The Role
Director of Place
£164,895 - £193,557 + choices payment of £6,609
This role covers an expansive portfolio of public facing services and will be integral to ensuring that Bexley continues to be a great place to live, work and visit.
Service areas within the role’s remit include:
- Communities
- Parks & Open Spaces
- Environmental Services
- Parking Enforcement (Shared Service with Bromley)
- Housing Services
- Strategic Planning, Regeneration & Implementation
- Planning & Regulatory Services
- Economic Development & Skills
- Major Projects
- Highways, Traffic & Infrastructure
- Heat Schemes, Projects & Programmes
With many of our major services delivered via an outsourced model, it’s essential that whoever takes on this role has a comprehensive understanding of how to maximise the economic and social value of contracts, while ensuring high quality service delivery. Customers and commerciality will be your focus at all times.
We are looking for a versatile and agile leader who can move seamlessly from service and contract management to the broader strategic place agenda – working with stakeholders in the Borough and across London to promote Bexley as a destination for investment. Regeneration and investment are essential to supporting successful communities, and the Council is committed to enabling economic growth and development, while protecting the natural assets that make Bexley such a great place.
As you’d expect, this portfolio of services comes with extensive scrutiny and attention. It’s important that you are already accustomed to working with elected members in relation to high profile, public facing services and appreciate the attention that this demands.
This is a fantastic opportunity to join a stable and well-run local authority that is pursuing an ambitious modernisation programme – rethinking our delivery model to enable us to deliver better outcomes for residents in a sustainable way.