Leadership, structure and senior salaries
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Senior salaries
The Transparency Code 2015 requires us to publish information about our senior employees whose annual remuneration is £50,000 and above.
Salaries
| Position Description | Employee Name | Basic Salary | Additional Payments | Total Remuneration | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Assistant Chief Executive | £125,824 | 0 | £125,824 | - | |
| Chief Accountant | £42,223.44 | 0 | £42,223.44 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Chief Adult Social Worker | £75,456.96 | 0 | £75,456.96 | - | |
| Chief Executive | Adele Wylie | £196,167 | 0 | £196,167 | - |
| Chief Internal Auditor | £93,744.96 | 0 | £93,744.96 | - | |
| Chief Lawyer Governance & Litigation | £55,895.79 | 0 | £55,895.79 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Corporate Director of Law & Governance (Monitoring Officer) | £117,463.2 | 0 | £117,463.2 | - | |
| Corporate Director of Public Health, Communities & Leisure | £125,824 | 0 | £125,824 | - | |
| Corporate Director of Transformation and Strategy | £17,349.29 | 0 | £17,349.29 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Deputy Director of Public Health | £100,917 | 0 | £100,917 | - | |
| Director of Education, SEND and Inclusion | £8,706.25 | 0 | £8,706.25 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Director of Adult Social Care Operations | £107,999.6 | £141,66.32 | £122,166 | Additional payment - honoraria, additional responsibility payment | |
| Director of Assets and Environment | £108,033 | £7,123.53 | £115,156.5 | Additional payment - additional responsibility payment | |
| Director of Care Markets, Provider Services and Safeguarding | £108,033 | £141,66.62 | £122,199.6 | Additional payment - honoraria, additional responsibility payment | |
| Director of Communities and Leisure | £108,033 | £60 | £108,093 | Additional payment - bonfire duties | |
| Director of Customer Experience | £86,957.04 | 0 | £86,957.04 | - | |
| Director of Finance Accountancy | £100,675.4 | 0 | £100,675.4 | - | |
| Director of Finance and Strategy | £108,033 | 0 | £108,033 | - | |
| Director of Highways and Waste | £108,033 | £21,654.75 | £129,687.8 | Additional payment - additional responsibility payment | |
| Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development | £108,033 | 0 | £108,033 | - | |
| Director of Regulatory Services | £108,033 | 0 | £108,033 | - | |
| Director of Revenues and Benefits | £108,033 | 0 | £108,033 | - | |
| Director of Strategic Housing, Development and Property Services | £108,033 | 0 | £108,033 | - | |
| Director of Technology and Digital | £36,340.8 | 0 | £36,340.8 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Director of Wellbeing and Resilience | £108,033 | £1,239 | £109,272 | Additional payment - essential user payment | |
| Executive Director Adults and Health Partnerships | David Watts | £159,763 | 0 | £159,763 | - |
| Executive Director Finance | Claire Edwards | £152,646 | 0 | £152,646 | - |
| Executive Director Place | George Candler | £159,763 | £9,999.96 | £169,762.9 | Additional payment - honoraria, additional responsibility payment |
| Head of Applications (IT) | £15,955.4 | 0 | £15,955.4 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Head of Asset Strategy | £58,269.54 | 0 | £58,269.54 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Head of Capital Projects | £75,456.96 | 0 | £75,456.96 | - | |
| Head of Commissioning and Contracts (Childrens) | £26,540.45 | 0 | £26,540.45 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Head of Culture, Tourism and Heritage | £71,383.46 | £75 | £71,458.46 | Additional payment - bonfire duties | |
| Head of Democratic Services | £62,302.82 | 0 | £62,302.82 | - | |
| Head of Development Management & Planning Enforcement | £14,969.71 | 0 | £14,969.71 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Head of Digital | £72,447.34 | £7,540.38 | £79,987.72 | Additional payment - market factor supplement, honoraria, additional responsibility payment | |
| Head of Economy and Strategy | £94,187.04 | 0 | £94,187.04 | - | |
| Head of Elections | £62,879.04 | £7,952.33 | £70,831.37 | Additional payment - additional responsibility payment | |
| Head of Emergency Planning | £72,349.11 | 0 | £72,349.11 | - | |
| Head of Environment | £73,870.11 | 0 | £73,870.11 | - | |
| Head of Environmental Health | £75,456.96 | 0 | £75,456.96 | - | |
| Head of Highways Delivery | £73,904.04 | 0 | £73,904.04 | - | |
| Head of Housing Maintenance and Development | £75,456.96 | 0 | £75,456.96 | - | |
| Head of Housing Management | £56,802.32 | 0 | £56,802.32 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Head of Housing Solutions | £75,456.96 | 0 | £75,456.96 | - | |
| Head Of Infrastructure | £22,765.63 | 0 | £22,765.63 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Head of Learning and Development | £72,313.7 | 0 | £72,313.7 | - | |
| Head of Leisure | £73,904.04 | 0 | £73,904.04 | - | |
| Head of Operations | £73,904.04 | 0 | £73,904.04 | - | |
| Head of Partnerships and Development | £91,513.19 | 0 | £91,513.19 | - | |
| Head of Performance, Intelligence and Partnerships | £93,744.96 | 0 | £93,744.96 | - | |
| Head of Policy & Placemaking | £75,456.96 | 0 | £75,456.96 | - | |
| Head of Private Sector Housing | £73,904.04 | 0 | £73,904.04 | - | |
| Head of Procurement | £93,744.96 | 0 | £93,744.96 | - | |
| Head of Public Health Commissioning | £73,904.04 | 0 | £73,904.04 | - | |
| Head of Service Delivery | £24,127.68 | 0 | £24,127.68 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Head of Service, Adult Learning | £26,942.57 | 0 | £26,942.57 | Postholder started in role during year | |
