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Sheffield is a brilliant city – resourceful, inventive, welcoming – a place rooted in its history and ambitious for the future. It’s a place full of potential and we are working hard to create a council that works with residents, communities and businesses to unleash that potential. 

We are stepping up to provide leadership across the city, working in partnership to drive ambitious goals for a bright future, renewing our relationships with our diverse communities and bringing decision making closer to local people through our Local Area Committees.  

With a strong and experienced Neighbourhoods Senior Leadership Team in place, the Assistant Director of Highways role presents an opportunity to join us on this journey of change. You will be part of an ambitious, dynamic and talented team, who are passionate about creating places for Sheffield’s diverse people and communities that are attractive, innovative, sustainable, and safe.  

This role is for an experienced highways manager, someone who understands and enables our organisational culture of putting people and communities at the heart of everything we do. This means working together in effective partnership with Amey, the Streets Trees Partnerships and local communities to improve the quality of our streets and environment. 

You will use your experience and technical knowledge to lead strategically, shaping the future direction of the Highways Maintenance service, implement and inform service delivery, whilst also leading and developing technical teams.

View the Highways Maintenance service structure

We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are investing in our workforce, promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups and are committed to ensuring we are a fully inclusive and supportive Council. We are a Disability Confident employer and support staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly. It’s a great time to join us and we welcome your application. 

This is a politically restricted post.

Indicative Timetable

Closing date for applications:  Friday 7 July 2023
Preliminary interviews (via Teams):  25 July 2023
Stakeholder interviews (via Teams):  9 August 2023
Member Panel interviews (in Sheffield):  17 August 2023

Note: this timetable is indicative, and we recognise that candidates are more likely to take holiday in this time period. We will strive to be as flexible and pragmatic as possible to fit around your availability during this process.

Sarah Longbottom
E: slongbottom@faerfield.co.uk
T: 0121 312 3755

Martin Tucker
E: mtucker@faerfield.co.uk
T: 0121 312 3755

Applications To apply for this job please submit your CV, a Supporting Statement (no more than four sides of A4), a completed Candidate Application Form and a completed Equal Opportunities Monitoring Form to sheffieldcc@faerfield.co.uk quoting: ‘Vacancy: Assistant Director of Highways, Reference: A000368’. Your supporting statement should express why you are interested in this role and what experience you can bring to the organisation. The statement should tackle the specific requirements of the role; outlining examples and outcomes showing how you meet those requirements. Please also provide the names and contact details of two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. If you do not wish us to approach your referees without your prior permission, then you should state this clearly.