We operate a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.
Please note that the advertised salary for this position is subject to the pending 2026/2027 national pay award. The final salary will be adjusted accordingly once this has been agreed.
Location: Based at Glanyrafon Depot, Aberystwyth or Penrhos Depot, Croeslan, with hybrid working available and flexibility to work across sites in Ceredigion. Attendance at sites will be required and the postholder must adhere to health & safety requirements of site working.
This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape how essential transport, network management services are delivered for communities across Ceredigion.
We welcome applicants from within and outside local government who can demonstrate transferable leadership experience.
As Service Manager – Network Manager, you’ll lead a complex and highly visible portfolio that directly affects people’s daily lives, which includes:
- Road Closures
- Highway Inspection
- Traffic Management
- Events Management Coordination
It’s a role that combines strategic influence, operational leadership and public service impact. Reporting to the Corporate Manager – Highways, Assets & Infrastructure, you’ll operate at the heart of a member‑led local authority, working closely with elected members, senior colleagues, partners and contractors to deliver safe, compliant, resilient and value‑for‑money services in a demanding and evolving environment.
About the role – what you’ll lead
- Leading diverse network management services with significant budgets and complex risk profiles
- Providing confident leadership to large, multi‑disciplinary and geographically dispersed teams, creating a high‑performing and supportive culture
- Driving commercial performance, contract management and procurement, ensuring services remain resilient and financially sustainable
- Advising elected members and senior leaders, and presenting clear, evidence‑based recommendations to Cabinet, Council and Scrutiny
- Leading service improvement and transformation, including managing the people, cultural and service impacts of change in response to legislative, financial and policy pressures
- Ensuring strong governance around health & safety, emergency planning, business continuity and public accountability
- Representing the Council locally, regionally and nationally, and contributing corporately beyond your service area
This is a senior operational and strategic role, requiring strong leadership, financial management, partnership working, and the ability to adapt and respond to a changing environment while maintaining excellent service delivery.
What we’re looking for
This role will suit a leader who enjoys operating across strategy, politics and delivery and who brings calm, clarity and confidence to complex services.
- Enjoy balancing strategic leadership with operational realities
- Are confident leading through ambiguity, pressure and change
- Bring strong commercial judgement alongside public service values
- Are comfortable working at the interface of politics, community expectations and professional advice
- Value collaboration, wellbeing and continuous improvement
- Have experience managing contracts and suppliers, balancing cost, quality and risk
- Senior management experience within a complex multi‑service organisation
- A strong track record of leading people, managing budgets and improving performance
- Experience working within, or closely alongside, a public sector or local government environment
- Excellent communication and influencing skills
- Demonstrable equivalent experience in a relevant subject
- At least three years’ management experience in at least one relevant service area
- Strong understanding of customer care and public service values
- Flexibility to meet service needs, including occasional evening or weekend working
- Excellent written and spoken English
Welsh language
Welsh language skills are important to us. You’ll need the ability (or commitment) to work towards:
Full training and support provided.
- Practical experience of partnership approach to service delivery
What we offer
- A challenging and rewarding senior management role with real community impact
- Hybrid working and flexible working arrangements
- A supportive organisation committed to staff development and wellbeing
- The opportunity to shape and modernise key transport and depot services across Ceredigion
- Work‑life balance
- Lifestyle savings scheme
- Generous employer pension scheme
- Cycle to work scheme
- Learning and development
Note: We reserve the right to extend the application closing date.
Where you'll work
Highways and Environmental
We deliver efficient, sustainable and bilingual services to the people of Ceredigion, promoting well‑being in our communities, pride in a healthy well‑kept environment, and confidence in our local economy. Our key responsibilities include:
- Transport Services: Corporate transport; Fleet management; Parking Services; Harbours.
- Highways Maintenance: Cyclic and Routine Maintenance; Emergency response; Highways inspection; Winter service.
- Highways Development: Planning liaison; Road safety; Regional transport; Street lighting; Streetworks; Traffic management; CWIC/NMWTRA; Design supervision; Flood and coastal risk management; Highways improvement.
- Local Environment Services: Waste Collections; Household waste sites; Grounds maintenance; Street cleaning.
Penrhos Depot Penrhos is the depot which serves the southern half of our county. Penrhos is located on the A486 near the border town of Llandysul. Historically, Llandysul was the hub of the Welsh woollen industry where thousands of people were employed in the water‑driven mills during the industrial revolution.
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