Introduction:
Lincoln is a vibrant historic city in the heart of Lincolnshire, providing our staff with the very best of rural and urban life.
The City of Lincoln Council has teams across the city helping make this a great place to live, work and visit. Lincoln has transformed over the past 20 years with significant new development, growth and investment and continues to be a lively and dynamic City rich in culture and heritage.
We’re proud of our city and this reflects in the way we operate. We are a very ambitious authority with strong leadership and strategic vision for the future.
When you join us, you’ll be working as one of over 600 council staff helping to make our ambition for Lincoln a reality. You’ll be supporting our residents, businesses and communities to thrive in a world class historic City.
We are looking for a Parking Services Manager who can bring experience and knowledge of this sector combined with creative ideas for improvements to the service in a very dynamic, competitive environment.
Key Responsibilities:
You will manage the Council’s Parking Service which covers a number of surface and multi-storey car parks as well as a number of Resident Parking Zones. You will be the lead for the formulation and review of our Parking Strategy, implementing this in the service to ensure the council continues to provide a high quality and critical service for residents and visitors in a competitive market. You will lead a team of around 20 staff and will work closely with colleagues across the Council, elected councillors, and key stakeholders to shape the city’s parking operations and deliver against the parking strategy and wider corporate objectives.
You will be responsible for this £6M business which is crucial to the success of the City, as well as act as the contract manager for the City’s Bus Station, currently managed by a private Bus operator.
The successful candidate will be able to demonstrate:
You will have management experience as well as a successful track record in the delivery of high quality services. You will be qualified to degree level in a related subject and/or have detailed knowledge of parking operations and the wider social, environmental and economic impacts.
You will have good working knowledge of relevant processes, legislation, law, best practice and DfT guidelines.
You must be able to demonstrate continuous personal and professional development and have highly developed communication skills, enabling you to communicate well with Councillors and the media as well as members of the public, Unions and staff.
Your strong work ethic and passion for improvement will mean you are a results-driven person who can also motivate your team. As someone with management and leadership experience, you’ll understand how to delegate effectively and ensure others deliver for you in line with expectations.
Your innovative thinking means you don’t get deterred by obstacles – as a problem-solver, you’ll always find a creative solution.
Benefits we offer:
For an informal discussion please contact Kieron Manning on 01522 873551 or kieron.manning@lincoln.gov.uk.
In order to complete your application please download and read the job description attached. You will find the essential criteria required for the role in the person specification section so please ensure you address this in your supporting statement.
All external candidates are subject to satisfactory pre-employment checks and a 6 month probationary period.
As a Disability Confident Scheme employer, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the vacancy.
City of Lincoln Council’s Building Control service is now looking to recruit a permanent Building Control Surveyor to join the team. We are looking for a positive, commercially focused, forward-thinking surveyor with excellent ICT skills to become a part of our busy Building Control team.
The successful candidate will undertake Building Control duties including plan checking, site inspections, enforcement, dangerous structures, and other building surveying duties when necessary. Consideration will be given to candidates who are part qualified, completed their academic studies or have experience in a Building Control/construction environment.
Excellent interpersonal skills and a willingness to learn are required, along with knowledge and understanding of construction, the Building Act, Building Regulations, and associated legislation.
Essential qualifications/skills
Professional Building Control Qualification to Student or Associate member of CABE, RICS or equivalent.Significant Building Control experience with at least 3 years in local authority Building Control or equivalent in private sector, with working knowledge of the Building Regulations and associated legislation.Excellent communication and negotiation skills.Registered as a minimum of Band A (Domestic) or Band B (General) Building Control Officer or working towards accreditation.Must have LABC Level 4 competency validation or hold an equivalent level qualification and be willing to work towards attaining the LABC Level 5.
Have a full valid car driving license
We also offer:-
- Flexible working options / Flexi time scheme- Generous annual leave entitlement and the option to purchase more- Local government pension scheme (currently 23,4% employer contribution)- Employee benefits online discount scheme - Sodexo- Health and Wellbeing support- Tax free bike scheme
For an informal discussion about the role please contact Marcus Tasker on 01522 873429.
The City of Lincoln Council has two exciting opportunities for Planned Maintenance Project Officers.
The successful candidate’s duties will involve managing and monitoring contracts to deliver planned maintenance works, across the Council’s housing stock.
Delivering a range of improvement works such as kitchen, bathroom replacements, roofing works, pre paint joinery repair and external decoration programmes.
