Assistant Director, Legal and Information Governance

Sheffield City Council is a council that leads boldly with purpose and decisiveness, putting the people and communities of Sheffield at the heart of everything it does, and working hard to deliver excellence first time, every time. It is an extraordinary place to live and work, providing a perfect balance of vibrant urban life, award-winning culture, and the outdoors.

We now have two exciting senior opportunities to join our legal team and contribute to the modernisation through the Future Sheffield programme of one of this country’s most exciting, vibrant, and diverse cities. Your work will help our council reach its potential and be an organisation that our community and stakeholders recognise as delivering against our City Goals.

Both roles will be Deputy Monitoring Officers and report directly to the General Counsel. They are at the heart of our democratic decision-making, playing an integral role in supporting Members and senior leadership to realise our ambitions and shape how we work differently with both internal and external partners into the future. We understand the strategic role that legal plays through effective business partnering, timely advice on complex issues, and ongoing committee support – all of which are integral to high performance and good governance.

If you are committed to good governance, delivering high-performing services, and believe you could make a difference, we would love to hear from you.

This is a politically restricted post. You will support Directorate Business Continuity as part of an on-call rota to provide co-ordination of critical incidents, should these occur.

We are investing in our workforce and promoting opportunities to our under-represented groups. We value equality, diversity, and inclusion and are focused on increasing the diversity of our workforce, particularly the number of Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic, Disabled, and LGBTQ+ people, so that our teams reflect the communities in the city we serve. We are also supporting staff with unpaid caring responsibilities to work flexibly.

Under the Disability Confident Scheme, disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria of this job are guaranteed an interview.

Full-time employees work 37 hours for 52 weeks of the year, and we offer a generous holiday entitlement. We are open to discussions about a wide range of flexible working opportunities which benefit you and the Council, including reduced hour contracts, working part-time, or as a job share.

For more details and to apply: 2x Assistant Directors, Legal and Information Governance :: Faerfield

For a confidential discussion about the role, please contact:

Sean Anderson
Email: sanderson@faerfield.co.uk
Tel: 0121 312 3755

Ben Cox
Email: bcox@faerfield.co.uk
Tel: 0121 312 3755

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.