Job Description

The Opportunity

Salary:

46,731 to 49,764 per annum

Working Pattern:

Full time, 37 hours per week

Location:

Power Place, Chichester

Interview date:

24 and 25 July 2025



As the Team Leader, you will be reporting to the Commercial and Fleet Logistics Manager and manage the Council's vehicle fleet and associated maintenance contracts, ensuring efficient operation and utilisation of the corporate fleet as well as the commercial opportunities it presents for maintenance.



The role will look after the WSCC Fleet Contracts and Procurement, and Fleet Support and Resource Teams to provide a vehicle management and maintenance service, supporting in the delivery of strategies to the communities of West Sussex, which includes maximising commercial opportunities for fleet services across West Sussex County Council.

What are we looking for?

To ensure the effective operation of the services, you will lead & manage your team, providing professional advice and guidance, seeking best solutions for customers' needs and maximising opportunities for improvements by embedding a culture of continuous improvement.



You will be an experienced leader, able to manage a team and related resources, often requiring co-ordination with other teams in closely related functions. This will include the performance management of the people within your team.



As an experienced manager, you will be able to identify and deliver significant change within both organisations to meet the changing requirements of both. You will build highly effective working relationships and influence activities, including working across and outside of the organisation to improve services.



Accountable for managing capital and revenue costs in your service area, you will need to seek other opportunities for efficiency savings and will be encouraged to generate income by exploring commercial opportunities with the resources available.

For more information on the Key Skills as well as the Qualifications and/or experience required, please refer to the attached.

Working for us

As well as adding real value to our service users and our communities, as an employer we recognise our employees are central in being able to achieve this. To recognise this we want to help support your development and provide an great place to work ensuring you can fulfil your full potential, have access to a range of benefits including:


an excellent

local government pension scheme

generous holiday entitlement of

29

days (plus opportunity to buy additional leave) a range of flexible working options, depending on your job role maternity, paternity, dependency and adoption leave volunteering opportunities training and development opportunities, including coaching and mentoring a range of discounts giving our staff access to hundreds of offers; groceries, travel, cinema tickets, days out, leisure activities, high street retailers and the opportunity to save over 1,000 a year through our West Sussex Choices benefits platform (see our

Staff discounts page

if you are a business looking to offer a discount) health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme, Mental Health First Aiders and Voluntary Health Cash Plans

For a full list this can be found at our

Rewards and Benefits page.

Further information

The reference number for this role is

CPP01147

.



For an informal conversation or for further information regarding the role, please contact Tom Sealey (Commercial and Fleet Logistics Manager) at

Thomas.Sealey@westsussex.gov.uk

. For issues or queries regarding your application please contact

hrrecruitment@westsussex.gov.uk

.

To apply, please follow the links below to upload your CV and Cover Letter. In your cover letter please outline your motivations for applying and explaining the skills and experience you can bring to the role (please refer to the key skills) ensuring that any gaps in employment are covered in your CV. Please ensure you have saved the job description attached to the main advert on our website as, once the job has closed, you may not have the opportunity to download again.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. This post is subject to 3 years referencing and a health check.

Equity, inclusion and accessibility is very important to West Sussex County Council. We welcome and encourage applications from everyone, as this helps us build a diverse and talented workforce, that reflects the communities we serve. We ensure our approach to recruitment is flexible and supportive to enable all applicants to be at their best and to ensure they have the best possible chance of success.



We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants that have a disability, are a veteran or are a care leaver. More information can be found on our

application help

page.





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Job Reference: CPP01147