Corporate Strategy & Performance Lead

We have an opportunity for a Corporate Strategy & Performance Lead to join a hugely successful service based in Northallerton.  This service provides the platform for improving the efficiency and effectiveness, maximising opportunities of scale across a rural council whilst improving outcomes for residents and businesses across North Yorkshire.

The key objectives for the Strategy and Performance Team Leader are:

• To lead and manage a team of Strategy and Performance Managers, Strategy and Performance Officers and Strategy and Performance Assistants, ensuring clear oversight, understanding and joined up working for strategy and performance in the directorate and one or more corporate functions across the service
• To help shape the transformation of the strategy and performance functions across the service including engaging and influencing staff at all levels
• To understand the breadth and needs of customers of the strategy and performance functions in the directorate and one or more corporate functions
• To ensure the delivery of the strategy and performance functions in the directorate and one or more corporate functions across the service, in particular ensuring that all delivery is to a high standard, effective, efficient and within budget, and that staff morale is maintained and improved in the new structure
• To support the scoping, design and delivery of continuous improvement
• To demonstrate proactivity, resilience and ambition to achieve the desired outcomes

Knowledge and Experience

• Significant knowledge of current policy developments, legislation and good practice standards both at local and national level
• Significant knowledge of performance management, evaluation tools and methodologies
• Significant knowledge of statutory requirements and good practice standards regarding strategy development, equality, consultation and engagement
• Knowledge of effective management of staff and resources
• Extensive experience of strategic planning, policy development and implementation, and performance management
• Experience of developing and implementing organisational culture change within a large diverse organisation
• Successful management of staff

This is initially a 3 month interim role – 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday

Salary £51,000

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