Customer Delivery Manager - Ref: EE08026

Customer Delivery Manager - Ref: EE08026 G12: £55,662 - £59,490 per annum.

Customer Experience Centre at Walsall Council

Are you an experienced leader with a passion for customer service, operational excellence and service improvement? Walsall Council is looking for a dynamic Customer Delivery Manager to help shape and lead the future of our Customer Experience Centre.

This is a key management role responsible for overseeing frontline customer services, driving performance, championing innovation and ensuring residents receive an outstanding customer experience. You will lead a number of service teams, including Corporate Complaints, Members' Enquiries, Council Tax, and Clean & Green, supporting Team Leaders and staff to deliver high-quality, customer-focused outcomes.

At Walsall Council, we're committed to putting residents at the heart of everything we do. If you're ready to lead high-performing teams, drive innovation and make a real difference to the people of Walsall, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us and help set the standard for exceptional customer service.

What you'll do:

• Lead and inspire multiple customer-facing teams to deliver excellent services.
• Manage and develop a number of Team Leaders and their staff.
• Drive performance, continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.
• Use customer insight to identify opportunities to improve services and customer journeys.
• Manage operational performance, complaints oversight and service delivery standards.
• Work collaboratively across the Council to embed customer-focused ways of working.

What we're looking for:

• A proven people leader with experience managing operational teams.
• Strong communication, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience delivering service improvement and managing change.
• A passion for customer experience and achieving positive outcomes for residents.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary environment.

At Walsall Council, we're committed to putting residents at the heart of everything we do. If you're ready to lead high-performing teams, drive innovation and make a real difference to the people of Walsall, we'd love to hear from you.

Join us and help set the standard for exceptional customer service.

View Job Description and Employee Specification

Important note: When completing your online application form, you will be asked to enter supporting information. You must enter a detailed supporting information statement describing how your skills, abilities and experience meet the specific criteria included in the employee specification. If you do not include a supporting information statement, you will not be shortlisted. Please also ensure that you complete the work history and qualifications sections of your application form. Please do not add a CV as we do not accept them. Please see our Information for Applicants leaflet for further information.

We kindly request that recruitment agencies do not contact us regarding this job vacancy. We are not accepting agency applications or referrals at this time.

At Walsall Council, we appreciate that AI can be a useful tool for ideas or guidance. However, we encourage you to make sure your application reflects your own voice and experiences. Over-reliance on AI can make responses feel less personal, and we really want to understand what makes you unique. Your experiences, skills, and perspective are what set you apart, so please ensure your application as a whole – particularly your ‘Supporting Information’ – reflects your own voice.

Closing Date: 25th September 2026

Please note: This post may be closed earlier than the published closing date should we receive a large number of applications.

Here at Walsall, we want to attract the best talent. That's why - as well as a satisfying and rewarding job - we offer a range of attractive benefits. Working arrangements in most jobs are flexible (you may work flexitime, full or part time and job sharing is usually available) and you can expect generous holiday entitlements, a first class pension scheme and plenty of opportunities for training and personal development.

We advertise vacancies because we want the best talent available. If that's you, we're waiting for your application.

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Part of the Black Country, famous for its enterprising and industrial past, Walsall is reinventing itself to become a progressive modern community. The borough is centred around the major town of Walsall, but also includes five smaller and distinctive district centres (Bloxwich, Aldridge, Willenhall, Darlaston and Brownhills), together with numerous villages.

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