Service Director Regulatory Services and Waste
Location: Truro, Cornwall
Salary: up to £123,000
Reference: A000857
Status:
Cornwall Council is focused on Community Wellbeing, and we work with a range of health and voluntary sector partners to enable our communities to ‘start well, live well and age well’. As part of our pioneering approach, we are bringing together our Public Health, Waste, Regulatory and Community Services to create a unified and unwavering focus on providing excellent services to our residents now and into the future. This strategy is underpinned by a critical focus on prevention, community involvement and partnership working, and this role is right at the heart of our next phase of transformation and improvement.
Cornwall’s regulatory responsibilities are varied and broad. From private sector housing and building control, through to wide-ranging public protection services, we ensure that our community and our environment are protected and able to thrive. Working closely with the Strategic Director for Community Wellbeing, you’ll be responsible for a diverse range of services protecting our communities, including a fair-trading environment, a safe food chain, environmental protection, events management, licencing, public safety, health and wellbeing, and civil parking enforcement. Moreover, you’ll oversee our strategic waste function, including acting as lead client for one of the country’s largest waste authorities, with a PFI disposal contract and a collection and cleansing contract, alongside waste enforcement and a service transformation programme to improve reduction, re-use and recycling.
Your track record will demonstrate that you’re ready and qualified to lead a forward-looking and high-performing service that secures the confidence of residents and businesses alike. Experience of change management, including financial planning, effective communication, and delivering new operating models are all essential. Experience of developing strategic plans and implementing complex legislative change is also essential. Like us, you’ll see Waste as a key resource which offers new opportunities, and you will have a track record of negotiating and working in partnership with strategic contractors. Subject-specific expertise, in terms of legislation, regulation and emerging best practice, will be a distinct advantage.
For more information please view the Success Profile below.
Further reading
Safer Cornwall Partnership Plan 2025-2028
Leisure Strategy Framework 2024-2034
Preventing Homelessness Strategy 2025-2030
Resources and Waste Strategy 2025-2045
Indicative timetable
Closing date: Monday 23 June 2025
Shortlisting: TBC
Executive Profiling: TBC
Interviews: TBCPlease let us know if there are any interview dates in the indicative timetable on which you are likely to be unavailable.
To arrange a confidential discussion about the role please contact:
Sean Anderson
Tel: 0121 312 3755
Email: sanderson@faerfield.co.ukMartin Tucker
Tel: 0121 312 3755
Email: mtucker@faerfield.co.uk
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