Team Manager Road Safety
Job introduction
About the role
Are you looking to step up to a more senior positions and seeking a rewarding role where you can make a real difference to the lives of East Sussex residents, businesses and visitors? Do you have the skills to lead a team in the delivery of a range of a high-profile, innovative road safety programmes and projects?
We are looking for someone to lead our Road Safety team, ensuring the effective prioritisation, development and delivery of schemes across East Sussex.. We welcome applications from anyone wishing to develop their career within local government. A package of support and training is available to the successful candidate. A background in either the development and delivery of local transport or road safety schemes, or experience in another related highway role would be useful but is not essential.
The Role
The Road Safety Team’s work touches almost all aspects of county life and provides vital services for residents, businesses, and visitors across East Sussex. Our Road Safety Team is responsible for delivering a range of road safety activities across the county including the implementation of engineering schemes to make our roads safer, education of residents through “Bikeability” courses and our innovative road safety behaviour change programme.
As Road Safety Team Manager, you will be responsible for the strategic leadership and management of the Road Safety team, ensuring the successful delivery of a range of high profile projects and programmes.
As a strong and diplomatic communicator, you will manage relationships with a range of partners including community representatives, pan Sussex Authorities, Sussex Police and the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership.
This role sits within the Communities, Economy and Transport Department. For more information on the work of the department see our video Communities, Economy and Transport | East Sussex County Council
We are looking for candidates who:
- Have a background in either road safety, transport scheme delivery or highways is desirable, but not essential
- Can lead and manage a diverse team;
- Have experience of working within a political environment can provide strategic and technical advice to Members, partners and stakeholders on policies, performance, and budget to ensure the efficient delivery of services and ensure appropriate communication and dialogue takes place
- Are able to oversee the successful delivery of a wide range of programmes and projects;
- Have a good understanding of contracts to support the management of the operational commissioning of relevant highways programmes and services.
- Can build strong working relationships with partners;
- Have strong interpersonal and communications skills;
- Should bring experience with effective strategic and operational performance management of services and teams through the departmental business planning process, this is to include effective budgetary management to ensure improved customer focus, cost effectiveness and continuous improvement in the delivery of Council, Departmental and Service outcomes.
East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit.
Interview dates: 16 and 17 October 2023
For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact our recruitment partners at Penna: Michael.Everest@Penna.com To formally apply for this role please upload your CV and a covering letter setting out how you meet the criteria in the person specification drawing on any relevant work/life experience, education or personal interests via our recruitment partners https://sourcing.penna.com/clients/east-sussex-county-council/team-manager-road-safety/
Please note relocation assistance may be available.
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Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.
Work Permits: we may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency’s Points-based Immigration System.
Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits.
If you require sponsorship to work in the UK please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role.
If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.
Reasonable adjustments include things like an offline application form. If you would like to discuss your requirements further, please get in touch.
Company information
East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit.
