City of York Council - Director of Environment and Regulatory Services

City of York Council - Director of Environment and Regulatory Services

Location: York / Hybrid

Contract: Full-time / Permanent

Salary: £98,989 to £109,529 per annum plus relocation support and pay award pending from 1st April, 2025

Employer: City of York Council

Welcome and thank you for your interest in learning more about City of York Council and our pivotal Director of Environment and Regulatory Services role.

We are ambitious in York. We are a progressive, inclusive and a sustainable place, giving the highest priority to the wellbeing of our residents, whilst protecting the culture of this world-famous historic city with UNESCO status.

We are seeking an inspirational and visible leader to lead key services across environment, waste, planning, development management, building control, land charges, public protection, emergency planning and highways whilst fostering a culture that supports the Council's priorities and values.

Reporting to the Chief Operating Officer and as a pivotal member of the Corporate Management team, this role will require you to demonstrate inspirational and visible leadership and to manage services and employees effectively, fostering a culture that supports the Council's priorities and values.

In brief, key aspects of the role include:

• Enhancing the public environment through infrastructure and regulation, the lived experience and opportunities of residents, visitors and businesses of York
• Ensuring the safe operation of the Council's highway and transport networks
• Managing waste and public realm operations to meet statutory duties and develop and maintaining infrastructure and public realm, leading strategic infrastructure provision
• Overseeing the Council's Planning and Public Protection functions
• Leading public protection functions and regional Trading Standards investigations
• Leading the Council's Emergency Planning and Business Continuity planning Enhancing community and visitor safety
• Representing the Council with regional and national stakeholders
• To provide services that enhance the safety of the community and visitors to the city

We are looking for an outstanding leader, who will be just as ambitious for York as they are for themselves. This broad role will allow you to have real impact, high profile recognition and be a fantastic platform to further your career, in our great city. Equally you will find that the role will provide professional challenge and complexity. Our size means that we are large enough to provide the rich mix of complexities facing local government, but at the same time we are small enough to enable you to get things done.

If you are interested in joining our team and are inspired to help lead the next phase of our journey, we look forward to your application. Contact and Apply:

We encourage you to click the below link to visit our campaign website which includes more information about the City of York Council, the role, key useful documents and how to apply: City of York Council Director of Environment and Regulatory Services > NY Resourcing

Closing date: Midnight Thursday 3 April