Head of Neighbourhood Services
- Employer
- Cheshire East Council
- Location
- Cheshire
- Salary
- £64,953
- Closing date
- 26 Jul 2020
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- Sector
- Corporate Services, Corporate Management Team, Housing, Community Services, Neighbourhood Services
- Job role
- Head of Service
- Contract Type
- Full time
Job Details
Do you have proven experience of working collaboratively with colleagues and partners to deliver high quality services and projects that enable our residents to live more active, healthy and fulfilling lives, and feel safe and supported in their communities?
In this role, you will be responsible for a range of neighbourhood-based services including Community Wardens, Libraries and Leisure Services. Our leisure services are commissioned through Everybody Sport and Recreation, a leisure trust established by the Council. You will be responsible for delivery of the Council’s leisure centre improvement programme. You will also initiate and lead collaborative projects, with internal and external partners, to deliver opportunities within our towns and neighbourhoods.
For this role, you will need to have a proven ability to build and sustain strong and effective relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders. You will have strong financial and commercial awareness, and an aptitude for developing innovative and resilient solutions to complex problems. You will have a proven track record for leading teams, focused on delivering change and improvement across partnerships and organisation boundaries. You will have experience of developing strategies and policies to achieve strategic outcomes and fulfil statutory obligations. You will have experience of leading complex and innovative projects from business case, through design and delivery, to benefits realisation. You will need to be determined, able to prioritise, manage risks, and demonstrate perseverance to achieve objectives.
As the third largest authority in the North West and home to one of the strongest economies in the region, Cheshire East Council is an award winning and dynamic organisation determined to develop new ways of working and deliver excellent cost-effective services to our residents. The Council is embarking on a whole organisation transformation programme – Brighter Future Together – and this post will have a key role in taking the programme forward in the Place Directorate.
Closing Date : 26th July 2020
Interview Date: 7th August 2020
For an informal chat about the role please ring Paul Bayley, Director of Environment & Neighbourhood Services 07517 970450
For more information and how to apply go to http://cheshireeastleaders.com/
Company
As a low cost, high performing local authority, Cheshire East Council is responsible for providing more than 500 local public services to over 378,000 residents.
We employ around 3,500 staff and they are our most important asset. Getting our organisational culture right has been a real focus for us over the last two years.
In 2017 the council asked the LGA to undertake a review of workplace culture. We've addressed the recommendations of that review through a comprehensive, organisation-wide programme. We now have a clear vision for the workplace, a set of values and behaviours and an employee deal that have been agreed by staff and members across the organisation.
Our organisation is financially independent and we have a particular focus on enabling residents and communities to become more self-sufficient.
“Working for a brighter future together” is our promise and speaks about our ambitions and our hopes, and those we share with our communities and partners. Our priorities are shaped by a clear vision for our organisation and Cheshire East the place and set out in our Corporate Plan and our strategies for people and place services.
Our journey continues to ensure that Cheshire East Council is a great place to work, where staff are well led, feel valued, have a shared purpose and succeed together.
Leader of Cheshire East Council
Councillor Rachel Bailey
We are an aspiring, high performing organisation which seizes opportunities for the benefit of all our residents, businesses and visitors. We have an ambitious corporate plan, a thriving economy, beautiful surroundings and close network with our partners to enable the absolute delivery of successful outcomes for our local authority.
We are on a journey and understand there will be many challenges along the way. But if you are successful at securing one of these exciting roles, you will be given an unparalleled platform, to be part of our new vision and help shape our plans – working for an even brighter future together.
To find out more about opportunities please visit cheshireeastleaders.com
Chief Executive Kath O’Dwyer introductory video
- Website
- http://www.cheshireeast.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0300 123 5500
- Location
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Cheshire East Council
c/o Municipal Buildings
Earle Street,
Crewe
CW1 2BJ
GB
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