Town Centre Manager

Knowsley Council is an award winning Local Authority, named Local Authority of the Year in the Municipal Journal Awards 2024. Come join us and be part of our success.

Knowsley Council’s Town Centre Management Team is proactive, solution focused and is responsible for the day to day functions that enable the borough’s town centres to operate successfully. This includes direct responsibility for the operation of the Council owned car parks, liaising with businesses in the town centres and working alongside other Council services to ensure that the town centres are attractive places to visit.  The service also acts as advocates for the town centres and coordinates a range of activities and events with external partners to promote the borough’s town centres as places to work and visit. The service also manages Kirkby Market, a successful 6 day market supporting over 50 small businesses with high quality and affordable permanent stalls.

The Town Centres Management Team also works alongside the Major Development Team to provide an enhanced service and dedicated resource to proactively drive the delivery and the implementation of our three Town Centre regeneration programmes.  

You must be solutions focused, able to problem solve, identify innovative solutions, secure delivery and provide a proactive service that stimulates growth.

Do you have experience of working in town centre management and regeneration?

Do you enjoy facilitating and managing partnerships across a diverse range of functions and stakeholders?

Can you work as part of a small multidisciplinary team in a fast-moving environment with limited supervision, to deliver to tight timescales?

If so, you may be the perfect candidate for this role.

At Knowsley Council we will consider requests for flexible working.  For most roles, the following types of flexibility are usually possible: flexible hours, working from home, compressed hours, part-time.

We promote applications from all sections of the community, regardless of background, belief, or identity, recognising the value that diversity brings to our organisation. We particularly welcome applications from individuals from Black and Minority Ethnic backgrounds and candidates with disabilities as we acknowledge their underrepresentation in our workforce.

We reserve the right to close this vacancy earlier than the specified date should we receive sufficient applicants.

At Knowsley we value our applicants and want them to feel well-informed and welcomed. If you have any questions about this specific job role or what it is like to work at Knowsley, please contact: 

Steve Myers / steve.myers@knowsley.gov.uk / Tel: 07776 470099

Barry Fawcett / barry.fawcett@knowsley.gov.uk/ Tel: 07500 089456

If you are interested in this vacancy, please upload your CV along with a supporting statement as one document in PDF or Word format. Your CV and supporting statement should be tailored to reflect the competencies within the person specification.

Please note if a CV and supporting statement does not reflect the person specification it is unlikely to be shortlisted. 

Interview Date Friday, 28 March 2025