Head of Street Scene - #142189

Do you bring the strategic leadership and operational expertise required to deliver high-performing, citizen-focused services in a complex local government environment?

Are you ready to lead a critical public service that directly enhances the quality of life for communities across the borough?

Is your ideal job one where operational excellence meets environmental ambition—and no two days are ever the same?

Our Purpose

 The Head of Street Scene leads the strategic delivery of essential front-line services including waste and recycling collections, street cleansing, and fleet and garage, ensuring they are efficient, sustainable, and community focused. The service exists to create cleaner, greener neighbourhoods while supporting the council’s environmental goals through innovation, collaboration, and operational excellence.

The Role

As Head of Street Scene, you’ll be the driving force behind a bold and forward thinking service. With strategic leadership at your core, you’ll shape a positive, collaborative culture that puts people, residents, customers, communities and our dedicated workforce at the heart of everything we do.

Your day-to-day will be anything but ordinary.

From designing and delivering on service transformation to leading the council’s fleet procurement and capital replacement programme, you’ll ensure our operations are efficient, effective, and aligned with our environmental ambitions.

You’ll build strong relationships with the workforce and colleagues and invest in partnerships, working hand-in-hand with, suppliers, public bodies, voluntary groups, and private sector partners to deliver real, measurable outcomes.

Your insight will help shape local and national thinking, as you provide strategic intelligence that drives operational improvements and informs future policy.

And when the unexpected happens, you’ll be ready. You’ll take the lead in   emergency out-of-hours operations, ensuring our services respond swiftly and effectively, in line with our emergency plans and depot operations

About You

You’ll bring specialist knowledge of front-line operations, waste and recycling collections, street cleansing, fleet and garage services are your bread and butter. With a strong track record in strategic planning and operational delivery, you know how to lead multi-functional teams with confidence and clarity. Your leadership style is both practical and visionary. You’re comfortable navigating complex challenges, analysing detailed information, and turning insights into smart, actionable solutions. Prioritising under pressure? That’s where you shine, balancing competing demands while keeping your eye on the bigger picture. You’ve successfully managed budgets and driven innovation in service delivery, including rethinking and implementing alternative delivery models. Whether it’s delivering service transformation or leading change, you bring energy, expertise, and a results-driven mindset to everything you do.

Your Application

All applicants are advised to carefully read the information provided in the Role Profile and Person Specification. If you require an informal discussion about the role, please contact Kath Jickells via [email protected]

Key Dates

Interview date: 18^th June

We want you to have the best interview experience with us, so will provide candidates selected for interview their questions 24 hours in advance of meeting us.

We reserve the right to close our adverts early if we have received a significant volume of suitable applications.

As part of your RewardNEL package, you will have a generous leave entitlement (including bank holidays) and enrolment into a local government pension.

You will also have access to our exclusive RewardNEL platform.

This includes a variety of salary sacrifice schemes including Cycle2Work, Holiday Extra and Tusker (Car Lease), discounts at local coffee shops and bars, direct access to our inhouse wellbeing support, free and discounted local car parking as well as instant access to new savings at major retailers, entertainment and hotels.

NELC staff can also benefit from flexible working and excellent training and development opportunities and a Fostering friendly scheme. 

Do you need support?

If you need any help applying for this position, please contact Wendy Trask on 07702 338542 (text or call). Wendy can support with digital access as well as offering advice and guidance about completing the different sections of the application form. 

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