Various Locations in Medway (On-Site)
Full time
Range 5 - £43,695 per annum
37
Are you ready to take your career to the next level… This is an exciting opportunity to
Join the Medway Markets team.
We are currently recruiting for a Town Centres Markets Programme Manager to support the strategic lead and be responsible for the operational management, development and diversification of Medway Markets, ensuring they are operated in accordance with the market regulations.
This will include leading and developing on options, feasibility and viability of markets. Liaising with stakeholders in a way that promotes the One Medway Council Plan and embeds our values and behaviours.
Accountabilities and outcomes:
Manage and motivate team and individual performance, providing direction and leadership, undertaking staff appraisals, addressing welfare, capability and disciplinary issues, advising on personal development, training and coaching, to maximise performance from individuals, satisfy personal aspirations and to ensure the smooth day-to day operation of the markets.
Direct market development and delivery of markets across Medway, ensuring a good range of offers, diversification, and vibrancy, ensuring that markets are presented and, where relevant, assembled to a good standard, including ensuring a mix of commodities to provide a quality customer shopping experience for those visiting the markets.
Ensure that regular Health and Safety checks of the markets are undertaken and maintained and complete all associated paperwork, ensuring that relevant markets legislation, licensing conditions, and Council policies are met and monitored to include all Health and Safety guidelines, and that risk assessments are submitted, with accident/incident reports escalated where necessary.
Ensure that markets are well promoted to encourage the best possible footfall and trader attendance, making markets thriving and vibrant places to attend, as well as being commercially viable services.
This will include assisting with the development in the promotion of the markets to visitors, tourists, and potential new traders using social media and other websites, ensuring relevant legislation, licensing conditions, and Council policies are met and monitored and provide relevant information for inclusion in reports.
The successful applicant will need to have a full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes.
The role will involve working Monday to Friday, evening meetings and occasional weekends.
Are you excited, we are too, apply now!
Interviews will be held on the 9 & 16 July
If you would like to have an informal discussion with the recruiting manager, please e-mail Annette Lebreton on annette.lebreton@medway.gov.uk
In return we offer you:
- Generous annual leave entitlement
- Generous local government pension scheme package
- Access to wider training and development qualifications
- Flexible working scheme
- Travel plan discounts
- Car Benefit Scheme from Tusker
- Access to CAREFIRST advice & counselling service
- Employee discount scheme for national and local retailers
- The Government has introduced new ways of supporting parents with childcare costs. Further details are available here: - https://www.childcarechoices.gov.uk/
We're committed to making Medway carbon neutral by 2050. We have developed an action plan to ensure we play our part in addressing the climate emergency. Our declaration fits into our Council Plan priority of making Medway a place to be proud of. The main outcome being a 'clean and green environment'. All Medway Council staff can access an additional day’s paid leave to undertake a volunteering activity which supports climate change.
Our organisation:
Medway is a unitary authority in the South East of England, made up of the towns of Strood, Rochester, Chatham, Gillingham and Rainham and more rural areas, including the Hoo Peninsula.
Situated in Kent in the South-East of England, the area has plenty of green spaces, excellent facilities and easy access to the national motorway and rail networks, facilitating superb transport links to London.
We provide all local Government services for a quarter of a million people, looking after education, environment, social care, housing, planning, business and much more - everything from frontline services such as rubbish collection and events like the Dickens Festival to work that goes on behind the scenes to ensure services in Medway run smoothly and cost effectively.
Working at Medway Council means that you get to be part of this journey working alongside talented, professional colleagues to drive forward change to transform the lives of our residents and the communities they live in.
Important Information-
Applicants must be able to demonstrate all essential requirements as listed in the job profile
Equal Opportunities Commitment Statement
Medway Council is committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All appropriately qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to gender, race, colour, ethnic or national origin, disability, marital status, family commitments, sexual orientation, age, HIV status, religious or political beliefs, social class or trade union activity or irrelevant spent conviction.
For further information please refer to the Medway information pack available as a download or to view online.
Please be advised that if you are not contacted within 3 weeks of the advert closing date then you have not been shortlisted. All recruitment correspondence, including interview letters and contracts of employment will usually be sent out via email.
Please visit http://www.mindfulemployer.net/ for information on how Medway Council put good practices in place to ensure employees and job applicants who declare mental health issues receive the right level of support.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time prior to the closing date.