Assistant Director - Performance & Policy - Local Authority

My client in Southwest England is looking to appoint a talented Assistant Director for Performance & Policy on a Contract basis.

The role is accountable for the development and implementation of a corporate performance framework, aligning service delivery and improvement with financial performance and risk management.

Local Authority experience is essential.

About the role:

Based in Southwest England (Hybrid):

• Performance Services - Corporate Performance Framework, Setting and measuring Directorate and Service impacts and outcomes, supporting Service Improvement programmes and statutory inspections, benchmarking and reporting.
• Data, Analysis, Intelligence and Management Information Services and Systems - supporting Council-wide service delivery, commissioning of services, evidence for decision-making; Market Intelligence and Technical Data and Information Systems.
• Policy - Strategic Priorities and Strategic Plan, Corporate Plan, Annual Performance Report, briefings and public affairs engagement in support of Council priorities.
• Partnerships - strategic national, regional and local partnerships and engagement.

About you:
You will have the following experiences:

• Substantial leadership experience of performance, data and intelligence systems, strategy, policy development, and management of operational services at a senior level, ability to work across a complex, multi-disciplinary and sometimes ambiguous landscape.
• Substantial and successful experience of managing large projects, programmes and budgets.
• Local Authority experience is essential.

What's on offer:

• Salary: £500-£700 per day, inside IR35

*negotiable based on experience.

*please submit your CV with the rate you require.

• Hybrid working.
• Contract type: Contract.
• Hours: 09:00 - 17:00 Monday to Friday.

How to apply:

• Once your CV is received, if you are successful you will be contacted.
• Due to the extremely high number of applications, it may not be possible to contact every applicant. As such, if you are not contacted please assume you have not been successful on this occasion.