Corporate Director of Highways & Parking in Walthamstow

Organisation: London Borough of Waltham Forest

Contract Type: Full time Permanent

Working hours per week: 36

Application Deadline: 01/03/2026

Proposed Interview Date(s): TBC

Reference: 2016

About Us:

Bursting with culture, energy, and opportunity, the London Borough of Waltham Forest is a fantastic and exciting place to work. We are a highly ambitious borough. Driven by culture and the innate creativity of our residents, we have developed new and innovative ways to build our communities. Our Council is relentlessly resident-focused, insight-led, digitally driven and commercially minded; a Council focused on meeting the needs of our existing and future residents.

London Borough of Waltham Forest is one of the Mayor of London’s Good Work Standard employers. This accreditation is proof of our commitment to creating a healthy, fair and inclusive workplace. This includes fair pay and conditions, workplace well-being, skills and progression and diversity and recruitment.

About the role:

The post holder will act as lead officer for the Highways and Parking team, providing strong leadership and vision in the development of the Council’s Highways and Parking Services, ensuring strategic policy direction, operational management and financial control for the Highways and Parking services and any associated statutory functions within the Council. Ensure the development of customer-centred service delivery, putting the customer at the heart of all activity.

Provide advice and guidance to Strategic Leadership Team, Chief Executive and Cabinet and through working with Council Members, to develop the culture and achieve the aims and desired outcomes of the Council. Undertake the formal responsibilities required for assigned regulated designations on behalf of the service. Direct and lead the Highways, Traffic and Parking Service ensuring the development of strategies, policies, targets, and objectives that deliver Waltham Forest’s strategic, operational and financial requirements and meet all necessary regulatory and legislative requirements.

Oversee the delivery of seamless and successful services ensuring that all areas of Service deliver implementation plans that align with the overall corporate plan. Lead and produce agreed reports for Management Board, senior Councillor and Officer stakeholders on the delivery status and performance of the service area. Be the Lead for liaison with Central and Regional Government offices, Transport for London, the Greater London Authority and Local Authorities or agencies regarding issues within the remit of the department. Establish excellent relationships with the senior Political Leadership, Management Board members, staff at all levels, peers, external bodies, and all stakeholders. Supervise/performance manage Heads of Service. Out of hours working - The post holder will undertake the duties of a borough wide Silver Commander in accordance with the duty rota and undertake duties out of hours. Lead on Health and safety, the (Design and Management). Regulations (CDM 2015) Oversee the management and development of Low Hall Depot.

Qualifications and Requirements:

Educated to degree level or relevant professional experience.

Terms and conditions:

Satisfactory employment references and CIFAS identity checks; Satisfactory declaration of interest; This post is politically restricted therefore the post holder is disqualified from undertaking certain political activities under the Local Government Officers (Political Restrictions) Regulations 1990. As a public authority, we must ensure that members of staff in public-facing roles are able to speak fluent English. This means that they must have a command of spoken English, with confidence and accuracy, sufficient for the effective performance of their role. This requirement does not refer to any particular English language qualifications, regional or international accents, dialects, speech impediments or the tone of conversations. It does not require staff to speak only in English.

How to Apply:

Interested candidates are invited to submit their applications online by pressing the ‘Apply’ button below. This includes a supporting statement that outlines to us how your skills and experience make you a good candidate for this vacancy. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Waltham Forest is a diverse borough where diversity is valued and is integral to both, service delivery and employment of its staff. The Council is proud of its rich mix of communities and as the largest employer in the area, it works hard to respond to the changing needs of its population. We use our statutory duties on race, gender and disability equality and best practice in respect of age, faith and sexual orientation to ensure equality of opportunity in the workplace. The Council is committed to meeting its 4 equality objectives:

• Promoting equality of opportunity
• Opposing all forms of discrimination, intolerance and disadvantage
• Ensuring our workforce reflects the diverse communities of Waltham Forest at all levels.
• Providing fair, appropriate, accessible and excellent Services to all.

Respecting Diversity is a core Council value. To support the above and reduce the risk of bias in its recruitment activities, the council is operating an anonymous shortlisting process, which hides personal information that can identify individuals until their application has been considered for shortlisting. The council also operates a scheme whereby, for jobs graded up to and including scale SO2, internal candidates are considered first. This includes those candidates who self-identify as having a disability for the purposes of the Disability Confident scheme. For more information, please refer to our recruitment and selection policy.

We are keen to support employees to balance their working life with other commitments. Therefore, wherever possible, we will consider working arrangements that suit an individual’s personal circumstances whilst still meeting the needs of the Council. If you would like to discuss the possible flexible working options that might be applicable to this role, please contact the person named below or feel free to discuss this during your interview.

If you have any questions about this vacancy or the application process, please contact Debbie Porter, Strategic Director of Neighbourhood and Environment Directorate at debbie.porter@walthamforest.gov.uk

The Council’s preference is for online application. However, if you have a disability and are unable to complete an online application, please email recruitment@walthamforest.gov.uk so we can arrange an alternative application method.

Locations Walthamstow, Greater London, United Kingdom