The Place and Sustainability Directorate impacts on the lives of everyone living, working, learning and travelling through Cambridgeshire every day. As a Service Director within the Place and Sustainability directorate, you will form part of both the directorate management team and the corporate extended leadership team, supporting the organisation through effective leadership in the achievement of our strategic framework.
You will also support the achievement of the directorate's core aim of improving transport and connectivity across the county for all communities, protecting and enhancing the environment, delivering sustainable and include economic development and maintaining a resident focus delivery effective front line services.
Place and Sustainability consists of four key professional areas which include:
- Transport and Connectivity
- Infrastructure, Capital and Delivery
- Environment and Economy
- Regulatory Services
The Service Director: Transport and Connectivity will provide the overall leadership for the County Council’s key functions that manage and support improvements to connectivity such as digital connectivity, traffic management, parking management and management of the park and ride and busway operations.
The role will also be responsible for overseeing the Council’s responsibilities in relation to development management to ensure that highways and transport needs are appropriately considered when any new developments are planned. The Service Director will work collaboratively with partners on the development of key strategies and programmes to improve transport and connectivity such as the digital connectivity strategy and programme, the Vision Zero strategy and partnership, active travel programmes.
The role will be responsible for the following key services / functions that cover:
- Digital Connectivity
- Parking and Traffic Management
- Sustainable Transport and Strategy
The role will be responsible for ensuring that any programmes that the Council is delivering on behalf of partners such as the combined authority or where the Council is acting as the accountable body are discharged effectively with positive outcomes.
To find out more, please view the role profile below
Contact Information:
Rob Naylor
Tel: 0121 312 3755
Email: rnaylor@faerfield.co.ukBen Cox
Tel: 0121 312 3755
Email: bcox@faerfield.co.uk
Indicative Timetable:
Closing date: Sunday 5 January 2025, Midnight
Preliminary Interviews: w/c 27 January 2025
Final Interviews: 7 March 2025
(dates may be subject to slight change)
Apply:
To apply for this job please click on the Apply button below and fill out the requested information. When prompted, please submit your CV and a Supporting Statement (no more than four sides of A4 each).
With your CV, please also provide the names and contact details of two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be contacted if you reach the final stages, and we will not contact referees without your permission.
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.
