COMM ENT 5926 G5 - Neighbourhood Services Manager 600454

South Lanarkshire Council; Blantyre; On-site; GBP 67,000 - 81,000; Full time

Job summary

South Lanarkshire Council is seeking an experienced Neighbourhood Services Manager to lead frontline operations across Grounds services, Waste services, Street cleansing, Bereavement services and greenspace.

You will provide strategic and operational leadership for a workforce of around 900, manage substantial budgets, ensure statutory compliance and drive service improvement in a changing public services environment in Blantyre and across South Lanarkshire.

Responsibilities

• Grounds services
• Waste services
• Street cleansing
• Bereavement services
• Countryside and greenspace

Job description

Job Description

ACTUAL CLOSING DATE: Applications must be received by Sunday, 15 November 2026 at 11.55pm.

Location

Forrest Street Depot, Forrest Street, Blantyre G72 0JP

Hours

35 per week

Work Pattern

Monday - Friday

Salary

£67,430 - £80,697

View the Neighbourhood Services Manager job profile

We are seeking an experienced and accomplished leader to help shape the future of neighbourhood services across South Lanarkshire.

South Lanarkshire is one of Scotland's largest and most diverse local authority areas. Our communities are ambitious, expectations of public services continue to grow and the operating environment for frontline services is changing rapidly. We are responding by modernising services, embracing innovation and strengthening our focus on place-based working.

The role of Neighbourhood Services Manager sits at the heart of that ambition.

As Neighbourhood Services Manager, you will provide strategic and operational leadership across a diverse range of frontline operations. You will ensure that services are safe, compliant, responsive, resilient and focused on achieving positive outcomes for communities across South Lanarkshire.

Working closely with the Head of Facilities, Waste and Grounds Services, you will lead a highly visible, large and multidisciplinary frontline service with a workforce of around 900 employees working across the authority. You will be responsible for workforce leadership, service performance and productivity, significant revenue and capital budgets, statutory compliance and the effective deployment of resources. You will work closely with elected members, trade unions, local community groups, contractors, suppliers and partner organisations.

You will develop a positive and accountable culture where employees are supported to perform at their best. You will also lead service transformation, policy development and continuous improvement, using operational insight, digital technology, automation and innovation to improve frontline services.

The operating environment continues to evolve. Financial pressures, climate change, workforce challenges, technological advancement, regulatory change and rising community expectations all require services to adapt. You will provide visible and confident leadership through this period of change, ensuring that services remain resilient, sustainable and capable of meeting the Council's future needs.

We are looking for an experienced senior leader with a strong track record of managing complex operational services, leading large workforces and delivering measurable improvement. You will understand the importance of sound financial management, health and safety, statutory compliance, effective governance and Best Value.

You will bring strong professional judgement and the ability to make difficult decisions in a complex, operational environment. Just as importantly, you will be able to build trust, engage employees and partners, and bring people with you through change.

If you have the operational experience and collaborative leadership skills to drive improvement and deliver positive outcomes for our communities, we would like to hear from you.

Key Areas of Responsibility

• Grounds services
• Waste services
• Street cleansing
• Bereavement services
• Countryside and greenspace

Interviews are scheduled week beginning 30th November 2026 and will take place in person at South Lanarkshire Council Headquarters, Hamilton.

For further information or to arrange an informal discussion, please contact:

Andrew Stokes, Head of Facilities, Waste & Grounds Services

Email: [e-mail]

Preferred candidates identified after the selection event process will be required to assist the recruitment team, if need be, to ensure timely completion of recruitment checks. If recruitment checks are not completed within a reasonable timescale, you may automatically be withdrawn from this position.

Canvassing of Elected Members or employees of South Lanarkshire's Council directly or indirectly in connection with any appointment within the Council shall disqualify the applicant.

Legislative Information

This post is excepted in terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Scotland Act 2020.

This post is considered a Regulated Role with Children and/or Adults, in respect of the Disclosure Scotland Act 2020. Therefore, it is an offence to apply if you are barred from working with children and/or Adults.

Preferred candidates will be required to join the PVG Scheme, or undergo a PVG Scheme Update check, prior to a formal offer of employment being made.

Please refer to http://www.disclosurescotland.co.uk for further information about the disclosure process and best practice.

Overseas Criminal Records Check

An Overseas Criminal Records Check is required where applicants born outside the UK (Scotland, England, Wales and Northern Ireland) or who have lived or worked outside the UK for a continuous period of 12 months in the past 10 years.

Applicants are responsible for providing evidence of the Overseas Criminal Record Check. The check must be translated into English and should come from the police, judicial authority, government department or home embassy of the country or countries concerned. The check must include an official statement confirming that the applicant does not have any history of or pending criminal record proceedings. Checks may be carried out to authenticate the documents provided.

Equal Opportunities and Inclusion statement

The Council is committed to fostering equality, diversity and inclusion in its workforce. Therefore, we welcome applications from all sectors of the community, including under-represented groups within our workforce. We are keen to receive applications from candidates who have a disability, who are from a care experienced background, who are from a black, Asian or minority ethnic background, from a military service background and from those who are new Scots.

As a Disability Confident employer, we guarantee an interview to all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile for this position.

As proud holders of the UK Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award, the Council is also committed to supporting members of the armed forces community, including service leavers, veterans, reservists and their families. In line with this commitment, service leavers, their close family members, veterans and reservists will be guaranteed an interview if they meet the essential criteria as outlined in the job profile.

About Us

South Lanarkshire Council is the unitary authority serving the South Lanarkshire council area in Scotland. The council has its headquarters in Hamilton, has 16,000 employees, and a budget of almost £1bn. The large and varied geographical territory takes in rural and upland areas, market towns such as Lanark, Strathaven and Carluke, the urban burghs of Rutherglen, Cambuslang, and East Kilbride which was Scotland's first new town.

Our vision is for South Lanarkshire as set out in our Economic Strategy is to have one of the strongest and most dynamic economies in Scotland, where businesses, communities, and residents achieve their full potential and prosper.

We will achieve this through three key interrelated themes:

• People - skills, learning and employability
• Place - physical infrastructure and place
• Business - business development and growth