Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government
Orders Drafting Coordinator
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Orders Drafting Coordinator
Closing date
01/09/2026, 16:00
Advertising basis
Permanent
Actual starting salary
£30,754
Salary range or pay band
EO £30,754 to £34,997
Allowances
No
Work pattern
Full time (applications are welcome from people who work part time, as part of a job share or who work full time)
Group
Enterprise, Connectivity and Energy Group
Directorate
Transport & Digital Connectivity
Branch
Business Team – Orders Branch
Location(s)
Pan Wales
Purpose of post
The Strategic Road Network (SRN) dominates the Welsh Government asset portfolio, accounting for the largest share by a significant margin, with a depreciated replacement cost of around £18bn. Whilst only around 5% of the total road length in Wales, covering 75 miles of motorway and 1000 miles of trunk road, the network carries a third of all traffic.
The Statutory Orders Branch is a specialist Unit which is responsible for the production and confirmation of orders for improving and maintaining the trunk road and motorway network, delivering local authority road schemes and stopping up highways to enable local development to be undertaken. The work of Orders Branch is highly specialised involving quasi legal drafting of statutory orders and ensuring compliance with statutory procedures. The Unit is part of a wider delivery team with responsibility for Trunk Road development and maintenance throughout Wales. This post’s role is to ensure that the statutory procedures and policy are adhered to and consistently and fairly applied with managerial responsibility for one Team Support.
Key tasks
- Preparing and checking draft orders and order plans and maps and liaising when required with scheme consultants, local authorities, developers and the public relating to:
- Regulation, both permanent and temporary, of trunk road traffic under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
- Stopping up of highways under the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 enabling private and local authority development to proceed.
- Arranging for responses to objections, and where appropriate distribution of documents leading up to Public Inquiries, co-ordinate consideration of Inspector’s Report and providing ministerial advice.
- Management of TS in connection with Traffic and Stopping Up Orders.
- Processing and making recommendations on statutory blight notices, discretionary purchase applications and favourable opportunity purchases in respect of land and property.
- Overseeing and providing advice in respect of the consideration and decision-making process in relation to Local Highway Authority Orders submitted for confirmation when required.
- Assist when required with requests for extensions to Local Authority Temporary Traffic Regulation Orders and Special Event consents, liaising with E&T’s Property Leadership Team (PLT).
- Preparing draft advice in connection with ministerial correspondence and other correspondence when required.
- Attending meetings; scheme exhibitions and public inquiries with line manager and project team when required.
- Overseeing and checking financial records and making payments for the section.
Previous experience of interpreting and applying complex legislation would be beneficial.
Development opportunities
The successful candidate will gain a wealth of experience drafting and dealing with Road Traffic Orders. As part of the Transport and Digital Connectivity Directorate, the successful candidate will be invited to attend regular internal training sessions on a range of topics which affect the directorate.
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Other vacancy related information
- A reserve list may be held for this opportunity. Any candidate who is successful in being offered a reserve status, will remain on the reserve list for 12 months.
- The post is Pan Wales but office attendance will be required regularly to meet with team members and divisional colleagues. Wider team members are located Pan Wales, but immediate team members are located in Cardiff.
- Attendance at scheme exhibitions and public inquiries (involving travel and overnight stays) may be required.
- In the event of a large number of applications, an initial sift will be conducted against the lead assessment criterion: Delivering at Pace. Candidates who pass the initial sift may be progressed to a full sift or progressed straight to assessment/interview.
- The successful candidate will be required to attend the office 2-days a week.
- If candidates require additional information about the team and their work, please feel free to contact us to arrange a discussion with a member of the team.
- The pay scale of this role has a salary band between £30,754 and £34,997 in 3 annual increments. Pay progression is based on annual incremental advance to the next point on the scale (awarded subject to satisfactory performance) until the employee reaches the target rate.
- If candidates score the same at interview, the first consideration will be the sift score. If this is equal, the criteria at interview will be weighted as follows:
- Delivering at Pace
- Experience 1
- Working Together
- Managing a Quality Service
Vetting level
Basic
Number of posts
1
Contact point for further information regarding the post
TransportOrdersBranch@gov.wales
Welsh language requirements
3 - Welsh language skills are not essential for this opportunity; you do not need Welsh language skills to apply. However, as the Welsh Government is a bilingual organisation, Welsh language skills are desirable and will be considered if two or more candidates receive the same score at the application or interview stage.
Understanding by reading
1 - Can read some basic words and phrases with understanding
Speaking and being understood
1 - Can hold a basic conversation in Welsh
Understanding by listening
1 - Can understand parts of a basic conversation
Writing and being understood
1 - Can write basic messages on everyday topics
Welsh Government, like all other Government Departments use Success Profiles when we recruit. For each role we consider what you will need to demonstrate to be successful. This gives us the best possible chance of finding the right person for the job. It raises performance and improves diversity and inclusivity.
Behaviour 1
Delivering at Pace
Have a positive and focused attitude to achieving outcomes, despite any setbacks
Behaviour 2
Managing a Quality Service
Managing a Quality Service - Create clear plans and set priorities which meet the needs of both the customer and the business
Behaviour 3
Working Together
Working Together - Change ways of working to aid cooperation within and between teams in order to achieve results
Evidence to provide
Experience questions
Experience 1
Ability to interpret complex guidance or legislation and use it to inform decisions
Strength 1
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You will be asked about your nationality and if you are legally allowed to work in the United Kingdom. This is to find out if you are eligible to apply for this vacancy. This is a requirement for working within the Civil Service. https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/nationality-rules
If you do not meet the eligibility criteria your application will not progress. If it becomes clear at a later stage in the process that you are not eligible to apply, your application may be withdrawn, or the offer retracted.
Nationality Requirements
This job is broadly open to the following groups:
- UK nationals
- nationals of the Republic of Ireland
- nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
- individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
- Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service
All Welsh Government staff are members of the Civil Service, and as a result are eligible for:
- Civil Service Pension Scheme
- 31 days annual leave (pro-rated for part time)
- training and development opportunities
- Cycle2Work Scheme
- Smart Working flexible working arrangement
- Green Car Scheme (subject to availability)
If you are an active Civil Service Pension member you can continue your membership throughout your employment with us.
We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Please see the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles on the Commission's website.
If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with these principles and wish to make a complaint please email complaints@gov.wales. Please ensure that you refer to the vacancy reference number.
If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Welsh Government, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: info@csc.gov.uk.
How To Apply
All applications for this vacancy must be made using our online application system.
Unless stated otherwise in the 'Other vacancy-related information for advert', the Welsh Government cannot offer Visa sponsorship. Welsh Government holds a Visa sponsorship licence, but this can only be used for certain roles and this campaign does not qualify.
Applications are welcomed from people with a diverse range of lived and professional experiences. We are actively committed to becoming an increasingly diverse organisation which represents the diverse communities we serve. There are a number of Diversity networks that staff can participate in, which include the Disability Awareness and Support Staff Network; Minority Ethnic Staff Network; Mind Matters (Mental health and well-being); PRISM (LGBTI+), Women Together and the Neurodivergence Network.
If you have an impairment which prevents you from applying online, please email our recruitment team.
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