Head of Regulatory Services

Salary

£66,284 - £70,785 (pay award pending)

Contractual hours

Basis

Full time

Region

Rotherham

Job category/type

Management

Date posted

18/06/2026

Job reference

REQ23206

Directorate: Regeneration and Environment

Permanent, full time, 37 hours per week.

This is a rare opportunity to lead a newly created, high-impact role at the heart of regulatory services in Rotherham.

As Head of Regulatory Services, you will drive forward our Licensing and Trading Standards functions, shaping strategy, influencing policy, and delivering services that underpin public safety, trust, and confidence across our communities. With significant scope to innovate, you will align services to corporate priorities, embed modern approaches, and strengthen partnerships across the Council and key statutory agencies.

You will provide senior leadership to professional teams, ensuring delivery of high-quality, compliant, and customer-focused services while meeting complex statutory requirements. At the same time, you will play a key role in advising senior leaders and driving continuous improvement, transformation, and value for money across the service.

This is a role for an ambitious leader who wants to shape services, influence outcomes, and make a tangible difference to communities at scale.

For an informal discussion about the role, please contact Sam Barstow, Service Director at ***email_hidden***.

This post will have access to the Public Services Network, if successful you will be required to apply for a disclosure of criminal records check at the Basic level (unspent criminal convictions) This post is classed as 'politically restricted' under the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 (as amended). The full details of the restrictions are set out in the Statutory Instrument, but broadly the restrictions prohibit candidature from public elected office; holding office in a political party; as well as involvement in political activities such as canvassing or public speaking/writing Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council is committed to encouraging equality, diversity and inclusion among our workforce, and eliminating unlawful discrimination. The aim is for our workforce to be truly representative of all sections of society and our customers, and for each employee to feel respected and able to give their best. As a Disability Confident employer, we will ensure that a fair and proportionate number of disabled applicants that meet the minimum criteria for this position will be offered an interview. For further information, please visit our website.