governance manager jobs

Organisation: Leicestershire County Council

Work Location: Croft Highways Depot, Arbor Road, Croft. LE9 3GE

Worker Category: Hybrid Worker

Salary: £35,451 - £39,165 per annum (Pro rata for part time)

Working Hours: Full Time, 37 hours per week

Contract Type: Permanent

Closing Date: Sunday 4th January 2026

Interview Date(s): Wednesday 14th January 2026 Please note: interviews will be in person

About the Role

As a Highway Authority, Leicestershire County Council has a statutory responsibility to manage its highway (network) in an effective manner, to control and reduce congestion and provide a high level of safe and reliable journeys to the road user.

The Network Management Service, within the Council’s Highways & Transport Operations division, takes an active role in the implementation of the Council’s Local Transport Plan with a primary focus on the Management, Coordination, and Inspection of Temporary Road and Street Works as well as Events which affect the Highway, which is a statutory responsibility for network management.

The Network Coordinator role makes an essential contribution to the delivery of The Council’s statutory responsibility under the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 and achieves this by leading on the coordination of temporary road and street work activities on Leicestershire’s Highway Network under the governance of all relevant regulations, statutory guidance, and codes of practice.

As the nature of the work may involve the jobholder carrying out work outside of normal working hours at different locations than their designated base, including site visits and representing LCC at meetings and events, you need the ability to travel to locations across the County as required.

About You

To apply for this post, you must have:

• An HNC Civil Engineering or a similar subject, or evidence of skills and experience in the Job Specification.
• Experience working in highway maintenance, civil engineering, or street lighting.
• Experience of resolving enquiries in real time and feeding back to customers and stakeholders.
• Knowledge of using ICT systems and business processes to support the efficient delivery of services and relevant technical guidance and standards.
• Knowledge of current and relevant legislation, policies and procedures; Highways Act, NRSWA, Traffic Management Act, Traffic Regulation Act, CDM etc.
• Clear organisational and communication skills, analytical and creative thinking skills. The ability to work to tight timescales and agreed targets.
A customer-focused approach where the customer experience is central to the delivery of the service. The ability to connect with communities and localities through listening, dialogue and understanding community needs and you can build positive relationships across stakeholders, peers and partners, creating open and transparent relationships based on trust. You can take ownership and understand customer requirements, close out concerns and ensure resolution and feedback.
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In addition, we also expect you to share our commitment to our values and will ask you to evidence when you have demonstrated them as part of the selection process.

Reasonable adjustments will be considered for applicants with a disability.

Interested in Flexible Working?

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual's circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might apply to this role, please contact the person named below. This may include requests for term-time working, part-time hours, compressed hours, flexible start and finish times, home/remote working, etc.

Every role within the Council has a defined working style which determines where they can work. The worker category applicable to this post is detailed in the above advert. You can find out more about our worker categories on the Our Working Styles page on our career site.

For more information, a copy of the Job Specification or an informal discussion, please contact:

Liz Hiskens, Network Manager
Telephone: 0116 3052614
To contact me by email, please click here

OR

Julie Ulliott, Network Performance Officer
Telephone: 0116 305 2078
To contact me by email, please click here

How to Apply

Leicestershire County Council is an inclusive organisation which is on a journey to embed and celebrate equality, diversity and inclusion at every level. We warmly welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, as having a diverse workforce with different perspectives and ideas is fundamental to our values and enriches the services we offer our communities. We particularly welcome applicants from Ethnically Diverse and LGBTQ Plus communities and people with disabilities to create a balanced workforce and one that reflects the communities we serve. Applicants with a disability who meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above will be offered an interview under the Disability Confident Employer Scheme.

To apply for this job, please click on the apply button. You will need to upload a supporting statement as part of your application which explains how you meet the criteria listed in the 'About You' section above. For more information, see the How to Apply section on our career site.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

If you have any technical issues when trying to apply for this post or you want to request an application pack in an alternative format, please contact our Employee Service Centre by telephoning 0300 3030222 (select option 2) or raising a ticket via our online portal: https://emss.org.uk/support

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