Parking Manager - Ref: EE01826

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Job Description

Parking Manager Ref: EE01826

Grade G12; Salary Range: £55,662 £59,490

You will be responsible for the strategic and operational management of parking, moving traffic and bus lane enforcement, council-owned car parks, parking permits, and customer enquiries. As part of the Group Management Team, you will help shape service delivery, manage budgets and contracts, and represent the Council at local, regional, and national forums.

You will have significant experience in parking, moving traffic and bus lane enforcement or a similar regulatory service, with:

• Strong leadership and people management skills

• Experience of managing budgets, contracts, and external suppliers

• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills

• In-depth knowledge of relevant legislation and policy frameworks

• A commitment to equality, safeguarding, and continuous professional development
• • Lead and manage the Parking Services team to deliver high-quality, customer-focused services
• • Develop and implement parking strategies, policies, and improvement programmes
• • Manage parking, moving traffic and bus lane enforcement operations, including appeals
• • Oversee budgets, income, contracts, and external providers ensuring value for money
• • Engage with elected members, senior officers, partners, and stakeholders
• • Drive continuous improvement and compliance with legislation and best practice

  A postgraduate qualification in a relevant subject or equivalent experience is required.

  Professional membership (e.g. ICE, CIHT) is desirable.

  View: Job Description and Employee Specification

  Closing Date: 12th May 2026

  This post is covered by the Government's Code of Practice on the English Language Fluency Duty for public sector workers. The post holder will be required to communicate verbally with customers and provide advice and/or information in accurate spoken English.

  Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

  We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time.

  At Walsall Council, we appreciate that AI can be a useful tool for ideas or guidance. However, we encourage you to make sure your application reflects your own voice and experiences. Over-reliance on AI can make responses feel less personal, and we really want to understand what makes you unique. Your experiences, skills, and perspective are what set you apart, so please ensure your application as a whole - particularly your 'Supporting Information' - reflects your own voice.

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Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.

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Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

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