Strategic Director
- Warwick District Council
- Warwick, UK
- Nov 28, 2024
Job Description
Strategic Director
£100,880 - £109,106
At Warwick District Council, we’re looking for a Strategic Director who is passionate about our community and excited about making a real difference. With our easily accessible central location, and Leamington Spa being rated the best place to live in the Midlands, it’s easy to see why businesses, residents, and visitors are drawn to our vibrant, diverse, and unique district.
We are driven by a vision to ensure that Warwick District is a great place for everyone to live, work, and visit. We aim to improve lives and the environment, creating a welcoming and sustainable future for all.
We are now seeking a forward-thinking Strategic Director who will bring innovation, transformation, and efficiency to the Council to help us achieve these goals. Our new Strategic Director will lead the delivery of our low-cost, low-carbon energy schemes. If appointed, you will take charge of the Council’s high-profile capital projects, including the Climate Change Programme, Biodiversity Action Programme, Town Centre Regeneration, Housing Development Programme, and Asset Management services, all aimed at meeting the needs of our diverse communities.
While we are in a strong financial position, we’re committed to finding further efficiencies and exploring new income-generation opportunities, all while maintaining our social purpose to improve lives across the district.
We’re looking for an experienced professional who can shape and deliver the future strategic direction of the Council and the district. You should have a proven track record in delivering capital projects, especially in low-cost, low-carbon housing, as well as transforming services and making efficiencies. Experience working with, or within, local government is essential, along with the ability to build positive relationships with Elected Members.
At the heart of our organisation are our people. We value the benefits of new ways of working to enhance productivity, service delivery, and wellbeing. That’s why we offer a comprehensive employee benefits scheme and agile working options, to support work-life balance and personal growth.
We are a small, but dynamic Council, with unique strengths, and we are committed to ensuring everyone can reach their potential. As a member of our Senior Leadership Team, you’ll have the opportunity to work alongside our elected members to ensure that Warwick continues to grow and thrive.
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. We encourage applications from candidates of all backgrounds, particularly those underrepresented in local government leadership.
Closing Date: 8th January 2025 12.00 Noon
Assessment Centre: 27th or 28th January 2025
Final Interview: 11th February 2025
Salary
City
Our vision is to make Warwick District a great place to live, work and visit, by improving lives and our environment. The Council’s Corporate Strategy – Towards Warwick 2030 is designed to support and deliver our vision for the District and has three strategic priorities:
- Delivering valued, sustainable services
In order that the Council can continue to focus its efforts and activities on the needs of its residents, communities and businesses, this priority will be underpinned by continued demonstration of financial sustainability through the medium term.
- Low cost, low carbon across the district
The Council will look to find ways to reduce energy consumption and bills in Council civic buildings, Council housing, and help others to do the same, such as privately owned homes, businesses and other public and voluntary sector organisation.
- Creating vibrant, safe and healthy communities of the future
We will work with communities, businesses and public sector partners to enable and support improvements where people’s community, economic and housing needs can be met. This will facilitate a better and more sustainable balance with the natural world that will allow our communities and businesses to thrive in a sustainable and safe way.
The Council has 44 elected Councillors made up from five political groups. There is no overall control of the Council. Our net revenue general fund expenditure is just under £21.3m, funded mainly by Council Tax (£10.6m), Business Rates (£7.3m) and funding from Government (£3.4m). Our approach emphasises the importance of growth in the local economy and of ensuring that all our communities benefit from that growth.
We are confident that our Change Management Programme will address the future service and financial needs of the Council over the next five years and beyond, by improving the efficiency and effectiveness of how we deliver our services.
Across all services we employ around 500 people, and our organisation structure sets out our leadership portfolios.