South Hams District Council's Community Services (Property) team have an exciting opportunity for an experienced line-manager based at our Totnes Depot. As part of the wider Community Services team, we believe passionately about delivering quality council services with pride and efficiency. Therefore, our ideal candidate will have demonstrable experience in managing and leading an operational team in delivering a high-quality service in a customer facing environment.
The successful applicant will be required to take ownership of the operatives who clean and restock the public conveniences, as well as, engaging with members of the public, political members, community groups and other operational teams
on a daily basis. You will need to display excellent communication skills and will be expected to provide support, training and guidance to the team. Leading by example and displaying best practice, you will ensure the safety of a group of predominantly lone workers and their associated fleet vehicles, whilst they carry out a varied range of duties.
The role will also manage the stores section within the Community Services department and support the Property Services management team. Taking the lead in stock control and ordering, we will ask that you assist with the balanced distribution of work and help manage the effective deployment of our operatives as they go about any property maintenance we undertake.
To fulfil this part of the role you will need to provide back-office administration, as well as stock control and have some knowledge of the work we do. Either working alone under your own initiative or as an important part of a larger team on project work, we ask that applicants have a flexible approach to their workday to meet the demands of the reactive and planned duties we undertake.
For an informal discussion please contact Graham Williams, Operations Team Leader at graham.williams@swdevon.gov.uk or 01803 861216.
Interviews will be held week commencing 22 July 2024.
Closing date: Wednesday 10 July 2024.