Contract Type: Permanent
Salary: Grade M. Scale 52 - £70,517 to Scale 55 - £77,604
Hours Per Week: 36
Base Location: Tame Street Depot, Tame Street, Stalybridge, SK15 1ST
Assessment Date: To be arranged
The Role
Tameside is a borough built on integrity, industry and innovation. Proud of our heritage and ambitious for our future, we are a place where strong communities, thriving businesses and bold regeneration projects are shaping new opportunities for residents, visitors and investors alike.
Located just 12 minutes from Manchester city centre and nestled in the foothills of the Peak District, Tameside offers the perfect balance of urban opportunity and rural tranquillity. With excellent transport connections, affordable housing, great schools and access to world-class universities, it's a fantastic place to live, work and grow.
Our history was built on canals, cotton mills and innovation. Today, that pioneering spirit lives on through ambitious regeneration programmes, world-class digital infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, thriving local businesses and significant investment across our town centres. From Ashton Old Baths and Ashton Mayoral Development Zone to the continued transformation of our communities, we're creating a borough that is proud of its past and confident about its future.
Public Protection plays a key role in protecting residents, supporting businesses and maintaining safe, sustainable communities across Tameside. Our teams work at the heart of local communities, helping to safeguard public health, promote compliance, tackle risk and ensure people can live, work and thrive in a safe environment.
At Tameside Council, you'll be part of a team that cares deeply about its communities, values collaboration and is committed to making a meaningful difference every day. Together, we're helping to shape the future of one of Greater Manchester's most connected and ambitious boroughs.
As Head of Public Protection, you will provide strategic leadership across a broad range of regulatory and enforcement services, including Environmental Health, Trading Standards, Licensing, Housing Enforcement and Corporate Health & Safety.
Reporting to the Assistant Director, Housing, Environment and Estates, you will lead service improvement, ensure statutory responsibilities are met and drive the delivery of high-quality, customer-focused services. Working closely with elected members, partners and senior leaders, you will provide expert advice and help shape the Council's strategic priorities.
Could change above to Reporting to the Assistant Director, Housing, Environment and Estates, you will lead the strategic development of Public Protection services, ensuring statutory responsibilities are delivered effectively while driving innovation, modernisation and continuous improvement. You will work across organisational boundaries, influencing policy, strengthening partnerships and supporting the delivery of the Council's wider ambitions for place, prosperity and community wellbeing.
This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for performance, budgets, governance and transformational change across the Public Protection portfolio.
This is a high-profile senior leadership role with responsibility for service performance, governance, workforce development, budget management and transformational change. It represents an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Public Protection services within an ambitious authority and make a lasting impact on communities across the borough
About You
We are looking for an experienced leader with a strong track record of delivering regulatory, enforcement or public protection services. You will have experience of leading high-performing teams, managing budgets and driving service improvement in a complex environment
You will bring:
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Strong knowledge of regulatory and enforcement services.
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Proven leadership and people management experience.
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Experience of performance, budget and change management.
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Excellent partnership and stakeholder engagement skills.
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An understanding of governance and working within a political environment.
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A degree or equivalent professional qualification.
About Us
Come shape the future of Tameside with us!
Message from Julian Jackson, Director of Housing, Environment & Estates at Tameside Council.
“Since joining Team Tameside in September 2022, I’ve been proud to work alongside a hardworking and passionate team that’s making a real difference to our borough.
“Our Place Directorate is at the heart of shaping Tameside, covering everything from planning and highways to parks, culture, arts, environmental services, and facilities management. Whether it’s keeping our streets clean, improving green spaces, or driving forward exciting regeneration projects, our work makes a direct impact on the lives of residents and businesses every day.
‘’We’ve already delivered some amazing projects, like Ashton Old Baths, and are currently working on master plans for our town centres in Stalybridge, Hyde, with projects like Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, and Godley Green Garden Village also set to create new homes, jobs and commercial spaces. But it’s not just about developments, day to day it’s about making sure our core services are modern, efficient, and able to support thriving communities and safeguard our heritage buildings and assets for the future.
To do that, we need passionate people to join us. If you want to be part of a team that’s driving real change, improving local services, and shaping the future of Tameside, we’d love to have you on board.
Come and be part of something great. Let’s build the future of Tameside together!’’
At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.
We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.
Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.
This is a politically restricted post.
If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the 'About You' or 'Supporting Statement' section of your application.
Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.
We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.
Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here
We have made a commitment to improve the employment opportunities for people with disabilities, care leavers, carers, and ex-military personnel. Please click here for more information on our guaranteed assessment scheme.
For further information about this role please contact Emma Horsfield, Executive Support Officer on 0161 342 3576 or [email protected]