| Head of Strategic Transport | £75,406.06 | 0 | £75,406.06 | - | |
| Head of Stronger Communities | £72,383.04 | 0 | £72,383.04 | - | |
| Head of the Virtual School | £73,904.04 | 0 | £73,904.04 | - | |
| Head of Trading Standards and Bereavement Services | £75,456.96 | 0 | £75,456.96 | - | |
| Head of Waste | £73,904.04 | 0 | £73,904.04 | - | |
| Head of Workforce and Organisational Development | £44,940.56 | 0 | £44,940.56 | Postholder started in role during year | |
Responsibilities
| Position Description | Responsibility |
|---|---|
| Assistant Chief Executive | Act as a strategic adviser, leading Chief Executive sponsored projects and activities and coordinating key strategic functions including communications and engagement, policy and performance, business intelligence and executive support services in order to enable the Chief Executive to achieve their objectives and make best use of their time and resource. |
| Chief Accountant | Responsible for overseeing the Council’s accountancy function, including financial reporting, governance, and the production of statutory accounts. The role supports strategic financial planning, such as the annual budget, medium-term financial strategy, and capital programme, while ensuring strong financial controls and compliance with legislation and accounting standards. Provide high-level financial advice to senior leaders and councillors, lead and develop finance teams, and ensure a professional, customer-focused service across the Council. Contributes to the overall management of the Finance Division and builds relationships with external bodies to enhance financial practices. |
| Chief Adult Social Worker | Act as the Principal Social Worker as defined within the Care Act 2014. Provide strategic leadership and support the Council in discharging its statutory functions in relation to the complex range of social work and co-production led activity across the integrated care system. Responsible for developing and maintaining strategic partnerships with statutory agencies, provider services, and voluntary and community groups to achieve shared aims across Adults Services. |
| Chief Executive | Statutory role as Head of Paid Service, working with Council Members and the Senior Management Team to provide clear personal leadership and strategic direction to secure a cohesive and co-ordinated approach to deliver and improve organisation-wide service provision, resource allocation and prioritisation. Ensure the delivery of high quality services to the residents of North Northamptonshire. Work with elected members to ensure effective governance of the Council and it's legality, probity, integrity, proper public accountability and scrutiny of decision making processes. Jointly manage the Northamptonshire Children’s Trust; ensuring the delivery of high quality services to citizens across the county. |
| Chief Internal Auditor | Leading the Internal Audit and Counter Fraud service, in line with the Public Sector Internal Audit Standards, including delivery of the audit plan, support to the Audit & Governance Committee and provision of an annual assurance report and opinion. |
| Chief Lawyer Governance & Litigation | To provide the council, as constituted by its Elected Members and Officers, with access at all times to appropriate advice and support in order to carry out its functions lawfully, effectively and efficiently. This role will provide legal advice on complex or politically sensitive matters directly to Members and Officers. To support the Monitoring Officer, providing professional advice on governance, compliance with the Constitution, Code of Conduct and associated legal areas. |
| Corporate Director of Law & Governance (Monitoring Officer) | Statutory role to ensure governance arrangements are legally compliant and fit for purpose, and that all decisions taken by Councillors and Officers are lawful. Responsible for undertaking the Monitoring Officer role and associated statutory duties in accordance with Section 5 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989 as amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 5 Local Government Act 2000; including, reporting on any proposal, decision, or omission that is, or may be, illegal or amount to maladministration; promoting and maintaining high standards of councillor and officer conduct; responsibility for the operation of the council's constitution. Lead the management, development, performance and continuous improvement of the Council’s legal, democratic, electoral registration, information governance functions and registration and coroners, delivering high quality, trusted and efficient services to Councillors, employees and service users. |
| Corporate Director of Public Health, Communities & Leisure | The role is statutorily accountable to the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care and North Northamptonshire Council. Principal adviser on all health matters to elected members, officers, and partners, with a leadership role spanning health improvement, health protection and healthcare public health |
| Corporate Director of Transformation and Strategy | Lead the delivery of corporate priorities, driving continuous improvement and transformation across the Council while shaping the future of local government. Oversee key programmes and strategies, including the 'One Council' Programme and the 'Big 50' vision, foster innovation and collaboration, and provide expert advice to ensure a high-performing, modern organisation focused on improving outcomes for residents. |
