The best way to predict the future is to create it. Join us.

Last year we engaged with hundreds of Central Bedfordshire residents, businesses and organisations, asking them to imagine what the world will be like in 30-years’ time and how they want Central Bedfordshire to be in the future. The result: A powerful new vision setting out our shared ambitions for the area and our communities.

Whilst our recent efforts have been focused on supporting our communities through the immediate public health emergency, the vision will be integral to shaping our priorities and plans for the area to ensure it continues to be a place to prosper, a place to be proud of and a place people want to call home.

Enjoying a strategic location at the heart of the Oxford-Cambridge Arc with outstanding transport links both nationally and internationally, Central Bedfordshire has enjoyed some of the fastest economic growth rates in the country. It is well placed to benefit from the post-pandemic economic recovery and capitalise on new ways of working that embrace technology and the increasingly digital world.

This role has responsibility for many of the key assets and powers that a local authority can deploy to help create the conditions for successful and thriving communities from infrastructure and development to planning and the environment. We are looking for an inspirational leader who demonstrates that they can think strategically and influence widely, whilst ensuring our teams and those of our partners deliver the services our residents need in a commercially aware and sustainable way.

This is a unique opportunity to join our high performing team of senior officers and elected members, totally focused on helping to make Central Bedfordshire a great place to live and work, and an organisation with the financial strength, resilience and capacity to make a real difference.

For further information please visit: www.faerfield.co.uk/centralbeds and for a confidential discussion please call Dawn Faulkner or Martin Tucker on 0121 312 3755