Jobs

up to £72k
Based Hemel Hempstead

Around half an hour by train from the centre of London, Dacorum occupies an enviable location just outside the M25 and is home to the towns of Hemel Hempstead (where our offices are based), Berkhamsted and Tring. An active and green place, Dacorum is a buzzing centre of business, enterprise and ambition. We’re designing our services around customers, ensuring our staff and teams have the right skills and behaviours to excel, and we‘ve developed new ways of working which support flexible and hybrid working.

In placeshaping – as in so many other aspects of civic delivery – Dacorum is doing things differently. We’ve set a clear ambition to develop an integrated neighbourhood management model, and these roles will be at the heart of making that happen. Moreover, we’re planning for sustainable population and employment growth, we’re transforming our town centres and we’re supporting our communities to thrive.

This new role will be responsible for taking us into the front rank of authorities, not just regionally but nationally. At its heart, it’s about designing and delivering great services, and creating high-performing and integrated teams with a positive, empowered culture. This may mean that we need to think about structures, and we’re open to your leadership on this; but it’s just as much about encouraging a sense of shared mission and accountability across the service. Other priorities will include a focus on fleet management, maximising our commercial service, garden waste and the smooth running of the depot. Longer term, you’ll make an important and influential contribution to how we manage the strategic growth of Hemel Hempstead.

Candidates will need to be appropriately qualified, whether through study or experience, and will have a proven track record of managing a multi-million pound waste service within a complex, multi-agency service system. A practical understanding of how to lead through change is essential, as a is a good grasp of how to identify and implement effective innovations and develop new services. We want to meet people who can take a ‘first principles’ analytical approach to problem-solving and generating solutions. Excellent stakeholder management and engagement skills, are essential, as are good political awareness and sensitivity to the needs and priorities of others.

It’s a fantastic time to join the team at Dacorum Borough Council and shape a cleaner, greener and safer place for our residents and stakeholders. We’re looking for talented and committed candidates, who will bring proven expertise and capabilities in their own professional area, but who can also offer the wider strategic perspective and leadership skills to shape a progressive, collaborative and effective organisational culture. You’ll bring a creative, enthusiastic and open-minded approach to how we work across the Council and with our partners, to bring about the best outcomes for our borough.

Click Apply Now to find out more or contact Steve Guest at Solace in Business on 020 7976 3311 for a confidential discussion.

Closing date: 3 April