GM Business Compliance Support Programme Manager

Contract Type: Fixed term (until 31^st March 2028)

Contract Reason: Subject to funding

Secondment Opportunity: Permanent employees are encouraged to apply and will be supported as part of our workforce development commitment

Salary: Grade J. Scale 40 - £51,356 to Scale 41 - £52,413

Hours Per Week: 36

Base Location: Town Hall Extension, Lloyd Street, Manchester, M60 2LA at least two days per week and the rest of the week will be a mix of office/home working.

Assessment Date: To be arranged

The Role

This is an exciting opportunity to join and lead a well-established and growing Business Compliance Support service. Operating across Greater Manchester and working with public protection teams and managers and other key stakeholders, you will lead and further develop the reach and operational capabilities of the service.

You will be tasked with continuing Business Compliance Support’s innovative nature and approach with responsibility for planning and developing a strategy for how the service evolves over the coming months and years.

You will continue to recruit, train and develop new regulators to deliver compliance support and guidance to businesses alongside tackling the workforce sustainability challenge in public protection services to ensure new regulators are ready to take-up permanent positions in local authorities.

About You

You’ll be required to work independently and lead a team and service to try different ways of supporting business compliance alongside developing the skills of new regulators.

You’ll be comfortable working with, and influencing, a range of stakeholders across Greater Manchester including service managers, businesses and business support organisations.

You’ll have excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to translate complex information to a wide range of audiences.

About Us

Come shape the future of Tameside with us!

Message from Julian Jackson, Director of Housing, Environment & Estates at Tameside Council.

“Since joining Team Tameside in September 2022, I’ve been proud to work alongside a hardworking and passionate team that’s making a real difference to our borough.

“Our Place Directorate is at the heart of shaping Tameside, covering everything from planning and highways to parks, culture, arts, environmental services, and facilities management. Whether it’s keeping our streets clean, improving green spaces, or driving forward exciting regeneration projects, our work makes a direct impact on the lives of residents and businesses every day.

‘’We’ve already delivered some amazing projects, like Ashton Old Baths, and are currently working on master plans for our town centres in Stalybridge, Hyde, with projects like Ashton Mayoral Development Zone, and Godley Green Garden Village also set to create new homes, jobs and commercial spaces. But it’s not just about developments, day to day it’s about making sure our core services are modern, efficient, and able to support thriving communities and safeguard our heritage buildings and assets for the future.

To do that, we need passionate people to join us. If you want to be part of a team that’s driving real change, improving local services, and shaping the future of Tameside, we’d love to have you on board.

Come and be part of something great. Let’s build the future of Tameside together!’’

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees’ skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

This post is a designated customer facing role under the fluency duty and requires a specified level of spoken English.

If you have completed the GM Elevate (Leadership Development) Programme, please indicate this within the ‘About You’ or ‘Supporting Statement’ section of your application.

Unfortunately, at this time we are not able to offer sponsorship.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential. We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

Our rewards and benefits package can be viewed here

For further information about this role please contact the recruiting manager on Sharon Smith, Head of Public Protection on sharon.smith@tameside.gov.uk