| Deputy Director of Public Health | To provide strategic and system leadership and provide and coordinate high quality professional Public Health input, support and advice to the local system in order to drive improvements in outcomes, prevention of ill health, promotion of good health and reductions in health inequalities. Responsible for the development, implementation and delivery of local policies, developing inter-agency and interdisciplinary strategic plans and programmes, with delegated authority to deliver key public health targets. Provide expert specialist public health advice and leadership to support and inform an evidence-based approach within ethical frameworks for commissioning and develop high quality equitable services, across primary, secondary and social care, and across sectors including local authorities, voluntary organisations, etc. Deputise for the DPH in the discharge of the full range of their statutory Public Health duties. |
| Director of Education, SEND and Inclusion | Lead responsibility for all learning, pupil attainment and achievement and school improvement functions across the service and to deliver continuous improvement in leadership and management in schools and other education services, assessment for learning, teaching and learning, environments for learning and School governance. To deliver and effective school improvement function that supports, challenges and, where necessary intervenes in schools to drive up performance and raise pupil attainment, including support to governor bodies. |
| Director of Adult Social Care Operations | Responsible for the strategic planning, engagement, operational & statutory delivery of key services and accountability for the financial & budgetary management & control of the budget for Adult Social Care. As strategic service lead, the role bears accountability for ensuring services, practice & standards meet statutory requirements and that all professionals work together to deliver Making Safeguarding Personal to promote and secure the safety of local residents. Community Hubs, Inclusion Hubs, Learning Disability & Transitions, Hospital Discharge functions, Reablement and Crisis Response Team, Continuing Health Care and Care Home Review Team. |
| Director of Assets and Environment | Lead on the development of the Council’s estates/property strategy and property portfolio initiatives; in particular - income realisation, commercial acquisitions and the disposal of redundant assets, to ensure that robust property management investment maximises value for money & revenue for the Council. Lead the development of Council’s asset management strategies and property portfolio development activity, including service related accommodation. |
| Director of Care Markets, Provider Services and Safeguarding | A core member of the Strategic Leadership Team for Adult Services responsible for the strategic planning, engagement, operational & statutory delivery of key services and accountability for the financial & budgetary management & control of the £100 m budget for Adult Social Care. As strategic service lead, the role bears accountability for ensuring services, practice & standards meet statutory requirements and that all professionals work together to deliver Making Safeguarding Personal to promote and secure the safety of local residents. Key service areas aligned to this role are Principal Social Worker, In House Provider Services (Specialist Domiciliary Care/Specialist Day Services/Residential Care/Bed Based Reablement Services), Safeguarding (Leadership & Co-ordination), DoLS, Assurance & Quality Team and Well-being & Prevention Services (including Assistive Technology and Occupational Therapy Services). |
| Director of Communities and Leisure | Lead the housing services for North Northamptonshire Council, delivering responsive and effective services to our customers. This includes the delivery of statutory functions related to housing and safeguarding. The role includes developing a regional and national presence working with other social housing providers to shape and inform national housing policy. |
| Director of Customer Experience | Responsible for leading and implementing the Transformation and Aggregation of all the Customer Service & Complaints teams. Responsible for setting the key priorities and direction for Customer Services and Complaints in line with the Corporate plan. Responsible for the leadership, development and implementation of customer and digital strategies for the council in order to deliver an improved customer experience. |
| Director of Finance Accountancy | Deputy S151 officer to the Executive Director for all accountancy related matters. To be responsible for all financial matters relating to the provision of accountancy which includes the closedown of the Council’s accounts and the production of the statement of accounts, the provision of finance business partners and financial advice to budget holders and the Executive Leadership Team, the provision of accounts payable, accounts receivable and debt monitoring and management. |
| Director of Finance and Strategy | Deputy S151 officer to the Executive Director for all financial strategy related matters. To be responsible for all financial matters relating to the provision of financial strategy which includes the provision of strategic financial advice, responsibility for budget strategy and the medium term financial planning position, treasury management, the capital programme, insurance provision and generating commercial opportunities. |
