Service Director, Street Scene, Fleet and Highways

Highways Magazine; Rotherham; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is seeking an experienced Service Director, Street Scene, Fleet and Highways to lead high visibility services impacting residents and businesses across the borough.

You will shape a new leadership structure, drive performance, and embed sustainable financial management while aligning with council priorities and community needs.

Qualifications

• Experienced operational leader with a track record of leading large frontline services.
• Background in highways, environmental services, waste, fleet, transport, infrastructure or similar.
• Proven ability to deliver meaningful improvements for communities.
• Motivated by impact and able to shape new leadership arrangements.
• Able to inspire elected members, staff, partners and communities.
• Committed to performance, accountability and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead Service Director, Street Scene, Fleet and Highways.
• Oversee waste and street scene, highways, flood risk, fleet and transport services.
• Shape leadership direction and build momentum across services.
• Drive fleet modernisation and improve service performance.
• Embed sustainable financial management and adapt to evolving public service needs.
• Contribute to corporate priorities and strategic decision-making.

Skills

Operational leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder influence

People leadership

Change management

Job description

There has never been a more exciting time to join Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council.

Rotherham is a borough with growing confidence, strong leadership and a clear vision for the future. Significant investment, ambitious regeneration programmes and a renewed focus on shaping the future of place are transforming communities across the borough and creating opportunities for residents, businesses and visitors alike. The Council is increasingly outward-looking, ambitious in its aspirations and determined to play a leading role within South Yorkshire and beyond.

Serving more than 265,000 residents, the Council is focused on creating thriving neighbourhoods, expanding economic opportunity, supporting healthier communities and delivering a cleaner, greener environment. This commitment is backed by one of the most significant regeneration and investment programmes in the borough's history, including major town centre developments, infrastructure projects and improvements to communities across Rotherham.

To support the next phase of this journey, we have created a number of new senior leadership positions within our Regeneration and Environment Directorate. These roles represent a significant investment in leadership capacity and a clear statement of intent about the future.

About You

You will be an experienced operational leader who thrives on making a visible difference.

You may currently be leading highways, environmental services, waste, fleet, transport, infrastructure or other large scale frontline services. Whatever your background, you will have a track record of leading significant teams, navigating complexity and delivering meaningful improvements for communities.

Most importantly, you will be motivated by impact.

You will be excited by the opportunity to shape newly created leadership arrangements, influence organisational direction and build services that residents can see working every day. You are someone who combines strategic thinking with delivery focus, understands how to work effectively within political environments and can inspire confidence amongst elected members, staff, partners and communities alike.

You will also bring the ambition and resilience needed to drive change, challenge existing approaches and create a culture focused on performance, accountability and continuous improvement. This is a role for somebody who wants to leave a legacy, not simply maintain the status quo.

About the Role

As Service Director, Street Scene, Fleet and Highways, you will lead some of the Council's most visible, politically important and high impact services. Every decision you make will influence how residents experience their neighbourhoods, how businesses view the borough and how confidently elected members can deliver on their commitments to local communities

Your portfolio includes waste and street scene services, highways and flood risk, and fleet and transport services. Together, these services touch every resident and every community across Rotherham.

You will join at a pivotal moment. The Council has already invested in creating a new leadership structure and is looking for a leader who can build momentum, strengthen performance and help shape the future direction of these essential services. Key opportunities include driving improvement across fleet services, delivering fleet modernisation programmes, embedding sustainable financial management and ensuring services are equipped to meet changing expectations around environment, infrastructure and public services.

Importantly, your influence will extend well beyond your own portfolio. As a member of the leadership team and the council's wider senior leadership community, you will contribute to corporate priorities, strategic decision making and the future direction of the organisation. These are roles with genuine influence, visibility and reach.

For the right leader, this is an opportunity to shape services at scale, influence the future of a borough with growing ambition and deliver tangible improvements that residents will see and experience every day.

Closing date - Midnight Sunday 11th October