Head of Public Protection

Tameside is a borough built on integrity, industry and innovation. Proud of our heritage and ambitious for our future, we are a place where strong communities, thriving businesses and bold regeneration projects are shaping new opportunities for residents, visitors and investors alike. Located just 12 minutes from Manchester city centre and nestled in the foothills of the Peak District, Tameside offers the perfect balance of urban opportunity and rural tranquillity. With excellent transport connections, affordable housing, great schools and access to world class universities, it's a fantastic place to live, work and grow.

Public Protection plays a key role in protecting residents, supporting businesses and maintaining safe, sustainable communities across Tameside. Our teams work at the heart of local communities, helping to safeguard public health, promote compliance, tackle risk and ensure people can live, work and thrive in a safe environment. At Tameside Council, you'll be part of a team that cares deeply about its communities, values collaboration and is committed to making a meaningful difference every day.

As Head of Public Protection, you will provide strategic leadership across a broad range of regulatory and enforcement services, including Environmental Health, Trading Standards, Licensing, Housing Enforcement and Corporate Health & Safety. You will lead service improvement, ensure statutory responsibilities are met and drive the delivery of high-quality, customer-focused services. Working closely with elected members, partners and senior leaders, you will provide expert advice and help shape the Council's strategic priorities.

This is a senior leadership role with responsibility for performance, budgets, governance and transformational change across the Public Protection portfolio. It represents an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Public Protection services within an ambitious authority and make a lasting impact on communities across the borough.

We are looking for an experienced leader with a strong track record of delivering regulatory, enforcement or public protection services. You will have experience of leading high-performing teams, managing budgets and driving service improvement in a complex environment. You will bring:

• Strong knowledge of regulatory and enforcement services.
• Proven leadership and people management experience.
• Experience of performance, budget and change management.
• Excellent partnership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• An understanding of governance and working within a political environment.
• A degree or equivalent professional qualification.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities. We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset.

Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage.

This is a politically restricted post. If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the 'About You' or 'Supporting Statement' section of your application. Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship. We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.