Director of Commercial Assets

Director of Commercial Assets

Job description

JOB TITLE : Head of Service - Commercial Assets

REPORTING INTO : Strategic Director - Corporate Resources

SALARY : £71,000

MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE

To work as a member of our Operational Management Board, delivering against our corporate ambitions and priorities by offering strategic and operational support to the Commercial Assets service.

To provide excellent management and leadership that ensures Exeter City Council delivers its vital services.

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

As a member of the Council’s Operational Management Board (OMB) you will :

- Work in partnership across the Operational Management Board (OMB), Senior Management Board (SMB), public and private sector partners, customers,





and central government to drive the delivery of the Councils services.
- Be an exemplar of the Council’s values and behaviour protocols to ensure that the Council’s corporate image and reputation are held in the highest esteem by all the customers and communities the City Council serves, and stakeholders and partners it collaborates with.
- Provide inspirational leadership, management and development of the Council workforce that creates a professional, supportive environment that champions EDI and, in turn, enhances the Council’s ambitions to remain an Employer of Choice in the local employment market and beyond.
- Be a proactive member of our operational management team ensuring we have a collaborative approach to leadership at operational level.
- Provide leadership and direction in terms of data including principles, policy, standards, quality, prioritisation and usage across the whole of the organisation.
- Work with local political leadership to ensure that elected members’ will is expressed and understood by Council officers,





and is implemented within the constraints of appropriate probity, legality and the agreed financial envelope.
- Work to develop an organisational culture that is open to, and curious of, innovation, continuous improvement and the development of new models of service delivery and ways of working to ensure the most effective and efficient use of resources in the execution of the Council’s priorities and responsibilities.
- Lead, promote and challenge an inclusive culture both within the service and across the wider council, with a particular focus on our safeguarding responsibilities and role as a corporate parent.