You will be responsible for leading and managing a comprehensive Environmental Health, Corporate Health and Safety, Trading Standards, Licencing, Registration, Community Safety, Resilience and Flood Risk service.
Ultimately responsible for ensuring statutory obligations are met and delivering a range of services that are first and foremost legally compliant and fully cognisant of the need to be up to date with the principles around better regulation, regulatory reform and legal precedent.
This post requires strong strategic planning, team leadership, process improvement, and maintaining a strong commitment to the needs of our organisation and community, which includes businesses, licensees, residents, and partnership working (particularly in the areas of Community Safety, Resilience, and Flood Risk).
Contribute to the development of the Corporate Plan and implement the appropriate strategies through the effective management of staff, resources, performance, projects, and risks. Deliver service improvements, efficiency savings, and agreed outcomes for particular projects and service delivery/service level agreements.
Ensure service delivery is in line with statutory obligations, corporate aims, and objectives with a strong bias towards being the service lead within the scope of the post.
Accountabilities
As a Bedford leader, support the Council's Leadership Team (CLT) and the wider Council in delivering against the Corporate Plan. Work with, support, and communicate with elected members to enable appropriate challenge and innovation to take place. Provide support to shape the Council's strategic plans and policies, as well as to the process of implementing and embedding cultural change and organisational development, and support the creation of a common purpose. Take collective and strategic/operational responsibility for ensuring that the Council's decisions and policies are implemented. Support CLT and the Council in fulfilling its Community leadership role. Champion partnership work with other services and stakeholders as well as providing leadership, support, and challenge as part of the Council's community leadership and Place role. Communicate the Council's objectives, priorities, and processes effectively, both internally to staff and externally to partners, agencies, and the public. Act as an ambassador for and promote the Council locally, regionally, and nationally, encouraging this across teams. Evaluate, contribute, and ensure the delivery of targets as set out in the Council's Performance Management Framework, the Corporate Plan, and Service Plans. This includes working to support and enhance organisational expertise in performance and contract management. Lead or support on cross-cutting issues (as required), utilising matrix management to engage talent across the council, breaking down internal boundaries to deliver a seamless service to customers (internal and external). Promote a culture of collaboration by encouraging sharing knowledge and resources across the council (one team approach). Identify and pursue, as appropriate and agreed, all additional sources of funding or other resources that could be used to augment those provided by the Council, ensuring that these are fully compliant with the Council's financial regulations and the Constitution. Lead by example in championing and furthering equality, diversity, and inclusion within and across teams and in the delivery of services. Promote an open and supportive culture that maximises the potential of employees across the council and encourages inclusivity, innovation, and high performance. Contribute to the leadership of the organisation, ensuring a high calibre, motivated, effective, and empowered workforce, and one that nurtures the leaders of the future. Recognise and acknowledge good performance and tackle poor performance positively and effectively. Create and embed an environment in which teams/individuals can develop, perform, and feel valued, as well as actively promoting a culture of employee wellbeing and support. Seek innovative and creative solutions to meet the Council's need for continuous improvement within finite resources. Work collaboratively to own and embed a culture of continuous improvement across teams, ensuring that effective budget, performance, and risk management is integrated within and across all services/activities. If you are interested in this role, please send your updated CV in the first instance.
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As a Bedford leader, support the Council's Leadership Team (CLT) and the wider Council in delivering against the Corporate Plan. Work with, support, and communicate with elected members to enable appropriate challenge and innovation to take place. Provide support to shape the Council's strategic plans and policies, as well as to the process of implementing and embedding cultural change and organisational development, and support the creation of a common purpose. Take collective and strategic/operational responsibility for ensuring that the Council's decisions and policies are implemented. Support CLT and the Council in fulfilling its Community leadership role. Champion partnership work with other services and stakeholders as well as providing leadership, support, and challenge as part of the Council's community leadership and Place role. Communicate the Council's objectives, priorities, and processes effectively, both internally to staff and externally to partners, agencies, and the public. Act as an ambassador for and promote the Council locally, regionally, and nationally, encouraging this across teams. Evaluate, contribute, and ensure the delivery of targets as set out in the Council's Performance Management Framework, the Corporate Plan, and Service Plans. This includes working to support and enhance organisational expertise in performance and contract management. Lead or support on cross-cutting issues (as required), utilising matrix management to engage talent across the council, breaking down internal boundaries to deliver a seamless service to customers (internal and external). Promote a culture of collaboration by encouraging sharing knowledge and resources across the council (one team approach). Identify and pursue, as appropriate and agreed, all additional sources of funding or other resources that could be used to augment those provided by the Council, ensuring that these are fully compliant with the Council's financial regulations and the Constitution. Lead by example in championing and furthering equality, diversity, and inclusion within and across teams and in the delivery of services. Promote an open and supportive culture that maximises the potential of employees across the council and encourages inclusivity, innovation, and high performance. Contribute to the leadership of the organisation, ensuring a high calibre, motivated, effective, and empowered workforce, and one that nurtures the leaders of the future. Recognise and acknowledge good performance and tackle poor performance positively and effectively. Create and embed an environment in which teams/individuals can develop, perform, and feel valued, as well as actively promoting a culture of employee wellbeing and support. Seek innovative and creative solutions to meet the Council's need for continuous improvement within finite resources. Work collaboratively to own and embed a culture of continuous improvement across teams, ensuring that effective budget, performance, and risk management is integrated within and across all services/activities. If you are interested in this role, please send your updated CV in the first instance.
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