Head of Highways & Transportation
Posted 3 hours 49 minutes ago by 5 Star Recruitment
Permanent
Full Time
Other
Wiltshire, Swindon, United Kingdom, SN256
Job Description
About the job Head of Highways & Transportation Job Purpose
-Provide strategic leadership and management for a portfolio of transport services aligned with Council priorities and financial targets. Job Purpose
-Provide strategic leadership and management for a portfolio of transport services aligned with Council priorities and financial targets.
- Develop and implement a coordinated strategic infrastructure delivery strategy, integrating allCouncil areas into long-term planning.
- Lead statutory and regulatory activities to maintain a safe, efficient, and effective transport network, ensuring compliance with policies and legislation.
- Ensure the service contributes to Council priorities and pledges, embedding the Council's culture, behaviours, and values.
- Provide expert technical advice on highways, transportation, and flood management to planning
applications and development proposals.
- Simplify complex legislation and provide strategic advice to senior leaders, including Elected Members, the Chief Executive, and the Corporate Leadership Team.
- Manage and deliver the Council's statutory compliance across Highways and Transportation services, incorporating performance monitoring and robust action plans.
- Take strategic responsibility for large revenue, staff budgets, and capital investment programmes, ensuring efficient service delivery.
- Proactively manage service budgets, forecasting expenditure and ensuring affordable plans align
with the annual budget and Medium-Term Financial Plan.
- Identify and secure external funding sources to deliver key strategic infrastructure projects.
- Work collaboratively with senior officers, elected members, partners, statutory bodies, and local authorities to achieve agreed outcomes.
- Coordinate and manage external consultants and partners, ensuring effective contribution and
understanding of roles and responsibilities.
- Engage with key local, regional, and national bodies to support strategic objectives related to
place-making.
- Lead the development and delivery of activities that contribute to local economic growth through
strategic infrastructure projects.
- Promote a "one Council" strategy to avoid siloed operations and achieve more effective
outcomes.
- Develop and deliver the highways capital programme and major projects through existing and
new contractual arrangements, ensuring oversight and sound financial management.
- Foster a culture of operational excellence with a strong customer focus, delivering value for
money services.
- Lead a risk-based approach to delivering strategic transport and infrastructure projects,
maximizing external funding opportunities.
- Oversee end-to-end commissioning of highways and transportation work streams, ensuring
robust contract management and performance monitoring.
- Lead, support, mentor, and coach operational staff, ensuring compliance with performance
management systems and HR policies.
- Role model the Council's priorities, ways of working, and values, ensuring they are embedded
across the service.
- Ensure equalities are embedded in all professional and managerial roles, adhering to Council
policy.
- Operate within the Council's governance, financial, and legal frameworks, providing strategic
advice to senior leaders.
- Participate in cross-organisational risk management and emergency planning activities.
- Manage data securely in compliance with legislation such as GDPR and the Freedom of
Information Act, promoting transparency.
- Be accountable for all quality and performance metrics related to commissioned property
maintenance activities.
- Integrate external best practices into service development and delivery.
- Provide performance reports to senior management, including insights, forecasts, trend analysis,
and efficiency opportunities.
- Lead and contribute to the delivery and implementation of specific capital projects as required.
Supplementary Accountabilities
- To be the council's lead technical officer on all aspects of Highways and Transportation services.
-To embed commercial awareness throughout the Highways and Transportation team to
recognise the impacts on its day to day work in unlocking better outcomes for our communities.
- Embeding and maintaing rigour of key service performance indicators and service outputs which
exceed local targets and contribute to the financail resilience of Swindon Borough Council.
- Through your visibility as a leader, provide clear direction and a motivational and inspirational environment for teams and individuals to develop.
- Chair project boards and working groups as required associated with the delivery of key
projects and strategic transport priorities for Swindon Borough Council and its partners.
- To carry out such other duties as may be expected by a senior officer at this level click apply for full job details
- 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.
- On a day-to-day basis, you will be "hands-on", leading a team of professionals responsible for all elements of the Council's Highways and Transportation functions.
- You are specifically accountable for all service elements.
- You will manage an annual budget of approximately £30 million (capital/revenue) and provide leadership and direction to your staff. Your expertise in compliance will be crucial in leading our statutory and regulatory requirements across strategic highways, transportation, maintenance, and planned works, ensuring safe operations. You will share knowledge and best practices, providing data and insights to foster a culture of compliance and adherence to statutory standards.
