Senior leadership opportunities

Leading strategy and transformation for Scotland’s capital

Do you have the drive to play a central role in leading Edinburgh’s continued success as the UK’s most prosperous city outside of London?

We have a number of highly attractive career opportunities for senior people to operate at the leadership level of the City of Edinburgh Council. These are challenging roles, which provide an opportunity to shape the future of Scotland’s capital city.

The roles cover property/facilities management, communications, strategy and insight, customer services, legal and risk and information technology.

We are a unique and diverse organisation that supports and maintains the life-blood of the city – we make the city run. We make a difference to people’s lives.

 

Head of Property and Facilities Services

Responsible to the Director of Resources for delivering Property and Facilities Management services aligned to the overall Council strategic direction. You will be:

• heavily involved in setting the strategic direction, policy and practice for the Council Property and Facilities Management services, ensuring delivery within budget, quality and compliance standards.
• have overall responsibility for the performance and asset management lifecycle of all council properties including investment activity, development, construction, estate and facilities management.

Download the candidate information brochure and application form.

For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Adam Brown on 0131 539 7087 or by email Adam@fwbparkbrown.com

 

Head of Communications

Reporting to the Chief Executive, you will be heavily involved in managing the Council’s reputation and you will lead in setting the strategy and policy for council communications.

This role is both highly visible and influential internally and externally, working very closely with the Chief Executive, other members of the leadership team and councillors.

Download the candidate information brochure and application form.

For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Alix Meekison on 0131 539 7087 or by email Alix@fwbparkbrown.com

 

Head of Strategy and Insight

Responsible to the Chief Executive for setting the direction of strategy and related services. It fulfils a crucial role in the formulation of strategy and policy across the council.

The post leads a range of services which set strategy, policy and services for their area and ensures delivery within budget, quality and compliance standards.  This include:

• strategy, locality, insight and management information
• governance and democratic services
• portfolio /programme governance and assurance
• transformation and business change
• resilience

Download the candidate information brochure and application form.

For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Adam Brown on 0131 539 7087 or by email Adam@fwbparkbrown.com

 

Head of Customer Services

Responsible to the Executive Director of Resources for setting the strategic direction of all council customer and business support services, both internal and external, aligned to the overall Council strategic direction.

The post sets the strategy, policy and services for their area and ensures delivery within budget, quality and compliance standards. The area includes:

• staff support
• committee support
• customer services
• transaction centre
• business support
• transformation

Download the candidate information brochure and application form.

For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Graham Burns on 0131 539 7087 or by email Graham@fwbparkbrown.com

 

Head of Legal and Risk

Responsible to the Executive Director of Resources for setting the strategic direction of legal, risk and audit services aligned to the overall Council strategic direction.

The post sets the strategy, policy and services for their area and ensures delivery within budget, quality and compliance standards and covers:

• legal services
• Monitoring Officer
• risk
• health and safety
• internal audit

Download the candidate information brochure and application form.

For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Graham Burns on 0131 539 7087 or by email Graham@fwbparkbrown.com

 

Head of Information Technology

Responsible to the Chief Executive for setting the strategic direction of IT services aligned to the overall Council strategic direction, it sets the strategy, policy and services for their area and ensures delivery within budget, quality and compliance standards. IT services include:

• IT commercial arrangements
• IT security
• IT systems development
• IT innovation and future management

Download the candidate information brochure and application form.

For a confidential discussion about this role please contact Graham Burns on 0131 539 7087 or by email Graham@fwbparkbrown.com

Please note: full details on how to apply, the closing date for applications and dates for the selection process are provided in each of the candidate information brochures.

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