About the role
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join North Northamptonshire Council as a Technical Officer within a small, dedicated team dealing with Street Naming and Numbering (SNN) and Geographic Information Systems (GIS). The successful candidate will be based at our Wellingborough office but will deal with sites across North Northamptonshire.
What will you be doing?
The successful candidate will be responsible for creating and updating property addresses, including the naming of new streets and allocating an appropriate numbering scheme in line with national legislation and Council policy.
You will also be required to input and extract mapping information for other parts of the service to help facilitate the statutory function of the department.
About you
You will be computer literate with good oral and written communication skills. You will be organised with the ability to work under pressure to meet tight deadlines whilst maintaining attention to detail. You will be an effective team player, but capable of working on own initiative. Ideally you will have previous experience of Street Naming and Numbering and/or Geographic Information Systems.
Our benefits
We offer:
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- agile and flexible working arrangements to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
About us
We are a new unitary council, established in April 2021; we are one of the largest unitary councils in the country. Our vision for North Northants is to be 'A place where everyone has the best opportunities and quality of life'.
Our priorities are:
- helping people live active fulfilled lives
- caring for our young people, providing them with high quality education and opportunities
- enabling a thriving and successful economy
- leading on a green and sustainable environment
- ensuring our communities are connected so they can shape their lives and where they live
- providing modern public services
Our values, as chosen by our staff, are - Customer-focused, Respectful, Efficient, Supportive and Trustworthy.
Your differences make us different - Achieve Together.
We are undertaking consultation with the Trade Unions on terms and conditions and the future NNC pay structure and during this time are appointing new employees on interim spot salaries. You will be advised of the outcome and any impact on your role once this work is complete.
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