Strategy Manager

Role Responsibility

Are you excited about the opportunity to work at one of the largest councils in the UK?

Do you want to be at the forefront of driving efficiencies and developing strategies?

Do you have excellent communication, organisation, and leadership skills? If so, we want to hear from you!

Join one of the UK’s most influential councils and help shape the future of services for over 1.6 million residents. At Kent County Council, we’re tackling big challenges and delivering real impact—be part of a team that makes a difference every day.

We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Strategy Manager to join our collaborative and innovative Strategy team in the KCC Infrastructure division. The division manages KCC's Property estate by defining the future direction and priorities of the council’s property services to support the delivery of KCC’s front line services and also integral to this is the Resilience and Emergency Planning Service, which ensures that all our services and assets are resilient to possible threats, delivers a 24/7 emergency management and response capability.  

Working at one of the largest councils in the country, you will work alongside a team of Strategy Managers to produce the overarching strategies and standards for our property portfolio and Infrastructure service. Your role will include:

• Leading on projects across Infrastructure that involve change to assets and/or services, ensuring strategies and outcomes drive efficiency or service improvements.
• Developing asset strategies, producing business cases and options appraisals, and engaging with stakeholders and partners to ensure optimal outcomes and efficiencies,
• Lead on engaging with KCC services to ensure the Infrastructure service and assets meets their future needs,
• Analysing and evaluating the performance of services / assets aligning them with the requirements of the Council and the KCC Asset Management Strategy,
• Managing the Asset Assistants, supporting with the  professional development of their performance, ensuring  they are capable of providing a high quality service

No two days are the same in this role. You’ll make high-impact decisions on assets that shape service delivery, often thinking creatively to secure the best value for the council.

While the role is strategic, you’ll also need to react quickly when challenges arise—working side-by-side with operational teams across KCC to keep things moving.

We’re looking for someone who thrives on variety and is excited to take on a role that’s as unique as it is rewarding.

You will have management experience in a similar or relevant area, and a proven track record in change management, innovation, and modernisation of services and estates. You will be comfortable communicating with a wide range of colleagues and stakeholders with strong stakeholder management and collaboration skills.

At Kent County Council, we value bravery, curiosity, compassion, and responsibility. We are committed to building a culture that is flexible, agile, curious, compassionate, inclusive, empowering, and externally focused. If you share these values and are passionate about improving the lives of residents in Kent, then please apply, explaining in the ‘Reason for applying’ section how you meet the criteria in the person specification.

This post is considered by KCC to be a customer-facing position. The Council therefore has a statutory duty under Part 7 of the Immigration Act (2016) to ensure that post holders have a command of spoken English/Welsh sufficient for the effective performance of the job requirements. The appropriate standards are set out in the Job Description/Person Specification.

We welcome applicants from all walks of life and value transferable skills—your unique experience could be exactly what we’re looking for!

Contact Details

For a confidential chat about the role, feel free to contact -

Rebecca Anderson - Head of Business Information, Strategy and Assurance (Manager of the position):

rebecca.anderson2@kent.gov.uk

03000 417731

or 

Lorenzo Woodford - Strategy Manager 

lorenzo.woodford@kent.gov.uk

03000 414381

About the Company

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KCC is committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the county's working residents, encouraging applications from people of all ages, abilities, genders, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds, faiths and those with caring responsibilities, and aspires to create an inclusive workplace where everyone can be themselves at work.

Please note - if you are interested, please apply soon as possible as the closing date for this advert may be earlier than stated should a number of suitably qualified candidates apply.