required to operate across the teams. Technical knowledge and training will be given for the successful candidate, with wider training available on offer by the council. Typical duties include Responding and distributing a wide variety of enquiries from the public and (strategic) partners. Liaising with structures team, streetworks, police and external bodies to co-ordinate abnormal load movements through the borough. Financial processing such as raising purchase orders, using the corporate software. Assisting the PROW team to maintain the legal records and maps of public rights of way. The making of Traffic Regulation Orders to temporarily divert or stop up a public right of way. Other general administration tasks such as filing and photocopying etc. We are looking for a positive, forward thinking, multi-tasker who has good administrative skills to enable them to hit the ground running. Good IT skills along with, excellent written and verbal communication skills and an understanding of financial processes would also be an advantage. An interest in maps and PROW would be an advantage as would knowledge of the local road network. For further information regarding the role, please contact Lee Roberts or James Orme on 0300 123 7036 or lee.roberts@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk or james.orme@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you! Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12.60 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence. The contractual work location for this role is listed above however you may be required to work from a range of work locations or sites within the Borough and may also be required to work from home, depending on the needs of the service. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk Please quote job reference number in all correspondence.