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About the role
We have a unique opportunity for you to shape, influence and create better lives for Warwickshire residents as the Director of Workforce and Local Services. You will be able to innovate and drive the Council to be modern, flexible, and ambitious.
This is an exciting time to be part of the council and we’ll give you the support and encouragement you need to succeed and help others around you. We are seeking an applicant with the mindset and momentum to help drive our services forward. Our direction is clear - we’re making Warwickshire the best it can be for everyone. We know we must continuously improve to make this a reality and it’s our people who will make it happen.
You’ll play a fundamental role in bringing about cultural change along and improve the effectiveness in our ways of working, putting our residents and businesses at the heart of what we do in our Local Services and build resilience within our Council and in our communities.
The work and programmes of this role meet the key priorities of the Council Plan, which are:
What we are looking for
You will be a brilliant senior strategic and corporate leader who can set the right tone, direction, and culture for the Council. You will be adept at leading HR to create the right organisational and leadership culture, including ED&I. You can work with risk, innovate, and drive us to be modern, flexible, and ambitious.
You will be politically astute, understand brilliant customer service and can lead delivery of high performing resident-facing services. You can manage large budgets, prioritise, and maintain grip on delivery. You will be comfortable driving change and running large transformation programmes.
You will be proactive and thrive on challenge and opportunities. You will have the breadth of perspective and relationship skills to influence across the Council at all levels and with our partners, supported by the professional expertise to offer expert technical advice when required.
You will have substantial experience of working at senior leadership level in a large, complex organisation, and be a leader with demonstrable experience of developing and delivering strategies and service development and will have experience of leading a broad range of teams, demonstrating that you can successfully lead in areas where you may not be the technical expert.
Developing strategy will come naturally to you, as will turning policy into action, and action into outcomes. You will be able to monitor performance and judge whether the Council and your services are meeting the aims of the Council Plan.
You will be able to effectively communicate complex information in a variety of straight forward, easy to understand ways to a wide array of internal and external stakeholders. You will be able to work collegiately and collaboratively with those outside your direct line management to deliver the priorities of your role.
Our offer to you
At Warwickshire County Council we offer a fantastic range of benefits in a friendly, caring, and supportive work environment. You will be awarded family friendly agile working, competitive annual leave, local government pension, cycle to work scheme, free onsite parking and more. To learn more about or benefits offer to you click link here.
Additional Information
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To discuss the role further please contact Rob Powell, Executive Director of Resources via robpowell@warwickshire.gov.uk
To apply for this vacancy please click on the 'Apply' button.
Our method of application is online, please note, CV’s should not been submitted unless asked to do so.
If you are unable to apply using the 'Apply' button please contact the Recruitment Centre on hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk including your contact details and any relevant screenshots.
You will be notified of our shortlisting decision via email, so please check your email on a regular basis after submitting your application.
As part of being a Disability Confident employer we guarantee to interview anyone with a disability whose application meets the minimum criteria for the post. By ‘minimum criteria’ we mean that you must provide us with evidence in your application form which demonstrates that you generally meet the level of competence required for each competence, as well as meeting any of the qualifications, skills or experience defined as essential in the person specification.
Should you require application forms in an alternative format / language or any adjustments to be made throughout the application process or upon appointment, please contact hrandpayroll@warwickshire.gov.uk and we will make every effort to meet your specific requirements.
Warwickshire County Council (WCC) is committed to equality of opportunity for all employees and is keen to address areas of under representation in its workforce, this is because we really understand the importance of different voices, experiences, perspectives, and backgrounds within our workforce. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups. WCC has several staff network groups which provide peer support and safe spaces for employees who hold these and other identities. See more.
