Assistant Director, Highways and Infrastructure
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Position Overview & Specifications
Birmingham City Council, Assistant Director, Highways and Infrastructure
Salary: £80,126 - £119,226 pro rata
About Birmingham City Council
The scale of opportunity in Birmingham is unrivalled and cannot be found in any other city across Europe right now.
Birmingham is a city of opportunity and we’re drawing on its rich history and previous successes to become even better. That’s why we’ve developed challenging objectives to help us to reach even greater heights. With our ambitious Chief Executive and her leadership team driving forward bold plans for growth and development across the city, Birmingham is fast on the way to becoming even more brilliant. Our goal is to provide best-in-class services for residents and at the heart of these plans will be a high performing City Operations directorate, which is where you come in.
About the role
Our Assistant Director of Highways will have the opportunity to lead an expert team of c.250 staff across multiple specialist service areas, including parking operations, highways contract management, highways delivery, and flood risk management. There will be scope to bring in new ideas and to take the lead in reimagining highways service delivery and improve the quality of services and outcomes for our residents. We will support you to deliver pilot schemes to drive better value for money, as well as to strengthen digital innovation, which all make for an even better resident experience. As the largest local authority in Europe, the infrastructure that needs to be maintained within Birmingham is hugely complex, meaning this role provides the opportunity to work in both a regional and national context in collaboration with multiple key partners, ensuring greater connectivity for our city.
About you
If you can demonstrate real passion and experience of leading community engagement, with a strong desire to do even more for our citizens, we’d like to hear from you. Whilst an engineering background is preferable, this is not essential to the role. In return, we’re offering unrivalled opportunities for growth and development and a genuine investment in your future with the council. We’ll embrace your strength of leadership and your conviction to be bold, curious, and commercial – this is the Birmingham way.
For further information, to apply & for our external search partner’s contact details please visit Assistant Director, Highways with ref. 1385586 | Tile Hill (tile-hill.co.uk)
Job Description
Ref: BCC865
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: General
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Assistant Director, Highways and Infrastructure roles across TMPW (HP) for Birmingham City Council's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to General.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £80,126 - £119,226 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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