-Provide strategic leadership and management for a portfolio of transport services aligned with Council priorities and financial targets. 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.
- On a day-to-day basis, you will be "hands-on", leading a team of professionals responsible for all elements of the Council's Highways and Transportation functions.
- You are specifically accountable for all service elements.
- You will manage an annual budget of approximately £30 million (capital/revenue) and provide leadership and direction to your staff. Your expertise in compliance will be crucial in leading our statutory and regulatory requirements across strategic highways, transportation, maintenance, and planned works, ensuring safe operations. You will share knowledge and best practices, providing data and insights to foster a culture of compliance and adherence to statutory standards.
-Provide strategic leadership and management for a portfolio of transport services aligned with Council priorities and financial targets.
- Develop and implement a coordinated strategic infrastructure delivery strategy, integrating allCouncil areas into long-term planning.
- Lead statutory and regulatory activities to maintain a safe, efficient, and effective transport network, ensuring compliance with policies and legislation.
- Ensure the service contributes to Council priorities and pledges, embedding the Council's culture, behaviours, and values.
- Provide expert technical advice on highways, transportation, and flood management to planning
applications and development proposals.
- Simplify complex legislation and provide strategic advice to senior leaders, including Elected Members, the Chief Executive, and the Corporate Leadership Team.
- Manage and deliver the Council's statutory compliance across Highways and Transportation services, incorporating performance monitoring and robust action plans.
- Take strategic responsibility for large revenue, staff budgets, and capital investment programmes, ensuring efficient service delivery.
- Proactively manage service budgets, forecasting expenditure and ensuring affordable plans align
with the annual budget and Medium-Term Financial Plan.
- Identify and secure external funding sources to deliver key strategic infrastructure projects.
- Work collaboratively with senior officers, elected members, partners, statutory bodies, and local authorities to achieve agreed outcomes.
- Coordinate and manage external consultants and partners, ensuring effective contribution and
understanding of roles and responsibilities.
- Engage with key local, regional, and national bodies to support strategic objectives related to
place-making.
- Lead the development and delivery of activities that contribute to local economic growth through
strategic infrastructure projects.
- Promote a "one Council" strategy to avoid siloed operations and achieve more effective
outcomes.
- Develop and deliver the highways capital programme and major projects through existing and
new contractual arrangements, ensuring oversight and sound financial management.
- Foster a culture of operational excellence with a strong customer focus, delivering value for
money services.
- Lead a risk-based approach to delivering strategic transport and infrastructure projects,
maximizing external funding opportunities.
- Oversee end-to-end commissioning of highways and transportation work streams, ensuring
robust contract management and performance monitoring.
- Lead, support, mentor, and coach operational staff, ensuring compliance with performance
management systems and HR policies.
- Role model the Council's priorities, ways of working, and values, ensuring they are embedded
across the service.
- Ensure equalities are embedded in all professional and managerial roles, adhering to Council
policy.
- Operate within the Council's governance, financial, and legal frameworks, providing strategic
advice to senior leaders.
- Participate in cross-organisational risk management and emergency planning activities.
- Manage data securely in compliance with legislation such as GDPR and the Freedom of
Information Act, promoting transparency.
- Be accountable for all quality and performance metrics related to commissioned property
maintenance activities.
- Integrate external best practices into service development and delivery.
- Provide performance reports to senior management, including insights, forecasts, trend analysis,
and efficiency opportunities.
- Lead and contribute to the delivery and implementation of specific capital projects as required.
Supplementary Accountabilities
- To be the council's lead technical officer on all aspects of Highways and Transportation services.
-To embed commercial awareness throughout the Highways and Transportation team to
recognise the impacts on its day to day work in unlocking better outcomes for our communities.
- Embeding and maintaing rigour of key service performance indicators and service outputs which
exceed local targets and contribute to the financail resilience of Swindon Borough Council.
- Through your visibility as a leader, provide clear direction and a motivational and inspirational environment for teams and individuals to develop.
- Chair project boards and working groups as required associated with the delivery of key
projects and strategic transport priorities for Swindon Borough Council and its partners.
- To carry out such other duties as may be expected by a senior officer at this level click apply for full job details