We are currently working with a Local Authority who are looking for a Head of Development Management to lead a grouping of Council services and be accountable for their performance, delivery, improvement, management, and review.
Head of Development Management
Location: South West – ideally 3 days a week onsite
IR35 Status: Inside IR35
Duration: 6 Months
Duties:
- Lead staff and be accountable for Managers in your service, including setting clear targets and objectives, proactively managing workflow and priorities; and carrying out effective recruitment, induction, coaching, and ongoing staff management and development
- Be accountable for effective monitoring, performance management and review mechanisms within your service, using business intelligence to identify trends and ensure continuous improvement in delivery of services
- Accountable and responsible for embedding the new ways of working, attitudes and approaches in your Service, including multi-skilling and knowledge sharing is embedded in all the teams.
- Lead the development and implementation of the new organisational structure and ways of working of working in your Service, and proactively collaborate with SLT, other Heads of Service and external stakeholders to resolve issues and identify and implement improvements in performance.
- Lead the Services attitudes and approaches and ways of working, encouraging communication and empowerment, ensuring Managers embed this with their teams.
Experience:
- Significant experience in proactively managing and leading a team or teams of staff including dealing effectively with performance
- Relevant professional experience and evidence of contribution at a senior managerial level in a relevant service area
- Experience of successfully delivering change, implementing service improvement and key projects
- Corporate Membership of the Royal Town Planning Institute
If you're interested, please send through an up-to-date CV then I can drop you a call to discuss further