Chief Executive

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 17:00:43 +0000

Permanent

Employer: Barnsley MBC
Location : Barnsley
Salary: Competitive salary
Closing Date: 29/02/2012

Barnsley Council is a council with ambition and imagination and despite the challenges of today we are still focusing on the opportunities of tomorrow. We have highly motivated Members working closely with the senior officer team in a stable political environment.

This is a great opportunity for someone who believes in local government, relishes a challenge and can embrace change.

We fully support the role of a chief executive and are looking for someone who can lead and deliver through others, work positively with our partners and enable our communities to flourish despite the difficult times.

If you aspire to being the chief executive of a metropolitan borough where you can really make a difference then come and work with us.

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Head of Highways Infrastructure

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 17:30:54 +0000

Permanent

Employer: Sheffield City Council
Location : Sheffield
Salary: Grade: DG6 (�63,822 - �68,484)
Closing Date: 01/02/2012

Sheffield is one of the UK's largest cities and has been completely transformed over the last 10 years with major investment in regeneration and infrastructure. To fulfil the Council's Vision of being a modern vibrant City a major piece of the jigsaw to complete the job is to bring the City's highway infrastructure up to standard.

The Council is currently going through the final stages of procurement to appoint a Contractor for a 25 year Highway Maintenance PFI Contract, commencing in mid 2012 to bring the highway network back to a good standard over the initial core investment period (5-7 years) and to sustain these standards over the remaining period (18-20 years).

Your job as Head of Highway Infrastructure is to lead and be responsible for the Council's Highway Maintenance Service, primarily through the strategic and operational management of the PFI Contract. In addition, you will also be responsible for the associated services of: Highway Development Control; Highway Adoptions; Highway Records and Address Management; and Public Rights of Way Records, all of which impact on PFI Contract and Highway Maintenance.

You will be educated to degree level with a relevant professional qualification.

You wil have a compelling track record and extensive experience in either:-
- Strategic leadership and management of highway maintenance services, or
- Strategic leadership and management of projects delivered through PFI/PPP arrangements

However, you will also have a good understanding and experience of both.

The PFI Contract includes the rehabilitation and ongoing maintenance of the full range of highway infrastructure assets and all routine and emergency maintenance activities.

In addition you will control the procurement of Non Core Services such as Local Transport Plan schemes and miscellaneous works for other Council Departments off highway. These will be procured through the PFI Contract or by letting other contracts if necessary.

The post of Head of Highway Infrastructure is a new role and although some of the key service staff will be in post when you start your new job, you will be responsible for establishing the new team and leading it initially through the PFI Contract Mobilisation Period, leading up to services commencement mid 2012 and then during the PFI Contract period itself.

You will be the Council's strategic and professional lead for the Highway Maintenance Service and the complementary activities listed above, managing the PFI Contract worth in the region of £70 million per annum, procuring potentially up to £10 million per annum of other engineering design and construction work, primarily through the PFI Contract and managing an internal team staff budget of £4 million per annum.

Sheffield City Council is an equal opportunities employer and has publicly committed to this by signing up to the Two Ticks Positive About Disabled People scheme. This ensures that all disabled applicants, able to demonstrate that they meet the minimum criteria of the job description are guaranteed an interview.

It is not enough to tick that you are disabled on the monitoring form, if you are disabled and feel this applies to you, please let us know by quoting:- I am eligible for a guaranteed interview under the two ticks scheme on your application form at the bottom of the Suitability for the Job section. Please make sure this is written as a separate paragraph to make sure it does not get lost in the content of your application.

Due to the level of organisational change within the Council, all vacancies that are advertised may be withdrawn at any stage if matched with an employee who is being made redundant. This not only mitigates a redundancy but helps the Council to retain talent. You will be notified directly if this happens and you have submitted an application.

Further information about the Highway Maintenance Service can be found on the councils website.

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