Productivity and Capability Manager

Nottingham City Council; Nottingham; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A local authority in Nottingham is seeking a Productivity and Capability Manager to support transformation within Housing Services. This strategic role involves improving workforce productivity and resource capability using data-driven insights. Ideal candidates will demonstrate effective leadership, change management, and strong communication skills. The role offers a salary range of £46,142 - £49,282 and hybrid working conditions.

Qualifications

• Evidence of successfully leading teams.
• Experience motivating people and creating high-performing services.
• Ability to empower others and manage well-being.

Responsibilities

• Lead initiatives to improve workforce productivity.
• Develop performance reports and optimize IT systems.
• Support managers with performance and capability activities.

Skills

Leadership skills

Decision-making

Wellbeing and resilience management

Workforce planning

Change management

Innovative service delivery

Continuous improvement culture

Effective communication

Tools

NEC modules

Job description

Nottingham City Council | Harvey Road | Permanent | £46,142 - £49,282 per annum | Full time | Hybrid | Closing Date: 09 November 2025 (midnight)

Role: Productivity and Capability Manager

Contract Type: Permanent

Working Hours: 37 hours per week, Monday to Friday, 8:30 am – 4:50 pm

Worker Type: Hybrid a mixture of office and home working is to be expected

Salary: Grade I - £46,142 - £49,282 per annum

Location: Harvey Road, NG8 3BB

Weve got an exciting opportunity available for a talented individual to join us as a Productivity and Capability Manager - perhaps this is the opportunity youve been looking for? Read on to find out more

About The Role

We are seeking a forward-thinking Productivity and Capability Manager to support a key transformation programme within Housing Services. This strategic role will help shape an agile, intelligence-led service that balances customer needs with asset management priorities.

You'll lead initiatives to improve workforce productivity and resource capability, using data-driven insights to identify challenges and implement effective solutions. Working collaboratively across teams, you'll coach managers, streamline processes, and embed success measures at service, team, and individual levels.

Key responsibilities include developing performance reports, optimising IT systems (including NEC modules), and supporting managers with people-related activities such as performance, attendance, and capability. Youll also champion flexible working practices, talent development, and equality, diversity, and inclusion.

This is a unique opportunity to drive meaningful change, improve service delivery, and ensure value for money across our internal workforce.

About You

The ideal candidate will have:

• Evidence of successfully leading teams, with experience of motivating people and creating high-performing services
• Empowering others to take decisions
• Successfully managing wellbeing and resilience
• Ability to plan for the future, with effective workforce planning skills
• Able to lead service through change, with experience of leading change programmes
• Evidence of leading change programmes, bringing others on the journey with you
• Identifying and delivering innovative service delivery models
• Able to create a culture of continuous improvement
• Leading the implementation of productivity and capability-related projects and initiatives to improve service effectiveness
• Detailed knowledge of understanding productivity and capability issues to enable the delivery of an agile workforce that meets the purpose for being here
• Experience in process management, including evaluating and developing policies and systems and removing non-value adding activities
• Ability to positively communicate effectively with a range of audiences utilising a variety of formats, methods and activities including written and verbal, virtual in person

Closing Date: 09 November 2025 (midnight) - Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date, and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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