Including on site monitoring of works, issuing works orders and any on site variations. Responsible for pre and post inspection of works and on-site health and safety monitoring.
The successful applicant will be responsible for preparing planned maintenance programmes of work both in short term annual work and 30 year programmes of work.
Proficient use of computerised systems is essential, including data analysis and using both proprietary systems and Microsoft Office.
You should possess excellent customer care and communication skills along with the ability to produce planned maintenance specifications and project business cases.
You should have sound knowledge and experience of building construction and refurbishment methods and contract management.
If you feel you have the skills, experience and drive required, we look forward to receiving your application.
We also offer:
For more information or an informal discussion please contact Kevin Bowring - kevin.bowring@lincoln.gov.uk.
The City of Lincoln Council have an exciting opportunity for a Floating Caretaker to join our team.
You will work as a mobile or multi-storey caretaker to make sure the Council's estate housing and environments are maintained to a high standard. This includes inspections of communal areas in multi-storey blocks and communal land for safety, cleanliness and to make sure lighting, water pumps, lifts and door entries are working.
You will be part of the wider Tenancy Services Team who are responsible for the management of 7800 properties throughout Lincoln, we pride ourselves on providing quality housing for our tenants.
An ideal job for someone who likes to be mobile and drive or move around different sites carrying out a range of caretaking activities both inside and outside.
As a point of contact for tenants we are looking for a motivated, organised, and friendly candidate to provide excellent customer care to the residents of Lincoln.
There are opportunities to be rostered for regular overtime and out of hours standby/call-out payments.
Benefits we offer: -
Please note this post is subject to a Basic DBS check and a full clean driving license is required.
For an informal discussion on the role please contact Mark Lovely on 01522 873650.
Are you a keen problem solver with an aptitude for complex ICT? Do you enjoy innovating and identifying new ways of working? Do you want to use your analytical and digital skills in a way that really makes a difference?
The City of Lincoln Council is looking for two Business Analysts to join its busy Transformation team. These varied and interesting roles will support our ambitious One Council programme, and will reshape and improve how we deliver services to our residents, businesses and visitors.
- Promote business change within the Council and its partners to enhance service delivery;- Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to streamline and re-engineer business processes and improve our customers’ experience;- Contribute your technical knowledge and skills to a range of project teams, supporting configuration and integration of Council-wide complex ICT solutions; and- Promote our ‘One Council’ approach to improving and delivering services across the city.
- Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects and on own initiative- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team- Aptitude for correctly diagnosing and solving problems- Awareness of a range of programming languages- Understanding of the role of business processes and IT in a large organisation
This is a career graded post, and successful candidates will be appointed based on their skills and experience.
- Flexible working options / Flexi time scheme- 25 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays- Local government pension scheme (currently 23.4% employer contribution)- Employee online discount scheme (including cinema, retail/supermarkets and homeware/tech)- Health and Wellbeing support- Sustainable Travel Options (Tax free bike scheme and discounted City parking)
For an informal discussion please contact Michelle Hoyles - Business Manager on 01522 873657.
Are you an excellent communicator? Do you have a natural aptitude for research and interpreting data? Would you like to use your analytical skills in a way that really makes a difference?
The City of Lincoln Council is looking for a Business Intelligence Officer to join its busy Corporate Policy and Transformation team. This interesting and challenging role offers a rare opportunity to develop your analytical and research skills, and to use these to drive improvements across all Council services. As part of our One Council programme you will contribute to a wide range of projects, delivering data-led service improvement and enhancing how we gather and use business intelligence to enhance our customers’ experience.
· Act as organisational lead for performance management and support Council-wide service improvements;
· Act as organisational lead for data and business intelligence, enhancing how the Council gathers, interprets and presents information to support evidence-based policy and decision making; and
· Promote our ‘One Council’ approach to improving and delivering services across the city.
· Degree level qualification in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience
· Ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects and on own initiative
· Ability to extract and analyse large volumes of different types of data, and present key insights to a range of audiences
· Knowledge of performance management systems, tools and techniques
· Strong communication and interpersonal skills, and an ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team
· Flexible working options / Flexi time scheme
· 29 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
· Local government pension scheme (currently 23.4% employer contribution)
· Employee online discount scheme (including cinema, retail/supermarkets and homeware/tech)
· Health and Wellbeing support
· Sustainable Travel Options (Tax free bike scheme and discounted City parking)
For an informal discussion please contact Michelle Hoyles, Business Manager on 01522 873657.