Description

Salary range: £88,047 - £107,819 p.a. inc. London weighting

Contract: Permanent

Hours of work: 40 hours per week

Location: Civic centre and other locations from time to time

An exciting opportunity to deliver change with the Council's Radical Place Leadership Programme Brent is a tremendously vibrant London borough where the iconic arch of Wembley Stadium dominates the skyline. Spanning both inner and outer London, it is a borough of huge contrasts in terms of its economic, environmental, ethnic and social make up. Brent’s diversity is evident to all who visit our borough and our long history of ethnic and cultural diversity has created a place that is truly unique and valued by those who live and work here. The council is pursuing a far-reaching transformation agenda that better meets the needs of our community so it is an exciting time to join us.

We're changing how we organise and provide services in Brent to help everyone here live their best lives. Our new strategic change programme is about offering public services differently, with staff who are positive, empowered, accountable, and confident to try new things.

Where we always do things with our residents in our minds, developing a deep understanding of local communities, working together across different organisations for the people we serve.

At the heart of this change is the Radical Place Leadership Programme.

The Post

This role will provide strategic leadership to the Council’s Radical Place Leadership programme, implementing a new operating model across the Borough, built around integrated neighbourhood teams working together to make sure that Brent is a place where people feel healthy, happy, and safe.

Whilst based within the Council, this role will be community facing, working for and across the partners coming together as the Brent Strategic Leadership Forum to deliver a more collaborative place-based approach, working with and alongside communities.

This role will be key in developing this approach, with a strong focus on putting people at the centre of what we do, and on partnership working and relationship building, the post holder will need to work through influence and across organisational boundaries to develop a new, shared culture and ways of working.

The Person

You will bring experience of leading and implementing change programmes within a complex partnership environment and a record of improving service delivery through cross-sector initiatives and strategies.

We are seeking someone who prioritises and demonstrates significant experience of developing relationships, working in partnership and collaborating with others across organisational and professional boundaries to get things done.

You will demonstrate an ambition and curiosity for innovation and change – a focus on pushing us to be better and exploring new ways of doing things that create better impact.

Closing date: 4 February 2025 (23:59)

Additional Information

If you are interested in applying for this job, please start by clicking the "Apply Now" button below. You must provide a supporting statement as part of your application that clearly shows how you meet the criteria on the Person Specification. We will accept a CV in support of your application, however, you should still provide a supporting statement.

Brent Council values the diversity of its community and aims to have a workforce that reflects this and therefore encourage applications from all sections of the community. We positively encourage all applicants to self-identify their characteristics in the diversity survey section in the application.

We are committed to safer recruitment and safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Applicants should be aware that posts working with children, young people and vulnerable adults are subject to an Enhanced DBS check as well as other employment clearances.

The information we collect from you will be shared with Cifas who will use it to prevent fraud, other unlawful or dishonest conduct, malpractice, and other seriously improper conduct. Further details of how your information will be used by us and Cifas and your data protection rights, can be found here.

Brent has a positive approach to flexible working. As a disability confident employer Brent welcomes applications from people with all disabilities, including “non-visible” disabilities and mental health conditions. We will interview any disabled applicant who meets the essential criteria. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made to any part of the recruitment process due to your disability, please contact us on recruitment@brent.gov.uk Job Description

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