Salary: £66,068 - £73,401 per annum.

A commercially dynamic city, York is driven by a forward thinking authority that is dedicated to building on a proud heritage and realising ambitious plans for the future. City of York Council are recruiting for an exceptional individual to help ensure the delivery of these objectives.

Our Assistant Director, Transport, Highways & Waste will provide leadership and transformation for a vital portfolio of universal services. You will play a leading role in the delivery of key strategic priorities – to get York moving, to protect the environment and to enable the City's growth for the long term.

About the role

• Reporting to the Director of City and Environmental Services and managing a total expenditure budget of £36 million, you will provide strategic leadership for City of York's transportation, highways and waste services; developing policies, priorities and programmes that will get York moving, protect the environment, enabling growth in a long term way. Key ambitions include creating jobs and growing the economy.
• Key to your role will be the early identification and implementation of the best delivery models for your service areas and applying your commercial expertise to ensuring our ambitions are funded and delivered.
• Building on our strengths and addressing service weaknesses you will develop a culture of excellence that fully recognises and acts on the views of local people and communities. In keeping with our Co-Operative Council ambitions, you will help put residents in the driving seat of service delivery.
• Embracing the importance of outstanding leadership you will build, inspire and motivate a team that delivers outstanding performance outcomes and is committed to ongoing service improvement.

About you

For such a critical role, we are not prepared to settle for second best. We are determined to recruit an inspirational and entrepreneurial leader able to drive the transformation of our services. You will already possess experience of successfully transforming at least one of the service areas within the post's remit. You will understand how to investigate and deliver new ways of working, taking staff on the journey with you. You are now ready for your next challenge in what is already an impressive career.

How to apply

Application is by CV and covering letter which should explain both your enthusiasm for the post and why you feel you would be the right person for York. For further information and to apply please visit www.hays.co.uk/jobs/cyc.

For an informal discussion, please contact Mark Bearn or Laurence Wolahan of our retained consultants, Hays Executive. T 0207 259 8743 E mark.bearn@hays.com