Teqniq is searching for a Head Of Strategy And Improvement to work in the public sector.
35 hours per week.
6 months contract.
09:00-17:00
Job Description:
To be accountable and responsible for providing leadership, challenge and support to the Mayor, Members, the Chief Executive, Corporate and Directorate Leadership Teams to ensure the service understand and engage positively with communities, place and partnerships.
To be accountable and responsible for providing strong and visible leadership on behalf of Mayor, Members, Corporate and Directorate Leadership dealing with a wide range of high-impact, complex and sensitive issues, drawing on experience, specialist skillsets and knowledge, as well as and extensive networks both within and outside the organisation.
To be accountable and responsible for leading and managing a strategy and policy function and for developing and delivering business intelligence, performance and improvement functions.
To lead a sustained focus on priority outcomes whilst tackling inequalities and improving social cohesion, voluntary and community sector.
To lead the development of the Strategy, Policy and Improvement function by working with the corporate service and directorate leadership teams.
To lead the development of innovative solutions to complex problems using creative and collaborative approaches that brings together internal and external stakeholders to influence and shape strategy and policy.
To play a senior leadership role as part of the directorate divisional management team and as a senior leader and business partner to the Mayor, Members, Chief Executive, corporate strategy, improvement and transformation service, ensuring effective delivery of enabling services.
To be accountable and responsible for providing robust and authoritative feedback, challenge and support to Mayor, Members, the Chief Executive, Corporate and Directorate Leadership Teams to help services improve performance, change and transform.
To lead a range of specialist teams to set the strategic direction of the council and the borough by ensuring that the work of Mayor, Members, the Chief Executive, Corporate and Directorate Leadership Teams is driven by intelligence and evidence: it makes plans, takes decisions and acts based on the best possible understanding of place, economy, society and demographics.
To play a collaborative leadership role in ensuring that Mayor, Members, the Chief Executive, Corporate and Directorate Leadership Teams is driven by a clear purpose, strategic direction and shared set of priority outcomes for the council and partners.
To lead on the provision of transparency and accountability to communities, partners and regulators for Mayor, Members, the Chief Executive, Corporate and Directorate Leadership Teams.
To ensure corporate directors and directorate leadership teams are supported by high performing teams that provide excellent products and service to internal and external customers.
To be accountable and responsible for the business intelligence, analyst and performance teams for the services ensuring that all reporting supports active decision making.
To be accountable and responsible for the Insight and Performance Improvement functions for the services to allow proactive and strategic performance management and targeted improvement activities.
TEQ-0724-RQ1320859
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