The role
About Southwark:
Southwark is a large, ambitious and progressive council with a ‘can do’ attitude and enviable reputation. As a Council, we are successful, passionate and forward-thinking. We are committed to our ‘Fairer Futures for All’ promise which ensures that our residents and businesses are central to everything we do. If you want to make a difference at a local level, apply to Southwark Council today.
The Role:
This role sits within the street lighting team of Asset management services.
You will be responsible for the delivery of the lighting and electrical capital programmes.
This will involve a large lantern and column replacement scheme. This will include management of structural and electrical testing, profiling of budgets and prioritisation of spend.
You will be responsible for material procurement, management and delivery of works within our depot in central London. There will be a requirement to attend the depot and site.
To manage staff and ensure compliance in regards to Health and safety and relevant council policies.
To engage and update relevant stakeholders including residents via digital platforms, such as the website and social media.
To be responsible for capital spend and be able to manage a £6million portfolio, with the relevant experience in financial forecasting and expenditure monitoring, feeding in to a wider capital update for our Council plan.
To be an advocate and leader in ensuring diversity and inclusion of all staff, residents and stakeholders in all we do.
Additional salary details
Benefits and more information:
- https://jobs.southwark.gov.uk/why-us/
- https://jobs.theguardian.com/minisites/southwark-council/life-at-southwark-benefits-and-more/
Recruitment timetable
Advert closing date - 24/06/2022
Interviews - 06/07/2022
We are an organisation who is passionate about our people and understands that richness of diversity is a requirement to provide the best possible services to our communities. This is demonstrated through our council-wide ambitious commitment to tackle racial inequality in our communities and workforce through our Southwark Stands Together initiative. We particularly welcome applications from members of the black, Asian and ethnic minority communities to increase representation at senior management level in the Council.
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