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SalaryPost No. POSN003540 - Team manager - Infrastructure
Position Package: 37 hours per week, Temporary Post 12 month minimum period
Newport City Council: Improving people’s lives
Newport is a vibrant, forward-thinking City stepped in a rich industrial heritage that recently has proved it can re-establish and adapt itself as a centre of modern industry and commerce.
Infrastructure (Highways) covers a wide range of services including Highways & Drainage Maintenance, Traffic & Transport, Active Travel, Assets & Planning, Parking, Road Safety & Civil Enforcement, Engineering and Civil Contingencies.
The job covers a number of Team Manager posts within Infrastructure including Highways & Drainage Maintenance, Assets & Planning, Parking, Road Safety & Civil Parking Enforcement and Highways Network.
Each Team Manager will be responsible for delivering of one of the areas listed above. Post holders must be prepared to work across multiple service areas and assist in any and all of the above areas as directed to meet service delivery.
This post is currently within Parking, Road Safety & Civil Parking, as mentioned above there is potential for the post holder to rotate between the various jobs as directed by the Service Manager
As Parking, Road Safety & Civil Parking Team Manager you will lead on the following services within Infrastructure:-
- Car Parking – Undertaking the role of Premises Management and managing the Multi- Storey and Pay and Display carparks within Newport.
- Civil Parking Enforcement - Leading the team in dealing with parking contraventions within Newport
- Road Safety, Signal Maintenance, Traffic Orders, Residential parking management - Managing / Maintaining the asset so it is safe for all users to use.
- Dealing with enquiries from Councillors and Members of the Public
Enthusiastic and confident, you should have a relevant technical qualification or equivalent experience. You should have experience of managing high varied workload and have proven success of leading service delivery improvements.
You are open-minded and business focused, with an organised and analytical approach to your work – and you are used to maintaining attention to detail while working to tight deadlines. You are self-motivated and have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and appreciate the importance of customer care. You have strong financial management skills and a creative approach to problem solving with excellent IT and data analysis/management skills.
Our vision is to provide the most efficient and effective services in Wales and to enable this you will need to embrace change, technology and performance management.
We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English.
We offer a wide range of Company benefits, including:
- Local Government Pension Scheme
- 37-hour week for all full-time staff with option to access flexitime arrangements
- Generous holiday entitlement: a minimum 26 days a year (plus bank holidays), rising to 30 days after five years’ service and 33 after ten.
- Access to a wide range of training and courses
- Benefits: Vectis card, cycle purchase and car benefit schemes
- Access to a Credit Union
Infrastructure Service Manager (Highways) details for informal discussion regarding the post:
Andrew Brooks, 07976 941 662, Andrew.brooks@newport.gov.uk
We welcome applications for all our jobs in either Welsh or English. An application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application submitted in English.
Newport City Council is committed to working towards its workforce being more representative of the population that we serve and particularly welcomes applications from people from the minority ethnic communities represented (or living) in the city. Selection will be made on ability and skills to undertake the role.
Our values – Courageous, Positive and Responsible
Ein gwerthoedd – Dewr, Cadarnhaol, Cyfrifol
