Place Making Team Leader

The Place Making Team Leader is a crucial operational role within the Programme and Place team at Barnsley Council.

You will lead a team that will run traditional and specialist markets in the Principal Towns, coordinating promotional events and commercial activity in Barnsley Town Centre and Principal Towns, and monitoring and enforcing borough-wide street trading.

This role will work closely with independent traders and support them to start, grow, and establish their businesses in urban centres across the borough, contributing to the vitality and vibrancy of Barnsley Town Centre and the high streets in the Principal Towns.

 

About the Post:

• You will drive inclusive economic growth in the borough’s urban centres through active place making, which includes Barnsley Town Centre and high streets in the borough’s Principal Towns (Cudworth, Goldthorpe, Hoyland, Penistone, Royston, and Wombwell).
• You will lead on the operational management of outdoor markets and events in the Principal Towns; promotions and commercial activity in Barnsley Town Centre and the Principal Towns, and boroughwide street trading activity.  
• You will ensure that services are high quality, efficient, effective and provided in accordance with agreed outcomes, financial targets, corporate policies, legislation, contract documentation and customer needs.
• You will lead on compliance monitoring and enforcement action, including undertaking comprehensive investigations, principally with boroughwide street trading, but also with markets, events, promotions, and commercial activity in the borough’s urban centres.
• You will manage, motivate, and develop a team to deliver outdoor markets, street trading, events, promotions, and commercial activity, including providing direction, coordinating workloads, providing support, and monitoring performance.

What we Offer: 

• A supportive and inclusive work culture where your contributions are valued, and your ideas are heard. 
• Opportunities for professional development and advancement, with access to training programs and mentorship initiatives. 
• Competitive salary and benefits package, including flexible working arrangements, generous holiday allowances, and weekend-working enhancements. 

 

Requirements: 

• Exceptional organisational abilities and attention to detail, with the capacity to manage multiple priorities effectively. 
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to build productive relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including independent businesses and community groups.
• A proactive work ethic and positive mindset with a passion for driving positive change within the town centre and high streets in the Principal Towns.

 

Contact Chris Savage on chrissavage@barnsley.gov.uk to arrange an informal discussion and apply online at www.barnsley.gov.uk/jobs