Head of Public Protection

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic leadership across Environmental Health, Licensing, and Trading Standards services.
• Ensure statutory and regulatory responsibilities are met to a high standard.
• Lead, support, and develop service managers and teams to deliver effective, customer focused services.
• Advise senior leadership, elected members, and stakeholders on regulatory matters, risks, and compliance.
• Drive service improvements, performance management, and modernisation initiatives.
• Manage budgets, resources, and service planning across a diverse portfolio.
• Build strong internal and external partnerships to support community safety and regulatory compliance.

Qualifications

• Senior management experience within a Local Authority regulatory/public protection environment.
• Expertise in Environmental Health, Licensing, and/or Trading Standards.
• Strong leadership and people management capability within multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent understanding of statutory duties, regulatory frameworks, and enforcement practices.
• Proven ability to manage complex stakeholder relationships, including members, partners, and external agencies.
• Experience leading service transformation or performance improvement programmes.

Next Steps

This role is an initial 6 month contract and offering £600 per day Inside IR35. You will be required to attend the office 2 3 days per week, with the remainder worked remotely.

Interviews will be taking place shortly. If you are interested in hearing more, apply today or contact Rashani Associates.