Director City Infrastructure
Location Hove Town Hall, Norton Road, Hove, BN3 3BQ
Salary £125,000 Contractual hours 37 Package
Job category/type Transportation and Highways
Job reference REQ0001371
Job description
There are few places like Brighton & Hove. A city where the Sussex D owns meets the sea , where creativity, innovation and inclusion are part of everyday life, and ambitious projects have the power to improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of residents, businesses and visitors. From delivering major infrastructure programmes and supporting sustainable growth to protecting our unique environment and responding to the opportunities of a changing city, this is a place where your leadership will make a visible difference.
Brighton & Hove City Council is equally ambitious. We’re transforming how we work through our Learning Organisation Framework, investing in our staff, embracing digital innovation and creating a culture where collaboration, curiosity and improvements drive better outcomes. We’re delivering our 2030 vision to be a council that is connected, confident, innovative and creative, diverse and inclusive, and healthy and psychologically safe.
As our Director of City Infrastructure, you’ll join our extended Corporate Leadership Team to shape the future of our city. You’ll lead a high-profile portfolio spanning transport, highways, regulatory services and major projects, working with partners in the city and across the region , politicians and communities to deliver infrastructure that supports a thriving and sustainable Brighton & Hove for all.
Encouraging a diverse workforce
Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it’s what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male or trans.
Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).
Why work for us?
- be connected
- be confident
- be innovative and creative
- be diverse and inclusive
- be healthy and psychologically safe
For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us which gives details of our wellbeing support, our benefits including leave and pensions as well as details of our training and development.
Additional information
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.
We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.
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