Support for Local Authority Definitive Map Officer

Job Category: Legal

Job location: County Hall, Freemans Way, Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, SA61 1TP, 

Pembrokeshire County Council

Hours per week: 37

Start date: Immediate start

Salary: £18.90 per hour

Job description

The Pembrokeshire County Council Definitive Map Officer is on long-term leave. This casual contract is to provide support for the legal aspects of the Public Rights of Way (PRoW) service within the Authority in the interim. Anticipated work areas include, but are not limited to, the following:

• Undertaking Definitive Map Modification Orders � either the entire process or discrete stages within the process,
• Undertaking Orders related to Highways Act 1980 and Town and Country Planning Act 1990 � either entire process or discrete stages within the process,
• Providing general legal advice on PRoW queries received to the Local Authority,
• Undertaking site visits within Pembrokeshire,
• Serving as Expert Witness to a Public Inquiry (this skill is optional),
• Liaising with the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority, as required, in relation to the Coastal Path and other PCNPA related PRoW issues,
• Liaising with the PCC PRoW maintenance team,
• Uploading information relating to PRoWs onto the CAMS PRoW database

Skills required:

• There is no PRoW legal expertise with the Authority. Therefore previous working knowledge in PRoW legal matters, ideally in a Local Authority setting, is essential.
• The ability to undertake site visits in Pembrokeshire is required.