Assistant Director – Performance and Policy

The job-holder will be a senior professional within the directorate, providing strategic and operational leadership to drive the performance and ambition of the Council.

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.

The role leads the development of policy, engaging with stakeholders and partnerships recognising system-wide engagement is significant to delivering the council’s priorities, improvement and performance. A clear understanding and recognition of the national and local context within which the Council operates is a significant part of the role.

The job-holder will be responsible for the strategic management of:

• 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;
  
  The role is high profile and influential and the job-holder will be an expert advisor to the Council’s Strategic Leadership Team, senior officers and elected members including Cabinet. The post holder will ensure compliance with GDPR, Data Sharing Agreements and hold information asset registers and be responsible for data quality. The role will support a range of statutory services spanning education, children and adult social care and financial services.
  
  The job-holder will lead the delivery of performance and improvement across the Council, provide oversight of key policy areas and using evidence and intelligence support responses to national policy consultations.
  
  The post holder will lead engagement strategies and partnerships with a range of stakeholders, including MPs, Public Sector Partners, Businesses, Communities and Education partners to influence national and local decision makers in support of Council-wide priorities.
  
  The postholder will act as deputy to the Director for Performance and Partnerships as required