Project Professional

7 days ago

Swindon, United Kingdom CV-Library Full time

Head of Highways & Transportation
Swindon
Contract
£62.45 per hour PAYE
Our client is looking for an experienced Head of Highways & Transportation.
Job Purpose
As the Head of Highways and Transportation, you will be a key member of the Director of Operations Senior Management Team. You will collaborate with colleagues in the Operations Department and engage with internal and external stakeholders to deliver high-performing services aligned with the Council's vision, priorities, and pledges.
You will oversee the strategic and operational management of all Highways and Transportation
operations, ensuring the service meets national and local priorities in a customer-focused and efficient manner. As the lead advisor to the Council on Highways and Transportation services, you will cover Highways Asset Management and maintenance, Traffic Management, Transportation, and parking services.
Your role includes significantly raising standards across our Highways and Transportation portfolio, contributing to improved outcomes across all aspects of the service. Additionally, you will ensure our services support the Council's emerging new ways of locality working.
You will also establish and maintain strong links with Planning Services to ensure that transportation considerations are fully integrated into the planning and development process. This collaboration is crucial for creating sustainable and well-coordinated infrastructure projects that meet the needs of our growing community.
Knowledge & Experience
Candidates must have substantial knowledge and experience in the following areas of business and will be required to provide evidence of this:
� Significant senior management competence in managing operational services within Highways
and Transportation setting or related field with a proven track record of leadership and strategic
planning within a local authority or similar public / private sector environment.
� A proven ability of successful change management, implementing and delivering new working
policies and practices alongside significant cultural and structural change that deliver improved
services for customers in a more efficient way.
� Ability to work across organisational and professional boundaries, to contribute to the
establishment of the desired organisational culture, to partnerships and to challenge
inappropriate behaviour.
� Proven experience of successful financial management including budget formulation, including a
track record of improving services, managing complex budgets, involving a range of funding
streams, and delivering value for money.
� A proven track record of establishing and sustaining a performance management culture,
supported by effective and efficient management information systems
� Able to deal with ambiguity and the pace of change within local government, confidently making
and standing by decisions in challenging situations and persisting with flexibility in the face of
setbacks
� Track record of developing staff, building effective teams and leading multi-disciplinary
professional staff to achieve organisational aims and objectives
� Experience to lead and manage high-profile front-line services to our communities
� Experience of contract management and major public realm infrastructure scheme delivery
� Extensive experience of supporting decision makers, including Councillors and statutory
consultees and strategic partner organisations to achieve positive outcomes
� Ability to make site visits throughout the Borough and attend meetings outside the Borough.
Qualifications
� Educated to degree level or equivalent qualification with considerable relevant senior
management experience in an appropriate related Highways and transportation setting.
� Membership of, or eligibility for membership of, a relevant professional body such as ICE, CIHT,
IHE or equivalent knowledge and practice gained through experience
� Management qualification
� Evidence of continuing professional development, leadership and personal
� Competent working knowledge of Prince 2 Practitioner or knowledge of "programme and project
management techniques" within a similar digital environment
Decision Making
� The postholder has delegation of powers as head of Highways and Transportation services to
make significant, complex, decisions and must be aware to manage corporate risks.
� The postholder must take effective decisions quickly and act on their own initiative in order to
resolve problems. Effective delegation across the team will be essential to empowering the team
to provide efficient customer focused services.
� The postholder must be able to quickly get to the heart of issues and accurately assess and
manage risk
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� The postholder must shows creativity in using intellectual capital and resources to deliver cost
effective services
� The postholder will be accountable for the successful operational delivery of the services and by
extension to cross council transformational priorities.
� Through developing and reviewing Highways and Transportation strategies, the postholder must
ensure decisions taken are based on clearly defined needs of the council (and our wider
community) ensuring both short, mid and long term requirements are planned for.
Creativity and Innovation
� Constantly reviews ways of working and identifies opportunities to improve the quality of work
of the service
� Identifies creative solutions to Council-wide issues and takes action to implement them
� Shows creativity in using resources to deliver cost effective services, engaging external experts
where relevant, and looking beyond the boundary of current service delivery
� Continually identifying, evaluating and implementing innovative new areas of partnership
working where it is beneficial to Swindon
PLEASE ONLY apply if you have the necessary skills, experience and expertise.
The first part of our recruitment process is to send your CV. Should you be short listed Colbern Limited will contact you within 5 days or we may contact you about other job opportunities. Colbern Limited along with our clients are an equal opportunities employer

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