Service Manager - Markets Job descriptionWorking for Sheffield City CouncilAs one of the largest employers in Sheffield, with over 7,000 employees, we aim to recruit and develop people who share our passion for Sheffield. If you work for us, you will be part of a team, which provides a vast range of services to our 574,000 residents, businesses large and small, as well as to our many visitors to the city.This is an exciting opportunity to lead the Council’s Markets team as a Service Manager. Sheffield has a proud history of markets, dating back to 1296 when market rights were first granted to the Lord of The Manor of Sheffield by King Edward I.Sheffield has just launched a markets strategy to drive the service forward over the next five years which is available to download with this application pack.This role will manage our Indoor Markets at Crystal Peaks and The Moor, our Outdoor Markets on the Moor and at King Street, as well as our licensed markets and Street Food offer in the City Centre. It will lead a team of experienced markets staff in delivering high quality services for our diverse customer base.We work as one team for Sheffield to meet challenges head on and involve local people to improve our services and quality of life in our city.The ideal candidate will be an experienced professional with a markets background, with excellent stakeholder management skills and the ability to lead partners and stakeholders to deliver joined up services.We’re looking for someone who can innovate to keep driving our city markets forward, finding new opportunities and adapting to changing interests and trends.We're ambitiousOur Council vision is for Sheffield to flourish as a modern city that is socially and environmentally just, with great opportunities and wellbeing for everyone.Our priorities are to empower people and businesses to thrive, build sustainability into all areas of life and keeping Sheffield’s diverse communities at the heart of all our plans.Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy sets out our equality commitments to the people of Sheffield and our staff and how we will meet them.We are a City Council, where we are investing for the future. This includes investment in the skills and capabilities of our workforce and attracting new talent to deliver for Sheffield and ensure our people reflect the city we serve.We are investing in our workforce and are promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.It is a great time to join us and we welcome your application.Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants, who meet the essential criteria of this job, are guaranteed an interview.Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part time or as a job share.If you are appointed to this role, your starting salary will be at the bottom of the grade. If you provide payslip evidence that your basic pay is greater than the bottom of the grade, we will consider starting you at the point of minimum advantage within the grade.Equality of pay is extremely important to us. All roles at Sheffield City Council are going through an evaluation process which may result in changes to some pay arrangements from 2026. Find out more on our
