Head of Assurance and Delivery Partnerships

at  CityFibre

Job Description

As an experienced Head of Assurance, You’ll also have:

• Significant experience managing external Wayleaves partners, developing, scope, operating principles and the contract framework and managing in-life.
• Experience in developing and implement policy and SOPs, manage resources, including internal teams and outsourced partners, along with the ability to create and refine templates for wayleave agreements, ensuring they meet current legislation.
• Detailed understanding of statutory and legal frameworks under which City Fibre can build its instal and maintain its infrastructure such as the Electronic Communications Code ‘The Code’ and the Digital Economy Act.
• Proven leader able to develop and motivate a team on internal and external wayleave professional

THIS HYBRID ROLE OFFERS A GREAT BALANCE OF HOME AND OFFICE WORKING. YOU’LL JOIN YOUR COLLEAGUES IN YOUR LOCAL OFFICE AT LEAST 2 DAYS A WEEK.

As the UK’s largest fibre-only network, and its only proven wholesale challenger, we’re busy setting new standards for what digital infrastructure can and should be.
Designed from scratch for the internet, our network is greener, more reliable and ready for the future. The products we provide over it not only lead the market on speed, value and service, they help businesses to innovate, provide entire communities with a better foundation for their digital lives and support economic growth, locally and nationally.
What does that mean for you? The opportunity to make internet connections (and daily life) a whole lot better, for a lot of people!

WHAT YOU’LL BRING TO THE ROLE

As an experienced Head of Assurance, You’ll also have:

• Significant experience managing external Wayleaves partners, developing, scope, operating principles and the contract framework and managing in-life.
• Experience in developing and implement policy and SOPs, manage resources, including internal teams and outsourced partners, along with the ability to create and refine templates for wayleave agreements, ensuring they meet current legislation.
• Detailed understanding of statutory and legal frameworks under which City Fibre can build its instal and maintain its infrastructure such as the Electronic Communications Code ‘The Code’ and the Digital Economy Act.
• Proven leader able to develop and motivate a team on internal and external wayleave professionals

This is some of what you can expect to be doing:

• Lead and manage wayleave acquisition across the rural footprint to ensure seamless build progress, operational efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
• Develop and manage the Land Access Strategy, focusing on efficient and compliant processes.
• Engage in industry working groups to represent and advance City Fibre’s strategic interests. Collaborate with DNOs and other partners to optimize Access to Infrastructure (ATI) opportunities.
• Lead the improvement of operational assurance processes and tools to ensure broken orders within the BDUK footprint are tracked are minimised. This must focus on both proactive and reactive action plans