Council Structure

 

Senior Management

  • Chief Executive
  • Interim S151 Officer - Financial Services Manager
  • Interim Monitoring Officer - Head of Law
     
Service Post Responsibilities  

Heads of Service Departments
Environment
POST NO: E001
DESIGNATION: Head of Environment
BUDGET: £18.185m for 2019/20
NUMBER OF STAFF: 123.5 Full time equivalent
  • Community Halls
  • Culture
  • Environmental Health
  • Golf Course
  • Highways Liaison
  • Leisure Facilities
  • Open Spaces
  • Operational Services
  • Parking
  • Public Conveniences
  • Refuse & Recycling
  • Street Scene
  • Sustainability
  • The management, training and development of direct reports
 Job Description - Head of Environment [pdf] 29KB
Housing and Communities
POST NO: H&C001
DESIGNATION: Head of Housing and Communities
BUDGET: £35.947m for 2019/20
NUMBER OF STAFF: 90.7 Full time equivalent
  • Benefits
  • First Contact including Reception
  • Homelessness & Housing Advice
  • Housing Management
  • Land Charges
  • Revenues
  • Strategic Housing
  • The management, training and development of direct reports
 Job Description - Head of Housing and Communities [pdf] 30KB

 

Service Post Responsibilities  

Heads of Support Services
Law
POST NO: LGO2
DESIGNATION: Head of Law
BUDGET: £0.356m for 2019/20
NUMBER OF STAFF: 2.6 Full time equivalent
  • Legal support to the Council
  • Providing corporate legal advice
  • Management, training and development of the Legal Services Team
  • Deputy Monitoring Officer

Note - Note - The budget and staff numbers for this post are also included in the Strategic Director amounts.

 Job Description - Head of Law [pdf] 120KB
Governance POST NO: CX20
DESIGNATION: Head of Governance
BUDGET: £0.685m for 2019/20
NUMBER OF STAFF: 5.0 Full time equivalent
  • Committees
  • Compliments and complaints
  • Elections and Electoral Registration
  • Mayor’s Office
  • Media and Communications

Note - The budget and staff numbers for this post are also included in the Strategic Director amounts.

  

 

Other Senior Staff
Service Post Responsibilities
Head of Place and Policy POST NO:
BUDGET: £0.837m for 2019/20
NUMBER OF STAFF: 1.6
Full time equivalent 		To advise the Council on matters related to national, sub-regional, strategic and local planning policy, and on matters related to the physical, social and economic regeneration in the Borough.

Note - The budget and staff numbers for this post are also included in the Strategic Director amounts
Head of Partnerships, Licensing & Safer Places

POST NO: R&N120
BUDGET: £0.924m for 2019/20

NUMBER OF STAFF: 4.6 Full time equivalent

  • Management of community / neighbourhood liaison events, seasonal shows and promotions
  • Strategic liaison for community safety partnership, local strategic partnership, GP consortium and Health and wellbeing board
  • Designated officer for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults

Note - The budget and staff numbers for this post are also included in the Head of Service amounts
Special Projects Officer
POST NO: R&N040
BUDGET: £0m
NUMBER OF STAFF: 0
  • Major planning applications
  • Major planning appeals
  • Major pre-application casework
Finance Services Manager POST NUMBER F203
BUDGET: £0.843m for 2019/20
CURRENT NUMBER OF STAFF: 5.90 Full time equivalent
  • Deputising for the section 151 Officer
  • Delivery of all financial services
  • Payroll
  • Production of the annual statement of accounts

Note - The budget and staff numbers for this post are also included in the Head of Service amounts
Transformation Manager (Revenues & Benefits) POST NUMBER: H&C002
BUDGET: £26.961m for 2019/20
CURRENT NUMBER OF STAFF: 50.8 Full time equivalent

To provide the strategic leadership and drive necessary to transform the Revenues & Benefits Service into a modern (technology driven), lean, and efficient customer focussed service.

Note - The budget and staff numbers for this post are also included in the Head of Service amounts, and includes the cost of Housing Benefits payments.
Transformation Manager (Planning) POST NUMBER: R&N002
BUDGET: £1.560m for 2019/20
CURRENT NUMBER OF STAFF: 12.4 Full time equivalent

To provide the strategic leadership and drive necessary to transform the Planning Service into a modern (technology driven), lean, and efficient customer focussed service.

Note - The budget and staff numbers for this post are also included in the Strategic Director