City of London Corporation
Highways Special Events Officer
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Job Title: Highways Special Events Officer
Department: Environment
Office Location: Guildhall, London EC2
Salary: £50,860 - £56,920
Contractual Hours: 35 hours per week
Hours of Work/Work Pattern: Monday to Friday, 9:15am – 5:00pm
Basis: Full -Time, Permanent
Workplace category: Hybrid
Workplace role categories describe our approach to workplace attendance.
Summary
A vacancy has arisen for a Highways Special Events Officer within the City Operations Division. The post will be part of a team that assess and authorise applications for special events and associated activities on the public highway ensuring that all relevant Corporation policies and procedures are always adhered to.
The postholder will be the City’s representative in respect of highways and traffic management activities at meetings/events as required including those with City & Metropolitan Police, Event Organisers, Transport for London (TfL), and neighbouring boroughs such as City of Westminster.
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You will proactively manage road closures on the day of events resolving any problems as they arise ensuring disruption caused is minimised in the interests of the City’s stakeholders.
You will be the City’s key contact for event organisers for allocated events on the highway and coordinate to the planning of such events from application through to delivery, advising on the suitability and availability of locations.
This is a real opportunity to work hand in hand with major businesses in shaping a world class city for the future. If you feel you have the passion, skills and ability to help us deliver ‘our future City’ we would be delighted to hear from you.
Closing date: 23:59pm on 20 October 2026
Interviews will be held on W/c 2 November 2026
Level of DBS required for this role: None required
Level of vetting required?: No security vetting is required
Is this a politically restricted post?: No
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Does this post require a Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) check?: No
Equal Opportunities
The City of London Corporation is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.
Workplace Attendance
Because our roles are so varied, we don’t have a ‘one size fits all’ policy for workplace attendance. How many days a week you’ll be required to attend your workplace will depend on the requirements of your role. It’s important that you understand the requirements before applying to ensure you are able to meet them. We are committed to considering requests to work flexibly and job share. Requests will be considered by the recruiting manager in line with our policies and business needs.
For more information on our categories for workplace attendance, please view our guide here.
We will be reviewing this policy and approach at regular intervals to ensure we’re meeting our attendance needs.
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