Head of Neighbourhood Services

Morson have a fantastic opportunity for a an experienced Head of Neighbourhood Services. You will have an accountable leadership role in assisting the work of the Director - Communities in ensuring the delivery of the council's universal neighbourhood offer.

The post holder will have strategic and operational responsibility to deliver a high quality, joined up and effective neighbourhood function of the council. Lead and inspire the service to successfully deliver an excellent all-age customer experience.

Lead responsibility for embedding the new neighbourhood model across the five neighbourhoods, providing end-to-end leadership of neighbourhood in the universal space, ensuring our integrated model - people, place, data, and early help - functions as a coherent, high-performing system.

Providing management and accountability by:

• defining and communicating the vision and council priorities in line with set policy and intent.
• ensuring that real need is being addressed.
• assuring ongoing sustainability of any function, and if necessary, taking the decision to cease.
• providing the teams with accountability, decisions, and management.
• ensuring the solutions deliver the impact and outcome in line with expectations.

You will have as follows;

• Proven track record of community leadership in a local authority or similar complex organisation.
• Significant experience in the delivery of excellent customer focused community offer and related services and compliance with relevant financial, legal and statutory requirements.
• Experience of leading, managing, developing and empowering colleagues at all levels in a changing environment.
• Ability to think strategically and formulate, implement and review strategies, policy and processes.
• Ability to lead service transformation and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence key partners.

please send your

• Proven track record of community leadership in a local authority or similar complex organisation.
• Significant experience in the delivery of excellent customer focused community offer and related services and compliance with relevant financial, legal and statutory requirements.
• Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience.
• Experience of leading, managing, developing and empowering colleagues at all levels in a changing environment.
• Ability to think strategically and formulate, implement and review strategies, policy and processes.
• Ability to lead service transformation and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence key partners.

Please send your

• Proven track record of community leadership in a local authority or similar complex organisation.
• Significant experience in the delivery of excellent customer focused community offer and related services and compliance with relevant financial, legal and statutory requirements.
• Educated to degree level or relevant equivalent experience.
• Experience of leading, managing, developing and empowering colleagues at all levels in a changing environment.
• Ability to think strategically and formulate, implement and review strategies, policy and processes.
• Ability to lead service transformation and embed a culture of continuous improvement.
• Excellent communication skills and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence key partners.

Please send your CV to discuss in more detail

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