Area Highway Manager

Are you passionate about maintaining and improving the roads and highways in West Sussex?

West Sussex County Council is looking for an Area Highways Manager to join our dedicated team.

About the Job

Salary: £52,049 to £55,615 per annum.

Location: Your main office will be in Drayton Depot nr. Chichester, and you will also work across depots and sites in West Sussex. You will have the opportunity to occasionally work from home, with this being determined by the service's needs.

Contract: Permanent.

Working pattern: Full-time/ Part-time, 37 hours per week. Flexible working options available, to be agreed with your line manager.

Employer Pension Contribution: 20.70% this alters per annum on the 1 April each year.

Annual leave: 30 days holiday + Bank holidays = 38 days.

Do you have the skills and expertise to effectively manage a team and ensure the smooth operation of transportation in the community?

As an Area Highway Manager, you will ensure the local delivery of the highway service. Customers, communities, and our members are at the heart of everything we do.

You will support a team to deliver the highways service within the Chichester and Arun District areas. This will be done predominantly remotely, as colleagues will be out and about at different sites.

The role will focus on effectively managing day-to-day operations of a service. You will manage the team's performance as well as coordinating, planning, and delivering agreed-upon activities and objectives.

You will contribute to the development and shaping of future team or group service provision, build and maintain relationships, and influence activities by working across and outside of the organisation.

What we need from you:

• Providing advice and support in the service specialism, addressing technical, professional, resource, and human problems.
• Communication skills.
• Possessing people management and performance management skills.
• Ability to set timescales and review effectiveness of service.
• Ability to change existing practices and identify innovative solutions within the required framework.
• Full current driver's licence.
• Experience of delivering or co-ordinating a quality customer focused service to others.
• Experience of managing staff.
• Experience of managing a small budget and/or contributing to financially related decisions on larger spends.
• Experience of supporting initiatives in a political environment - Desirable
• Authoritative, applied knowledge of the specialist or professional discipline including technical theories and related principles, practices and procedures.
• Computer literate.

Rewards and Benefits

We care hugely about wellbeing, and how we support our team to develop to be the best they can be. Alongside this, we also offer the below benefits:

• 30 days annual leave + bank holidays.
• A generous pension scheme.
• A strong supportive management team.
• Training and development opportunities, including a range of apprenticeships, technical training, coaching and mentoring opportunities.
• Subscription fees paid for one relevant professional body.
• A range of discounts including Argos, Samsung, Asos, B&Q and many more.
• Free access to employee assistant programmes.
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres.
• A range of commuting and business travel discount and initiatives.

For a full list of the benefits offered to you as a West Sussex County Council employee you can find them on our Rewards and Benefits page.

Further Information

For issues or queries regarding your application please contact .

Apply now and be a part of shaping the future of transportation in West Sussex.

Click the apply button below, upload your CV and cover letter explaining how you meet the key skills in the attached job description. Remember to give examples.