Waltham Forest

Corporate Director of Highways & Parking
£134k - £141k

Waltham Forest is an amazing place to live and work, with diversity as our greatest strength. Everywhere you go, you’ll find people coming together and contributing to their communities in different ways. Our new roadmap, Mission Waltham Forest, sets out the Council’s plan for a more equal borough by 2030. It’s our commitment to tackle the fundamental challenges facing residents, and drive change within the Council. Mission Waltham Forest is our call to action, and this important role will place you right at the heart of mission control.

We’re responsible for over 400km of highway (including 56km of cycle track), and our Highway Infrastructure Asset Management Plan sets out a clear strategy to ensure this network keeps delivering benefits to our community. As new businesses and residents are attracted to our borough, our highway network is growing busier and larger. We’ve led the way in championing active travel through our award-winning Enjoy programme to create safe, attractive streets that encourage walking, cycling and the use of public transport, and we’re proud of our track record for delivering sustainable, ambitious, high-profile and innovative projects to timescale, budget and quality.

Our new Corporate Director of Highways and Parking will play a vital and visible role in keeping the Borough moving and accessible to all. Reporting to the Strategic Director, Neighbourhoods & Environment and overseeing a budget of around £56m, you’ll be accountable for customer service, parking enforcement, maintenance and capital projects across the highway network. We want you to lead the service so that we keep our promises to residents, deliver efficiency and innovation, and comply with all regulatory and legislative requirements. At its simplest, this means maintaining and improving the network, and correctly managing and delivering the parking service. This will include designing and implementing local traffic management and capital improvement projects, as well as regular and extensive liaison with TfL, DFT and other stakeholders.

 It’s a complex, visible and highly scrutinised service, and candidates will bring significant senior strategic management experience, a strong track record of effective leadership within a similar role, and a deep understanding of the importance of customer focus. As the council’s lead on highways and parking, you must be comfortable advising elected members, and ensure that senior colleagues have accurate and timely information. You’ll be able to manage a number of priorities and challenges simultaneously, dealing effectively and rapidly with emerging issues without losing momentum on longer-term objectives. Excellent interpersonal, analytical, communication and presentation skills are a must, and your personal credibility, integrity and ability to build relationships will establish you as a trusted and influential actor across the borough and the city.

Please visit www.faerfield.co.uk/LBWF to find out more. To arrange an informal conversation with our advising consultants at Faerfield, Rob Naylor or Ben Cox, please call 0121 312 3755.