We are seeking an experienced Operational Manager for a 3-6 month interim assignment to lead and oversee a busy frontline service. This role will be responsible for ensuring the smooth day-to-day running of operations, including staff supervision, performance monitoring, service delivery, and effective resource management.

The successful candidate will have:

- Substantial proven experience of managing a team within a local authority/community safety environment.

- Experience in leading, developing, and motivating teams and individuals to achieve key Council and partnership priorities.

- Experience of partnership working and understanding the relevant skills and approaches needed to maintain strong relationships to ensure effective service delivery.

- Building collaborative relationships

- Works and engages constructively with key stakeholders.

- Lead the planning and continual improvement of their business area to ensure delivery of high-quality services that achieve performance against council plan priorities and partnership objectives.

- Analytical judgement, policy making, high-level report writing, and agile decision making.

- Service improvement, innovation, and initiative

- Identifies opportunities, problems, or obstacles and is prepared to take action now to shape and implement a vision for the future.

- Political influence and management

- works effectively in a high profile and politically sensitive environment.

- Effectively managing and monitoring external contracts. Producing high-level reports to stakeholders detailing progress against work areas.

- Ensure that services offer best value, are innovative to achieve and maintain the highest standards of assured quality, and are responsive to partnership needs and service requirements.

- Demonstrate clear corporate direction, in line with the council's key priority programs to achieve effectiveness, efficiency, and economy in operation. - Experience in producing statutory and other performance returns.

- Ability to advise senior managers on the analysis of service requirements and for the provision, review, and monitoring of performance indicators by which the responsiveness, quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness of the business unit's services are demonstrated.

If you are interested in this role please send your updated CV in the first instance.