Highways Licensing Inspector WCC623675

Job Details:

Salary range: £42,912 - £57,495 per annum. Salary negotiable depending upon experience. 
Work location: Westminster City Hall, 64 Victoria Street, SW1E 6QP
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 13 April 2026 

About Us:

THE EXTRAORDINARY STORY OF GRACE’S PASSION AND DEDICATION

The Environment & Communities Directorate in Westminster City Council is a world of extraordinary stories. Where dedicated people like Grace are using their skills and passion to progress environmental action in the heart of London.

It was at university where Grace first started campaigning for improved recycling facilities, water refill stations, and other eco-friendly initiatives. When she saw the real difference people could make when they came together, she knew she wanted to dedicate her career to community action for the planet.

When she joined us as Principal Engagement Officer, Climate Emergency, she quickly established herself as a passionate advocate for community outreach, engaging various stakeholders across Westminster in the social causes, impacts and solutions to climate change, air pollution, and biodiversity loss.

Grace became a driving force behind our first Citizens’ Climate Assembly, which took place across two weekends in the summer of 2023. Fifty residents were chosen at random from across our diverse communities to come together, learn about the climate emergency, and deliberate how we overcome the barriers to becoming a net zero city by 2040. The assembly produced several recommendations which have informed the evolution of our Climate Emergency Action Plan. Due to the success of this initiative, we’re holding more assemblies to continue community involvement in local decision-making.

To see the work of the Westminster Citizens’ Climate Assembly, click here.

The Role:

As a Highways Licensing Inspector, you can make your own powerful contribution to Westminster’s success. Working within Highways Services, you will help maintain and enhance the reputation of the City Council as custodian of the Public Realm, ensuring the city’s streets remain safe for everyone who uses them.

You will deliver a specialist service, carrying out a range of skilled activities that support the effective management of the highway network. This will include inspecting highways and third-party works, monitoring environmental and traffic management arrangements linked to major construction projects, and overseeing the performance of the Council’s highways contractors to ensure work is carried out to the required standards.

Leading by example, you’ll model and embed the Council’s values and behaviours at every avenue, while also collaborating with colleagues, partners and other stakeholders. You’ll play an important part in helping to build a sustainable, highly effective organisation while also building our reputation as a successful council that always puts its residents first.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

You’ve worked in Highway maintenance before, where you’ve conducted inspections and overseen the licensing of temporary structures. You have a solid understanding of how traffic management works on-street and have supported large-scale developments while minimising disruption to the public highway in the past.

Confident working in a service delivery role, you can build strong relationships with stakeholders and resolve issues quickly. Managing risk, spotting improvement opportunities and keeping things moving are all part of how you work day to day.

Your technical knowledge is second to none. You’re familiar with key highways legislation such as the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, the Highways Act 1980 and relevant sections of the Road Traffic Act, as well as Westminster’s Code of Construction Practice. You’re also able to assess works on-site, understand technical issues in highway structures and make informed decisions about remedial actions.

You communicate clearly and can produce concise reports, briefing notes and responses to enquiries, including Freedom of Information requests, to tight deadlines. Comfortable using Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint, you’re able to present information in a clear and structured way.

Building relationships comes naturally to you, and you’re able to work independently or as part of a team to resolve issues quickly. You’re also open to new approaches, committed to continuous improvement, and bring a strong sense of responsibility towards equality, diversity and creating an inclusive working environment.

Westminster City Council is committed to supporting Care Leavers into the workplace. Care Leavers seeking their first job and who wish to be considered under our scheme, will automatically be invited to interview should they meet the essential criteria for the role.

What We Offer:

Westminster is an amazing place. We are home to more than 200,000 residents from all backgrounds, over 50,000 vibrant and vital businesses and three-quarters-of-a-million people work in Westminster. Westminster City Council’s strategy is to work towards a Fairer Westminster. A Fairer Westminster is one in which our communities are at the heart of our decision-making and help to determine the city’s future. By working directly with our communities and other partners, we can build a more inclusive city that celebrates our diverse communities, and where residents, workers and visitors from all backgrounds will feel welcome and safe.

At Westminster City Council, we pride ourselves on being an inclusive workplace and employer of choice. We encourage and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and aim to have a workforce that, at all levels, represents the communities we serve. We champion equality, diversity, inclusion and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace where everyone feels valued, has a sense of belonging and is empowered to be their best, that is the Westminster Way. To find out more about how we do this visit  https://www.westminster.gov.uk/health-and-social-care/public-health-strategy-policies-and-reports/equality-duties

As a forward thinking Council we appreciate that people work in different ways, therefore our staff benefit from working a range of flexible working patterns as well as Agile working.

The Council is a Disability Confident Employer. If you have declared a disability in your application, we guarantee an interview if you meet the essential criteria of the job. If you are invited for interview, you will be asked if you need any reasonable adjustments in order to attend, and we will make these wherever possible.

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.