| Director of Highways and Waste | Responsible for the leadership, development, and implementation of relevant strategies for the directorate and Council including integrated transport and sustainable waste strategies across a range of services and functions and technical or professional staff. Responsible for strategic transport planning and delivery of the Council’s Integrated Transport Strategy and Active Travel duty with a focus on the decarbonisation and sustainability agenda. |
| Director of Human Resources and Organisational Development | Responsible for the leadership, development, and implementation of relevant strategies for the area and council to deliver its corporate HR priorities. To review and modernise the HR service to reflect best practice and seek to harmonise HR advisory approaches to provide a consistent and high standard to all customers. |
| Director of Regulatory Services | Responsible for ensuring the Council meets its statutory duties in relation to trading standards, environmental services, licensing, building control, emergency planning and bereavement services. Responsible for overall technical and legal advice within the unit and across the Council on relevant issues; for example, but not exclusively related to pollution, risks to public health, rogue trading and building regulation. |
| Director of Revenues and Benefits | To lead, manage and develop the Revenues and Benefits service (Revenues and Recovery, Entitlements, Debt and Welfare Advice, BID levy and Systems, Performance and Subsidy) in order to provide an efficient and effective service to our customers. Advise senior management and elected members on all matters relating to the service functions. |
| Director of Strategic Housing, Development and Property Services | Responsible for the strategic leadership, development, management and delivery of the Council’s housing services to ensure that they meet the current and future needs of local communities and provide an excellent quality customer focused housing service to all tenants. This includes the delivery of statutory functions related to housing and safeguarding. Manage the Housing Revenue Account and Business Plan, working with finance. |
| Director of Technology and Digital | The post holder is responsible for leading the development and delivery of North Northamptonshire Council’s technology, digital and cyber security strategy, alongside transforming the technology function to support future service needs. The role oversees all aspects of technology operations, including infrastructure, programmes, cyber security, suppliers and service delivery, ensuring efficiency and continuity. It also includes managing key IT partner relationships and leading agreed transitions away from outsourced arrangements to support long-term capability and service improvement. |
| Director of Wellbeing and Resilience | Lead on specific public health services improving the health and wellbeing of the residents of North Northamptonshire. This is underpinned by the statutory duty placed on local government to take such steps as it considers appropriate to improve the health of its residents. This will include leading statutory functions including Health Protection and Joint Strategic Needs Assessment. |
| Executive Director Adults and Health Partnerships | This is a statutory role ensuring the delivery of local authority social services functions listed in Schedule 1 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (as amended), (including where the authority has commissioned any services from another provider rather than delivering them itself). Deliver the local authority’s responsibilities for assessing, planning, and commissioning adult social care and wellbeing services to meet the needs of all adults with social care needs in the authority’s area; in line with the wider vision for social care to combat social exclusion. |
| Executive Director Finance | Statutory role under Section 151 of the Local Government Act, responsible for the financial affairs of the Council, with accountability for the financial probity of the Authority. Lead the management, development, performance and continuous improvement of all Finance and Audit and Risk services and related activities; ensuring financial sustainability and the effective management of the Council’s funding, revenue budget and capital programme |
| Executive Director Place | Strategic lead for the Council's Highways and Waste, Assets and Environment, Growth and Regeneration and Regulatory services functions. The Director is responsible for identifying and pursuing all opportunities to develop commercial potential to grow new and existing revenue streams using Council assets & expertise, reducing delivery costs and positively reengineering ways of delivering Council and place objectives in a cost efficient manner. The post holder will lead and direct the Council's economic development and regeneration activities, strategy and commissioning, acting as the Council's chief professional adviser on initiatives which will achieve the Council's objectives and contribute to employment and wealth generation in North Northamptonshire. |
| Head of Applications (IT) | Review effectiveness and develop new organisational strategies, ensuring they align with business objectives, deliver measurable benefits, and support digital transformation. Oversee Applications and Systems function within budget, maintain secure and resilient infrastructure, drive technical capability within teams, and implement the digital strategy to improve service delivery and organisational performance. |
