Overview
Senior Parking Officer – Permanent
This is a Gloucestershire County Council job.
- Job Title: Senior Parking Officer
- Job Location: Shire Hall, Block 5, 6th Floor
- Salary: £37,280 – £40,777 per annum
- Hours per Week: 37.00
- Contract Type: Permanent
- Closing Date: 22/09/2025
- Job Requisition Number: 12370
- This post is not open to job share
About the role
Come and work for a rewarding employer. Gloucestershire County Council has a vacancy for a Senior Parking Officer – Operations in the dynamic and busy Parking Services Team.
An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Parking Officer – Operations to support the Parking Manager in overseeing the operations function within the team.
The role involves supporting the Parking Manager to deliver the County Council’s obligations and contractual duties in relation to parking, bus lane and moving traffic enforcement.
You are expected to monitor the day to day performance of the County Council’s parking operational services contractor, line manage the operations team (currently 3 staff), liaise with council contractors and manage stakeholders such as members of the public, county councillors and district, town and parish councillors. In addition to this the role is required to oversee assets associated with parking operations such as ANPR cameras and pay and display ticket machines.
The role requires adherence to legislation, legal processes and government guidance.
About You
We are looking for an individual who has experience of working in and managing a busy team, is able to work to statutory time deadlines and has excellent communication and customer service skills. The candidate should be fully computer literate, with an excellent working knowledge of packages such as Word, Excel and working with databases.
An understanding and experience of parking enforcement operations would be an advantage, although full training will be provided to the successful candidate.
About Us
For all your hard work, you will receive the following:
- Flexible and agile working opportunities
- 25.5 days annual leave rising to 30.5 days after 5 years continuous service
- An option to purchase 10 days of additional leave per year (pro rata for part-time staff)
- Family friendly employer offering benefits to help support you and your family
- Career development and qualification opportunities
- Supportive and positive working environment with regular, robust supervision
- Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS)
- Access to our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) that provides free, confidential, counselling and advice for employees, available 24 hours a day, online and by telephone.
- An in-house Occupational Health service
- Employee discount scheme
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Gloucestershire Salary Sacrifice Green Car Scheme (T&Cs apply)
- Links to employee networks such as Prism (LGBT+) network and the Young Employees Network.
How to apply
If you feel you have the skills, desire and experience required to make a positive difference then please submit your application and personal statement today by clicking the “Apply Now” Button.
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Andrew Burford at andrew.burford@gloucestershire.gov.uk
Closing date: 22 September 2025
Short-listed candidates will be contacted by e-mail and invited to interview week commencing 6 October 2025
Additional Information
To access the Job Profile for this role, please follow the link below:-
Senior Parking Officer – Job Profile
The council is not currently able to offer sponsorship in this role. Candidates will need to have right to work that enables them to commit to at least 6 months’ employment. Right to work is not transferable from a sponsored role held with another employer.
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