Programme and Strategy Manager

Job introduction

Programme and Strategy Manager, Environmental Services

A role that will continue to drive digital innovation through introducing digital systems to frontline waste collection and street cleansing teams. Supporting service improvements, driving efficiencies and enhancing team and resident communication.

Fixed term for: 12 months

Interview date: (TBC)

(Only for Fixed Term Contracts) This role is available as a secondment to internal applicants in line with our secondment policy. Before applying, please ensure you have read the Secondment policy to ensure you are eligible to apply. In accordance with the policy, please ensure you have the written approval of your line manager before applying. Evidence of this must be included with your application.

For an informal discussion, please contact (Satti Sidhu) - (Acting Head of Strategy and Service Improvement) on 07548148020.

About the role

Do you want to play a key part in helping shape our future waste and recycling service?

Are you enthusiastic about the environment and digital innovation?

We’re on the lookout for a highly skilled and experienced Programme Manager to continuing developing our digital approach to the waste and street cleansing service.

You’ll be values-driven, committed to partnership working and have strong interpersonal qualities to build effective professional relationships.

You’ll be working within tight budgets, strategic in your approach and ensure action is targeted where it is most needed.

If this sounds like a role you’d find rewarding, we’d love to hear from you!

What you’ll get in return

Salary £48,226 per annum

28 days paid leave plus public holidays

Local Government Pension Scheme, including employer contributions

Interest free rental deposit loan scheme

Family friendly policies

Staff discounts including travel and wellbeing

Employee Assistance Programme 24/7 support

Extensive learning and development opportunities

What you can expect:

Brighton & Hove City Council serves a vibrant city by the sea – a place that has ambitions to be a fairer city with a more sustainable future. We have made a pledge to become an anti-racist city and are committed to serving our residents, businesses and visitors.

You will be working with friendly, talented, hard-working colleagues, some of whom provide frontline services and some who are working on improvement projects. This is an exciting time to join the council.

We can offer flexible working arrangements including office accommodation at Hollingdean Depot, and the option to work from home for some of the time.

As a council, we want our staff to be themselves at work and we welcome applications from all sections of our community. We particularly encourage applicants from a BME, or White Other background as well as those who identify as people with disabilities, LGBT, female or trans, as these groups are currently under-represented in our Economy, Environment & Culture Directorate workforce.

To find out more about the role, please contact Satti.Sidhu@brighton-hove.gov.uk.

Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you’ve submitted your application and at interview.

As part of your application, you will need to upload your Application Form and a supporting statement. Your supporting statement is the most important part of your application as it will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our guidance here (Application Form guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) and (Supporting statement guidance (brighton-hove.gov.uk) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us

Company information

Encouraging a diverse workforce

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).