Vacancy – Leicestershire County Council – Team Manager – Highways Operations

Team Manager – Highways Operations
Salary Details: Grade 14 (£46,416 – £51,351 pa) + Market Premia Supplement

To provide visible leadership and management with effective strategic and operational performance and financial management ensuring that services provided by and contracted by the Council are delivering desired outcomes and meet all statutory duties and responsibilities.

Responsibility for the safe and efficient operation of the council’s in-house environmental maintenance, street lighting services, carriageway and footway maintenance services and construction services balancing customer focus, quality and cost effectiveness to ensure and demonstrate value for money provision which meets all statutory duties and responsibilities.

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

• Managing a large, diverse and mobile workforce (including contingency and sub-contracted staff), where such key considerations as Health and Safety, Risk Management and customer relations are of paramount importance.
• Implementation of a service which meets the strategic outcomes of the organisation.
• Leading and managing a service in line with defined frameworks for performance management, in line with a departmental / service plan. This will include the effective management of Health and Safety and risk.
• Managing budgets in line with the Council’s financial management practices and policies.
• Successful management of projects, including experience of resolving organisational and service issues.
• Working with key stakeholders to deliver outputs and outcomes.
• Implementing continuous improvement strategies to maximise service effectiveness and/or efficiency.

Please see the Job Description / Person Specification which are attached further down on this page

For informal enquires please contact Chris Green, Tel: 01163052228 Email: chris.green@leics.gov.uk

Leicestershire County Council is committed to Smarter Working and understands the benefits of supporting employees to manage their work and life balance, whilst meeting the needs of the service.

We are supportive of flexible working and candidates who wish to discuss this should contact Chris Green to discuss what is possible for this role.

Please apply sending us your CV as well a supporting statement, detailing how you meet the requirements of the post. The supporting statement should be no longer than 500 words and be incorporated into your CV, to form a single document.
www.leicestershire.gov.uk/jobs-and-volunteering/working-for-the-council/working-in-environment-and-transport

If you have any technical issues completing your application form please contact escservicedesk@emss.org.uk

Job Description

Applicant Guidance Note