About the role:
We are looking for an enthusiastic, self-motivated and forward-thinking individual to join our Network & Programme Management Team as a Highway Records Officer. This is an opportunity to support one of the Council’s key digital transformation projects, helping to modernise how highway information is managed, accessed and used.
You will help create and maintain the Council’s digital Highway Maintainable at Public Expense records and support the ongoing development of our gold-standard Local Street Gazetteer. These records are central to highway management, asset planning, legal processes, development control and public service delivery.
The role offers a varied mix of technical, investigative and project-based work, including opportunities to:
- Work with cutting-edge GIS and data management technologies.
- Lead elements of a major digitisation programme, transforming historic highway records into modern geospatial datasets.
- Investigate the history of roads, paths and highway assets using historic maps, legal records and site surveys.
- Help establish and maintain definitive highway records that support key decisions across the Council.
- Collaborate with a wide range of professional disciplines including Highway Development Control, Highway Maintenance, Legal Services, Estates, Digital Services and external partners.
This role would suit someone who enjoys solving problems, working with spatial data, interpreting evidence and making a practical contribution to public services.
Our team manages important highway datasets that support maintenance, transportation planning, asset management, emergency response, legal processes and future investment decisions across the county borough.
We are also delivering projects to improve digital highway extent mapping and the Local Street Gazetteer, creating a smarter, more efficient and data-driven highway service.
We aim to provide a supportive, inclusive and collaborative environment where people are encouraged to develop, innovate and take ownership of their work.
By joining our team, you will benefit from:
- A genuinely varied and intellectually stimulating role.
- Opportunities to develop specialist expertise in GIS, highway law, spatial analysis and asset information management.
- The chance to influence significant infrastructure and digital transformation projects.
- Supportive management and experienced colleagues who value teamwork, innovation and continuous improvement.
- Flexible and hybrid working opportunities where applicable.
- Excellent Local Government Pension Scheme benefits.
- Generous annual leave entitlement and employee wellbeing initiatives.
- A modern waterfront office location at The Quays.
If you are looking for a role that combines technology, analysis, investigation, project work and public service, we would be delighted to hear from you.
About you:
We want to hear from people who are:
- Passionate about technology, mapping and data.
- Curious, analytical and naturally investigative.
- Enthusiastic about finding solutions to complex challenges.
- Organised and capable of managing multiple priorities.
- Confident communicators who enjoy working with a variety of stakeholders.
- Team players who are equally comfortable working independently when required.
- Committed to delivering high-quality, accurate work that makes a real difference.
Qualifications include;
5 GCSEs, including Maths and English GCSE.
HNC in IT / Computing / GIS or relevant experience.
We welcome applications from candidates with experience in GIS, highway records, street gazetteers, mapping, surveying, engineering, spatial data, public rights of way, transport data or land and property information. Relevant qualifications or experience in GIS, Geography, Geospatial Science, Surveying, Civil Engineering, IT/Computing, Spatial Data Management or Highway Engineering would provide useful transferable skills for this role.
- Your workstyle will be a mobile hybrid worker in this role which gives you the flexibility to work from home and from a variety of Council workplaces.
About us:
We believe in rewarding and recognising our colleagues’ efforts and achievements. We also believe that there’s life at work and life outside of work. We want everyone to be healthy and happy and have the financial resources and support they need.
Choose to work for us and you’ll be rewarded with a range of attractive benefits and support to help you live your best life.
- Hybrid working (in some roles) and flexible working schemes to improve your work life balance
- Benefit from a competitive employee package with a remarkable 15.3% employer pension contribution
- Enjoy a holiday entitlement of 25 days, increasing to 32 days after 5 years’ service (not forgetting the additional 8 bank holidays too)
- Access discounted gym membership with Celtic Leisure
- Utilise the cycle to work scheme with up to 40% off bikes and cycling equipment
- Purchase a new car through Tusker salary sacrifice scheme
- Enjoy exclusive discounts at local and national retailers with the Smart Spend app through our staff wellbeing group.
If you would like to start a rewarding career with a company that values and invests in its employees and you have the necessary experience and qualifications, this could be your dream job and we would love to hear from you.
For an informal discussion, please contact Aled Jones on
Phone: 01639686407 or Email: [email protected]
You can apply online via the NPT Council jobs page www.npt.gov.uk/.jobs
Closing date: 23 August 2026
DBS requirements:
- This post is not subject to a DBS check
Welsh Language Requirements:
Welsh Language skills are not a requirement for this role
Additional Information:
Applications may be submitted in Welsh, applications submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for candidates who have a disability and armed forces veterans. In support of employees of Tata Steel who are at risk of redundancy, or have been made redundant in 2024, Neath Port Talbot Council is offering a guaranteed interview for jobs across the Council. Please note that applicants must meet all the essential criteria, as shown in the person specification, to qualify for a guaranteed interview. If you are or going to be affected by the job losses at Tata Steel then we would welcome an application from you. Just make it known on your application form that you are currently at risk of redundancy or you have been made redundant.
At Team NPT, we all work together to serve the people, communities and businesses of Neath Port Talbot.
We are committed to providing training opportunities and the professional development of all our employees.
We look forward to welcoming you to Team NPT.
