Director Of Highways And Regulatory Services

The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is one of London’s most vibrant, diverse and densely populated boroughs. We are home to Royal Palaces, Notting Hill Carnival, the Chelsea Flower Show and over 40 embassies, we host a number of the nations most visited museums and institutions. High density brings challenges around traffic congestion, air pollution and noise nuisance, and we understand how important these issues are to our communities. We want to make Kensington and Chelsea the best urban setting in which to live by creating healthy, resilient, well connected and amazing spaces.

As our new Director of Highways and Regulatory Services, you will lead high profile and visible services which are highly valued by our communities and elected members. You will deliver an exceptional highways maintenance programme, spanning 180km of roads and four major bridges, and a modern transport and parking function which supports residents, visitors and the business community.

At the heart of this role is a commitment to enhancing the quality of life and safety of the borough's residents. You will play a crucial part in our ambitious plans to invest in our captivating built environment and ensure the timely delivery of associated capital programs.

Just as important will be the leadership of Regulatory Services.  We place special attention on ensuring the safety of our residents. This follows on from the lessons we have drawn from the Grenfell tragedy. Other key areas of environmental health work include identifying rogue landlords, the work our newly formed street enforcement team, our private rented sector licensing scheme and working with high profile businesses.

We are committed to becoming the best Council and we are seeking an ambitious and strategic senior leader with a background in Regulatory Services or Highways and transportation that can deliver this. Your ability to lead, influence and motivate the service through change and modernisation will ensure we maintain our high standards by listening and engaging with residents. 

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.
Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk / spam folder as our system generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk