4035 - Orders Drafting Coordinator
Welsh Government
- Department
- Welsh Government
- Location
- Wales
- Openings
- 1 post
- Grade
- EO
- Salary
- £30,754 to £34,997
- Closing
- 1 day left
- Profession
- Operational Delivery
- Contract
- Permanent
- Security clearance
- BPSS
- Working pattern
- Full-time
Job summary
The Strategic Road Network (SRN) dominates the Welsh Government asset portfolio, accounting for the largest share by a significant margin, with a depreciated replacement cost of around £18bn. Whilst only around 5% of the total road length in Wales, covering 75 miles of motorway and 1000 miles of trunk road, the network carries a third of all traffic.
What they’re looking for
- Preparing and checking draft orders and order plans and maps and liaising when required with scheme consultants, local authorities, developers and the public relating to:
- Regulation, both permanent and temporary, of trunk road traffic under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
- Stopping up of highways under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 enabling private and local authority development to proceed.
- Arranging for responses to objections, and where appropriate distribution of documents leading up to Public Inquiries, co-ordinate consideration of Inspector’s Report and providing ministerial advice.
- Management of TS in connection with Traffic and Stopping Up Orders.
- Processing and making recommendations on statutory blight notices, discretionary purchase applications and favourable opportunity purchases in respect of land and property.
- Overseeing and providing advice in respect of the consideration and decision-making process in relation to Local Highway Authority Orders submitted for confirmation when required.
- Assist when required with requests for extensions to Local Authority Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders and Special Event consents, liaising with E&T’s Property Leadership Team (PLT).
- Preparing draft advice in connection with ministerial correspondence and other correspondence when required.
- Attending meetings; scheme exhibitions and public inquiries with line manager and project team when required.
- Overseeing and checking financial records and making payments for the section.
- Previous experience of interpreting and applying complex legislation would be beneficial.
Behaviours you’ll be assessed on
This advert says the panel will score you against these behaviours at EO level. Each one links to worked examples.
Job description
The Statutory Orders Branch is a specialist Unit which is responsible for the production and confirmation of orders for improving and maintaining the trunk road and motorway network, delivering local authority road schemes and stopping up highways to enable local development to be undertaken. The work of Orders Branch is highly specialised involving quasi legal drafting of statutory orders and ensuring compliance with statutory procedures. The Unit is part of a wider delivery team with responsibility for Trunk Road development and maintenance throughout Wales. This post’s role is to ensure that the statutory procedures and policy are adhered to and consistently and fairly applied with managerial responsibility for one Team Support.
Nationality requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)
Selection process
This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Strengths and Experience.
Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
The selection process and stages are:
Number of Stages:2 stage process
Stage 1Application Form
Stage 2Interview
Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.
Practise before you apply
Civil Service panels score every answer against the Success Profiles behaviours at EO level. Practise STAR answers and get them marked against the same framework.
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