Senior Operations Manager (Domestic) chez Leicestershire County Council
Leicestershire County Council · Nottingham, Royaume-Uni · Hybrid
- Professional
- Bureau à Nottingham
Contract Type: Permanent
Working Hours: 37 hours per week, but will be expected to work some Bank Holidays
Worker Type: Onsite Worker
Salary: Starting Salary is £46,142 (Level one), rising to £49,282 per annum (pro rata for part-time)
Location: Nottingham City Council, Eastcroft Depot, London Road, Nottingham, NG2 3AH
We’ve got an exciting opportunity available for talented individuals to join our workforce - perhaps this is the opportunity you’ve been looking for? Read on to find out more…
Working for Nottingham City Council has great benefits. In addition to competitive pay, generous leave entitlement, and access to a generous pension scheme, we strive to create an innovative, inclusive, and progressive work culture where everyone is supported to do and be their very best.
In return, we are looking for people like you - people who are innovative, driven and committed to serving and improving Nottingham. So, if you are passionate about making a difference to the lives of those who live and work in our city, we want to hear from you.
* You can read more about the different benefits offered to colleagues working for Nottingham City Council here.
About the Role
The post holder will lead, manage, and develop the activities of a range of Domestic Waste and Street Cleaning services across Nottingham to ensure efficient and safe service delivery for residents. As a service leader, you will be expected to demonstrate our core theme behaviours of Leading People, Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion, Change and Innovation, and Collaboration.
The post is classed as a hybrid worker; however, there is an expectation that the post holder will be in the office 4 days per week
About You
The ideal candidate will have:
The ideal candidate will have:
• Proven leadership and management experience in waste and cleansing services, with a strong focus on resource planning, budget control, and service quality.
• Demonstrated ability to manage frontline operational teams, ensuring effective deployment of labour, materials and equipment to deliver best value.
• Excellent customer service skills, with experience responding to enquiries and complaints from residents, colleagues, and elected members, and using feedback to inform service improvements.
• Strong understanding of procurement and contract compliance, including Public Procurement Regulations and Council Contract Procedure Rules.
• Effective people management capabilities, including recruitment, performance and attendance management, report writing, and handling disciplinary cases in line with council policies
You can find the job description for this post here
At Nottingham City Council, we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.
For informal enquiries, please contact Chidi Egenti, Service Manager—Domestic Waste and Cleansing, by telephone at 07950945695 or by email at [email protected].
Closing Date: 21st September 2025
Please note that there may be occasions when we close the advert before the closing date, and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.
Interviews will be held: 26th September 2025
If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support
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Company
Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.
In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:
- 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years’ service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
- Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
- Smart Working – to support your work life balance
- Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
- Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!
Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.
We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we’d like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.
We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.
