Position reference: 50127280
Directorate: Growth & Sustainability | Service: Environment & Transport
Salary : £45,718 - £48,710
Working Arrangements : Monday - Friday
Hours per week : 37
Contract type: Permanent
We are happy to talk flexible working arrangements with you, please get in touch.
Closing date : 21/03/2025 at 23:59
This post requires a Basic Criminal Record Check
Prospective employees will be required to give a reasonable account of any significant periods (6 months or more in the past 3 years) of time living abroad.
When applying, please ensure you are prepared to start work with all the necessary legal documents, such as a valid visa, relevant to the type of work you will be undertaking. Please be aware that our organisation does not possess a Home Office license and, as a result, is unable to provide sponsorship for anyone seeking a visa as a skilled or temporary migrant worker.
Pensions Regulations have provisions to reduce pension payments in certain circumstances of those who return to work within local government service. If you are in receipt of a pension upon commencing employment with the authority, this may affect your pension entitlements and you should therefore seek advice from the relevant Pensions Authority.
About The Post
Exciting opportunity, we are seeking a highly motivated Operations Manager to lead on the delivery of an efficient and effective core service offer for Domestic Waste Collection. With experience of managing front line/logistically-based services, you will lead on the development and delivery of the service operating model working in partnership with a range of key stakeholders to modernise and continuously improve front-line services.
A key part of the role will be working with operational staff to motivate and develop teams ensuring the delivery of safe, highly efficient, customer-focussed right first-time services. You will ensure operating principles are embedded in front-line practice whilst maintaining service agility to mobilise effective responses to emerging priorities through the adoption of a risk-based approach. You will have extensive experience of challenging the performance of services and be responsible for promoting a clear focus on value for money engendering a truly customer-focussed, performance driven, safety first culture.
You will have highly developed leadership skills with the ability to negotiate, implement and manage change across a front-line operational service embedding a culture of excellence and promoting continuous improvement. The role will require an adaptive leadership approach requiring skills to respond to new ways of working, effectively managing stakeholder expectations whilst remaining responsive to the changing needs and priorities of the service.
If you feel you have the necessary skills and abilities to help us to successfully deliver a modern and efficient domestic waste collection service, we would very much welcome your application.
Please use the documents below to help support you with your application form.
Job Profile: Operations Manager Job Profile.pdf
Vacancy Exposure Profile: Exposure Profile.pdf
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Why work for us?
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We welcome the opportunity to have a chat about the role and are happy to address any questions you may have about flexible working arrangements, including as a result of caring responsibilities.
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