3 months contract with local authority Leading and delivering an efficient highways and parking operations service for Hillingdon Council in compliance with statutory and legal requirements. Continuously improving service delivery and resource utilization in collaboration with the Senior Leadership Team and the Leader of the Council and Cabinet Members. Developing and implementing effective highway strategies to shape a customer-focused and responsive highways service. Driving the development and delivery of impactful work programs, aligned with Key Performance Indicators. Leading and managing a commercially driven team to ensure successful delivery of financial and performance aspects of highway and parking operations services. Managing large highway capital investment projects, budget, and service delivery, while ensuring revenue-funded activities align with service priorities. Achieving year-on-year efficiency targets and maintaining commercially viable contracted services. Establishing and maintaining senior level relationships with external partners and funders for major road schemes. Providing effective leadership and management of the Council's highway assets, including roads, street lighting, structures, gullies, winter planning, PROW, responsive works, parking operations, related technology, and specified green and other corporate spaces. Overseeing the management of the highways network, including inspections, permitting, contracts, legal issues, work programs, asset management, and street works. Monitoring and maximizing organizational performance and supply chain performance, ensuring compliance with mandatory and locally set indicators. Supporting and implementing organizational change within the directorate and across the Council. Ensuring the health, safety, and well-being of staff and suppliers delivering highways services. Requirements Proven experience in leadership and delivery of highways and parking operations services. Strong understanding of statutory and legal requirements related to highways and parking operations. Demonstrated ability to develop and implement effective highway strategies. Experience in budget management and delivery of large highway capital investment projects. Knowledge of performance measurement and improvement techniques. Excellent communication and relationship-building skills. Ability to drive organizational change and propagate new ways of working. Understanding of health, safety, and well-being regulations and practices.