Council Fleet Advisor/ Project Manager
Midlands
6 Month Contract (Option to extend)
IR35 – TBD
£550 – £575 Per Day
Hybrid Working
As part of the Council’s Improvement and Recovery Plan (IRP), there is currently a cross-council saving to deliver in 25/26 – circa £800k, plus additional savings in future years. In order to deliver savings, early work has been carried out into the feasibility of establishing an Integrated Transport Unit (ITU) across the Council. Work is needed to improve and align fleet / vehicle operations across the whole Council to deliver efficiencies and improve service performance.
As part of the ongoing Street Scene transformation programme, there is a major focus on fleet transformation. Street Scene nominally has 70% of the Council’s overall fleet numbers. This work will deliver significant savings that will be separate to the ITU saving mentioned above.
As a parallel project, the council now need to look at fleet operations in other parts of the Council. The postholder will be responsible for aligning this work with the ongoing transformation of fleet in the Street Scene service
Responsibilities
- Advise on the planning and delivery timescales and approach for the fleet operations in other parts of the council and align this with the ongoing transformation of fleet in the Street Scene service. This will require very close working with the Street Scene fleet transformation team.
- Review the current approach to vehicle maintenance across the council. Considering all available options for improving the current approach.
- The post holder will then need develop a business case, in parallel with the ongoing Street Scene transformation, in which vehicle maintenance is being reviewed.
- Research and reflect on other Council’s approach to optimising and driving efficiencies from revising the approach to other fleet and vehicle management functions across the whole organisation.
- Revisit the initial Discovery work that was undertaken, in regard to the feasibility of an Integrated Transport Unit and use this to inform his/her approach where relevant.
- Develop recommendations for improvement and for the delivery of savings. This needs to take account of the current position in the Council, current operating conditions and demanding financial challenges.
- Report progress on a regular basis to senior management and commissioners, and via the corporate governance and reporting arrangements.
For more information and a JD, please contact Sophie on 07488 889516 or apply below.
