Programme Officer; Highways, S278 Team

Are you organised, proactive and ready to play a key role in shaping Warwickshire’s highways and infrastructure?

We’re looking for a Programme Officer to join our Highways S278 team, supporting the delivery of developer‑funded and externally designed highway improvement projects.

As part of our Engineering Design Services (EDS) group—covering highways, bridges, traffic control & information systems, structures and more—you’ll help ensure that essential improvement schemes across the county are efficiently delivered, well‑managed and compliant with contract and engineering standards.

Working alongside engineers, project managers, developers and stakeholders, you will undertake project tasks to support the smooth running of capital projects from initiation to completion.

• Administering contracts, consultant commissions and developer agreements.
• Ensuring service requests are accurate and providing up‑to‑date commercial data to support budget management and NEC contract requirements.
• Completing financial administrative tasks, including invoice processing and compliance checks.
• Managing and maintaining confidential and complex project data, ensuring accuracy and secure storage.
• Handling enquiries from the public, contractors and elected members with professionalism.
• Supporting project development, including risk registers, programmes, quality plans, meeting records and documentation.
• Updating records, inventories, registers and databases, resolving queries as needed.
• Ensuring all work meets required quality standards.

We’re looking for someone who is:

• Educated to NVQ Level 4 (or equivalent) or has 3+ years’ relevant experience.
• Able to interpret and analyse complex information independently.
• A confident communicator—both written and verbal—with varied audiences.
• Skilled in ICT systems.
• Able to work under pressure, meet deadlines and adapt to unexpected challenges.
• Organised and capable of coordinating multiple project tasks.

• Working within highways engineering or transport planning.
• Supporting project budgets, funding and invoicing.
• Using corporate financial systems such as Unit 4.
• Managing risk, programme, budget or communications in a project support role.
• Confidently dealing with the general public, contractors and elected members.

For further information please see the Job Description and Person Specification.

Warwickshire County Council is a place where everyone feels valued, included, safe, supported and welcome. Our people are at the heart of this vision, could you be one of them!

At Warwickshire County Council we are committed to ensuring Warwickshire’s economy is vibrant and supported by the right jobs, training, skills and infrastructure. Our people vision for Warwickshire County Council is a great place to work where diverse and talented people are enabled to be their best.

Your future matters to us, we provide a generous pension scheme which includes an employer contribution rate of typically around 19 percent per month, to help support your financial security during retirement. The scheme also offers a valuable package of benefits for members and their dependants. To find out more please visit:
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The benefits we offer include agile working, a valuable part of the pay and reward package for employees working in local government, generous annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays and an additional day at Christmas, and access to Vivup benefits and discounts platform.

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The Fluency Duty is outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers. The Fluency Duty for this role is Required. You must be able to speak and provide advice in accurate spoken English to the public.

If you are applying for this role on a secondment basis please ensure you have permission from your line manager.

To discuss the role please contact Debbie Schneider - debbies

Closing date: 9th March 2026
Interview date: TBC

Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hran and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.

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