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Head of Strategy

Employer
The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead
Location
Windsor, Berkshire
Salary
Circa £75k
Closing date
25 Apr 2021

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As the Head of Strategy, you will work closely with the Managing Director and senior leadership team, senior elected members, elected members and our key partners to develop and deliver our new corporate plan. It’s about enabling us to make better decisions that will result in positive, impactful outcomes that will help our communities thrive.

As the Council’s senior policy adviser you will ensure that through robust performance and scrutiny we meet performance framework requirements, together with the use of research and business intelligence to inform our approach, so that we deliver on our ambitions.

You will ensure that our strategies and policies reflect the needs of our residents and communities and ensure our role in meeting their needs is understood and underpins everything we do.

You will champion effective engagement with our communities and shape local strategic partnerships, fostering positive relationships with local public sector partners and communities, embedding equalities into everything we do.

Another important part of the role is to promote strong media and PR activity internally and externally, and provide effective policy and communications support to the Council, including the Managing Director, Leader of the Council, Executive Members and senior leadership.

For an informal and confidential discussion about this position please contact Emma Duncan, Deputy Director of Law and Strategy at emma.duncan@rbwm.gov.uk to arrange a call, or please click apply below.

Closing date: 25 April 2021 • Interviews: TBC

Company

The whole of Eton town is a conservation area and there are significant areas of Windsor and Cookham similarly designated. The district includes 148 acres of parks, open spaces and recreational grounds and enjoys extensive riverside frontage with associated amenity areas. On the 1 April 1998 the Royal Borough and the other five Berkshire districts became Unitary Authorities and took over responsibility for the services previously provided by the former Berkshire County Council. The Royal Borough includes two ancient boroughs each with its own tradition and history. Windsor is known throughout the world for its castle, which has been a fortress and Royal residence for over 850 years. Both Windsor and its neighbour, Eton are major tourist attractions. The area of the Royal Borough extends along both banks of the River Thames between Runnymede and Windsor and on the south bank of the Thames from Windsor to Hurley. This area includes Datchet, Horton, Wraysbury, Old Windsor, Windsor Great Park, Sunninghill, Sunningdale, the Ascot Racecourse, the castle and the town of Windsor, Eton with its famous college, Maidenhead, the villages of Bray, Cookham and Hurley, White Waltham and Waltham St. Lawrence.

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Telephone
01628 798888
Location
Town Hall
St. Ives Road
Berkshire
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