Salary
£64,579 - £70,591
Contractual hours
37
Basis
Flexi Hours
Package
We are pleased to offer a wide range of benefits to support you and your wellbeing. You can read about them on our Why work for us pages.
Job category/type
Waste Management
Date posted
23/02/2026
Job reference
REQ0000211
Join Our Team as Head of Fleet Management at Brighton and Hove Council
Do you want to play a key role in making Brighton and Hove a clean, attractive and sustainable city?
Are you passionate about modernising the way waste services are delivered?
Do you have a talent for deploying new technologies and innovative strategies that make a positive difference to the lives of our residents?
If this sounds like you, consider applying to be the next Head of Fleet Management at the City Council.
We're looking for a highly skilled senior manager who will:
* Lead a programme of capital investment in, and responsible disposal of, the council's fleet to ensure it is modern and fit for the future,
* Collaborate across directorates so we operate as one council aligned to a shared purpose for fleet management,
* Enable decisions to be made close to the front line to ensure vehicle resources are used effectively across services,
* Drive best value from fleet procurement and embed a commercial approach to contracts,
* Promote and develop a learning, psychologically safe culture, and support colleagues to work confidently in complex contexts,
* Manage a team of dedicated staff who are committed to ensuring vehicles are well-maintained, meet operational needs in a complaint way.
About the role
As Head of Fleet Management, you will be part of the service management team and the council's extended leadership team. You will have a specialised remit, including:
* Driving the development of the council's approach to fleet management through effective performance monitoring and embedding of good practice, taking a learning
* Ensuring compliance with all relevant legal/regulatory requirements relating to fleet and excellent record keeping.
* Leading on the centralisation of fleet procurement to maximise buying power and value for money for the council, as well as pursuing opportunities for rationalisation and functional alignment across services.
* Acting as Lead Transport Manager for the council, as well as the Site Responsible Person at Hollingdean depot, and being the point of contact for the Traffic Commissioner and DVSA.
* Leading the transformation of Hollingdean depot into a safe, modern, resilient, compliant, and future‑proofed operational hub, delivering environmental services and the council's decarbonisation ambitions.
* Deploying new technologies, data insights and modern approaches to fleet management, creating space to influence creative policy for low‑emission strategies and improved driver behaviour.
You will have:
* Ambition for your service and the council with the drive to achieve excellence
* Proven experience in managing a fleet and ensuring compliance with relevant regulations.
* Strong leadership and team management skills.
* Well-honed knowledge of procurement and contract design, as well as refined contract management skills.
* Highly developed negotiation skills and the ability to build trusting relationships to successfully balance the diverse needs of services, whilst taking assertive action.
* Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to provide innovative solutions in complex and varying contexts that are legally compliant.
* Experience of offering technical or specialist advice within a large and/or complex operation or service.
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, female 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-).
Why work for us?
As a council, we want to:
* 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.
How to apply
Please read our Apply for a job at the council pages carefully. They give you all the guidance you need to complete your application as well as information on what will happen after you've submitted your application and at interview.
As part of your application, you will need to provide your education and career history and answer some application/shortlisting questions. Your answers to the application/shortlisting questions are the most important part of your application as they will be used in the shortlisting process to assess whether you meet the essential requirements for the role that are set out in the person specification and to decide whether you should be offered an interview. Before you start your application, please read our Shortlisting questions guidance (brighton-) as this gives important advice which will increase your chance of success in the shortlisting process.
AI advice for candidates
We are interested in hearing about your experience and skills in your own words. While we value people who know how to use AI, we ask that you minimise using it in your application.
We are keen to hear how your experience and skills align to our values and the skills and experience needed to perform well in our roles with clear real examples from you. To support you in this, we have guidance on using the STAR model which can help you ensure you are telling us your whole story. We also provide clarity on the skills we are looking for in our adverts and in the job description/person specification attached to each job advert.
All the applications we receive are read by at least two hiring managers and we do not use AI in this process. Our experience of reading applications is that those that have heavily used AI contain generic paragraphs that are strikingly similar to other applicants' responses. This makes it extremely difficult to differentiate between applications, and doesn't give us enough evidence of your individual skills. There is a risk that we will therefore not be able to shortlist you. Instead, we recommend you ensure your application stands out by presenting clear examples of your actual skills and experiences in your own words.
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.