Service Delivery Manager

The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.

Sheffield City Council is looking for an experienced and values‑driven Service Delivery Manager to lead our Core Customer Hub, a critical front‑line service supporting residents across the city.

This is a senior leadership role with overall responsibility for the delivery of high‑quality, customer‑focused services at scale, including a large, high‑volume contact centre operation and Back Office Processing related to council services. You will provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple teams, ensuring services are responsive, efficient and aligned with the Council’s Customer Experience Strategy.

Working closely with the Head of Customer Operations, senior leaders and partners across the organisation, you will shape the future of customer service delivery in Sheffield, leading performance improvement, service transformation and workforce development.

This role operates on a hybrid working basis.

As Service Delivery Manager, you will:

• Provide strategic leadership and direction to the Core Customer Hub, including high‑volume call centre operations, ensuring excellent customer experience and value for money
• Lead, support and develop Team Managers, creating a culture of high performance, wellbeing and continuous improvement
• Oversee service performance, setting and managing KPIs, SLAs and performance frameworks across customer contact channels and back office operations.
• Use data and insight to manage demand, improve outcomes and drive service improvement
• Lead and deliver change initiatives, including digital, telephony and process transformation
• Manage budgets, financial planning and forecasting across the service
• Deputise for the Head of Customer Operations where required

We’re looking for a confident, visible leader with experience of managing complex, customer‑facing services in a fast‑paced environment.

You’ll bring:

• Senior management experience in a large, complex organisation, ideally within a call centre, contact centre or high‑volume customer operations environment
• A strong understanding of multi‑channel customer contact, demand management and front‑line service delivery
• Proven experience of leading and developing managers and diverse operational teams
• Strong performance management in back‑office processes.
• Strong performance management and data analysis skills, including the use of KPIs to drive improvement
• A track record of leading service change and continuous improvement in a customer‑facing setting
• An understanding of how digital and telephony solutions can improve customer experience and operational efficiency

You’ll be educated to degree level or have substantial relevant experience.

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.

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