INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY
Permanent
Ref:HOS06
The Council is looking to recruit a talented environmental health leader as a member of the Neighbourhood Operations senior management team. Reporting to the Strategic Director Neighbourhood Operations you will need to be able to work strategically, as well as have the ability to deliver the day-to-day services to customers in relation to the full range of the Council’s environmental health functions. In addition the role will also need to work very closely to other teams in the Council including community safety and planning and with external organisations and partners including Hertfordshire County Council, DEFRA, UKHSA, etc.
As part of the senior management team you will have a key role to play in supporting the Chief Executive, the Corporate Directors and your other colleagues on the team, in delivering the Council’s vision, its key priorities and critical projects.
You will act as the principal advisor on environmental health issues to Members and senior management and you will work in collaboration with others to ensure that your services are joined up appropriately and are aligned to the achievement of the Council’s aims and objectives.
This is an exciting opportunity to lead the service into building on the progress already made and take it to the next level. You will need to be able to demonstrate that you have the desire and ability to drive through further service improvements and meet challenging service objectives and performance targets.
A Basic check will be undertaken with the Disclosure and Barring Service to ensure that the successful candidate has no relevant convictions.
Applicants must have a driving licence that is valid in the UK.
The deadline for applications will be midnight on the closing date shown in the advert details.
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Fixed term contract/secondment - 2 years
Ref: T0215
The Neighbourhood Management service is at the heart of delivering services to residents in Dacorum, whether this be parks and open spaces to trees and woodlands to street cleansing and grounds maintenance to cemeteries and bereavement services to parking services.
An opportunity has arisen for a project manager within the service to deliver the Council’s Parking Solutions Policy. The postholder will be responsible for assessing potential schemes in accordance with the policy to making delivery recommendations to commissioning and managing their delivery. This is a front-facing role, and you will have direct contact and need to work closely with residents and councillors as well as internal colleagues and external partners.
The successful candidate will have experience of project management and report writing as well as experience of working with local communities/stakeholders. As part of the process, you may be required to submit applications for planning consent and/or working on the highway. You will have an eye for details and be able to manage multiple schemes at any one time.
Strong communication skills will be required to communicate outcomes to residents and councillors as well as providing updates on progress to senior management and Council committees as well as writing robust specifications/outcomes when commissioning works.
For full details and to apply for this post please visit our website at http://www.dacorum.gov.uk.
We are an equal opportunities employer. Candidates with a disability who meet the essential criteria will be interviewed.
Interviews Date(s): week commencing 19 and/or 26 May 2025
Ref: HOS34
Around half an hour by train from the centre of London, Dacorum occupies an enviable location just outside the M25 and is home to the towns of Hemel Hempstead (where our offices are based), Berkhamsted and Tring. An active and green place, Dacorum is a buzzing centre of business, enterprise and ambition. We’re designing our services around customers, ensuring our teams have the right skills and behaviours to excel, and we’ve developed new ways of working which support flexible and hybrid working.
We are prepared to do things differently in Dacorum and are developing a new integrated neighbourhood management model that will enable us to deliver great services and create high-performing and integrated teams with a positive, empowered culture. Our ambition is to set the standards that other local authorities aspire to, and, in this new role, you can play a part in making this happen. Responsible for waste, fleet, street scene, cemeteries and grounds maintenance, you’ll have the opportunity to review current structures and models of delivery, and your leadership will be central to encouraging a sense of shared mission and accountability across the service. Other priorities will include a focus on waste operations and fleet management, maximising our waste commercial service, garden waste and the smooth running of the depot. Longer term, you’ll make an influential contribution to our planning for sustainable population and employment growth, as we transform our town centres and support our communities to thrive.
It's an opportunity that will suit someone with the right level of professional knowledge, acquire through study or career experience, and who has a proven track record of managing a multi-million-pound waste service within a complex, multi-agency service system. An informed appreciation of the practical demands of managing cultural and operational change is essential along with the ability to take a ‘first principles’ analytical approach to problem-solving and generating solutions. Excellent stakeholder management, customer service and engagement skills, are essential, as are good political awareness and sensitivity to the needs and priorities of others.
It’s a fantastic time to join the team at Dacorum Borough Council and shape a cleaner, greener and safer place for our residents and stakeholders. We’re looking for candidates who will bring proven expertise and capabilities in their own professional area, but who also offer the wider strategic perspective and leadership skills to shape a progressive, collaborative and effective organisational culture, with a focus on customer service and service improvement. You’ll bring a creative, enthusiastic and open-minded approach to how we work across the Council and with our partners, to bring about the best outcomes for our residents and service users.
Visit www.join-dacorum.co.uk to find out more or contact Steve Guest at Solace in Business on 020 7976 3311 for a confidential discussion.
Dacorum Borough Council is working in Partnership with Solace in Business in the recruitment for this position. All application information will be shared with them.
Ref: H7446
The opportunity has arisen for this vacancy within the Housing Operations service area. You will provide a high quality, front line, specialist service focusing on the cleaning of communal areas within our housing stock, window cleaning and services relating to the management of our estates.
You will play a key role in ensuring our tenants and leaseholders receive a high level of service through regular monitoring and will play a key role in enhancing the look and feel of our communities.
You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation to deliver value for money services with high customer service satisfaction levels. You will have a comprehensive knowledge of health and safety in the workplace with a particular focus on elements related to the service.
You will have excellent written and oral communication skills and the ability to achieve defined performance targets.
An Enhanced check will be undertaken with the Disclosure and Barring Service to ensure that the successful candidate has no relevant convictions.
Ref: H0752
Our Neighbourhood Management Service plays a vital role in enhancing quality of life in our borough. We now have an opportunity for someone with proven experience in delivering high profile, frontline services to take on a leadership role within the team.
It's a fantastic opportunity to take on a varied management role. You will lead the teams that manage trees and woodland and lead on Dacorum’s parks and open spaces development. You will play a pivotal part in in the delivery and development of Suitable Alternative Nature Greenspace (SANG) sites within the borough. Other key priorities include leading the implementation of the Council’s new Parking Solutions Policy and capital programme and stepping up to be the Council lead and champion for biodiversity and Nature Recovery. You will also have the opportunity to take the lead on our Future Neighbourhoods initiative, an engagement project for communities that was initiated to improve the environment for residents living and businesses operating in our neighbourhoods.
We are prepared to do things differently in Dacorum and you will work with colleagues across the service and the wider organisation to bring about service improvements, harnessing the potential of efficiencies, new models of delivery and implementing solutions to improve the customer experience.
People and team leadership skills, working across different services, will be key to success in this role, along with experience of site management. It’s important that you are accustomed to working closely with internal and external stakeholders and project / programme management skills will be an important attribute.