Neighbourhood Assistant Area Manager

Scottish Borders Council; Hawick; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional local council in Scotland is looking for a motivated individual to oversee frontline road services. Responsibilities include managing operations, ensuring health and safety compliance, and delivering innovative, high-quality services. The position requires HNC/HND education and a valid driving license. The council values diversity and encourages applications from individuals with disabilities.

Qualifications

• Educated to HNC/HND level in a relevant discipline or evidence of comparable experience and training.
• A current driving licence and use of a vehicle is an essential requirement of this post.

Responsibilities

• Assist in the management and delivery of frontline road services.
• Manage day-to-day operations within specified areas.
• Implement health & safety measures to ensure employee wellbeing.

Skills

Management of frontline services

Health & safety compliance

Customer-focused service delivery

Education

HNC/HND in a relevant discipline

Job description

Location: Hawick Town Hall High Street Hawick Roxburghshire, TD9 9EF

Salary: £35,672.14 - £38,701.64 per year

Contract Type: Permanent

Position Type: Full Time

Hours: 35 hours per week

Grade: 8A

Contract Duration: Permanent

Hours: 35

Role Purpose

SBC Roads Operations are looking for a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to join the team delivering front line road services across the Scottish Borders area.

The main duties include:

To assist in the management and delivery of a range of frontline services for roads operations and SBc contracts, delivering cyclic, reactive, and planned engineering and construction works for the Council as well as winter maintenance services.

To manage the day-to-day operations within the Cheviot and Teviot & Liddesdale areas with responsibility for both Kelso and Hawick Roads depots. To plan, programme and oversee delivery of a wide range of frontline road services, ensuring works are carried out in accordance with agreed specifications and in line with available budgets.

Assist in the management of services ensuring high quality, customer-focused, value for money, creative, innovative, fit for purpose solutions, responsive to complex and changing demands

Manage and maintain effective processes involving health & safety, ensuring wellbeing for employees and anyone else affected by work activities, through the implementation and compliance with policies, procedures and legislation. Ensure that all the work and outputs of the operations Teams comply with and promote equal opportunities and diversity.

Operationally manage and implement the diverse nature of road maintenance activities to comply with the statutory requirements e.g. New Roads and Street Works Act, Chapter 8 (temporary traffic management), Code of Practice for Highway Maintenance, specification of Highway works and the Roads Scotland Act 1984.

Educated to HNC/HND level in a relevant discipline or evidence of comparable experience and training.

A current driving licence and use of a vehicle is an essential requirement of this post

* If you have a disability which precludes you from holding a drivers licence, Scottish Borders Council will take into account its responsibility to make reasonable adjustments to allow for your disability. Should it be possible to make such an adjustment in order that you can undertake the travel responsibilities of the post, this will be taken into account in consideration for this role. Type of drivers licence: Category B1

Scottish Borders Council is committed to improving the diversity of its workforce to better reflect the communities we serve. We welcome applications from all minority groups and individuals who identify with one or more of the protected characteristics as defined by the Equality Act 2010. In particular from candidates who assess themselves as having a disability, under the Disability Confident Employer scheme this guarantees an interview to those individuals who meet the essential criteria of the post. All appointments will be made on merit.