| Head of Asset Strategy | To be the lead for the council’s asset management service, holding operational responsibility for service delivery, including Asset Management, Commerical Estate Management, Strategic Corporate Property Management, and Business Centres. Developing and executing strategies to transform and rationalise the council’s assets, by building partnership working across the council to understand services business needs and how they translate into property requirements, providing options, solution and technical expertise, intelligent challenge and influencing. Work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to drive transformation, organisational change and enable continuous improvement to services. Lead and manage the operational development and delivery of the Assets Management team through both in-house and contracted services by planning, developing and implementing policies, processes and procedures that will ensure the service is efficient and effective, that the service provision demonstrates value for money and to ensure the best outcomes for the Employees, Members, Partners and Service Users at all times. |
| Head of Capital Projects | To be the lead for the council’s Capital Project service, holding responsibility for service delivery for the Council’s property related capital projects. Delivering a programme of capital projects of varying sizes and complexity, ensure capital works are undertaken in adherence with legal and safety requirement, being fit for use in accordance with statutory requirements. Developing and executing strategies to ensure safe operation, capital improvement and sustainability of the council’s assets, through the delivery of an efficient capital improvement programme. Work in partnership with internal and external stakeholders to drive transformation, organisational change and enable continuous improvement to services. Lead and manage the operational development and delivery of the Capital Projects team through both in-house and contracted services by planning, developing and implementing policies, processes and procedures that will ensure the service is efficient and effective, that the service provision demonstrates value for money and to ensure the best outcomes for the Employees, Members, Partners and Service Users at all times. |
| Head of Commissioning and Contracts (Childrens) | This role is responsible for leading the strategic and operational management of commissioning and contracts within Children’s Services ensuring services meet statutory requirements and safeguarding standards for children. Responsible for ensuring services are high quality, cost-effective, and deliver positive outcomes for children and families. It focuses on shaping commissioning strategies, developing the provider market, and ensuring services are delivered at the right time and place. The role also oversees contract performance, partnerships, and compliance, while leading teams and driving continuous improvement and best value. |
| Head of Culture, Tourism and Heritage | Responsible for the strategic oversight and the day-to-day operations of several key sites and initiatives. These include the Chester House Estate, the Northamptonshire Archaeological Resource Centre, The Cornerstone (Kettering Museum / Alfred East Art Gallery), The Corby Heritage Centre, Discover Northamptonshire, the Northamptonshire LVEP and the delivery of the Northamptonshire Greenway. Additionally, the role encompasses the management of the 3 NNC Theatre Contracts and various visitor attraction contracts, including Stanwick Lakes and Twywell Hill and Dales. |
| Head of Democratic Services | To lead the Democratic Services function, ensuring statutory and corporate responsibilities are met for good governance, and to provide advice and guidance to elected members, officers and the public in relation to the decision making processes of the Council. |
| Head of Development Management & Planning Enforcement | To lead and be responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Council’s Development Management and Planning Enforcement functions, including all matters relating to strategic and local planning management and their associated committees, appeals and legal challenges to planning decisions, planning enforcement, the end to end management of developer contributions and street naming & numbering. |
| Head of Digital | Lead the council's digital strategy and ensure the delivery of user-friendly, efficient, and secure online services to the residents of North Northamptonshire. Manage the council's website and oversee the development and maintenance of other backend platforms that support the council's operations and objectives. Promote a customer-focused and innovative approach to the development of digital solutions and collaborate with senior leaders and stakeholders to drive the digital transformation of the council and foster a culture of continuous improvement and learning. |
| Head of Economy and Strategy | To lead and be responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Council’s Economic Growth & Sustainability Services, including all matters relating to economic development, external funding, sustainability and their associated committees, panels and boards, and digital infrastructure |
| Head of Elections | Responsible for providing and developing the electoral registration and elections service. Preparation and maintenance of the Register of Electors and the delivery of all types of elections and referendums. |
| Head of Emergency Planning | service manager for the Council’s resilience and civil contingencies functions. Lead on strategy to enhance community resilience |
| Head of Environment | To manage the Grounds Maintenance, County Parks, Nature Reserves & Woodland management, On and Off-Street Parking Enforcement, Fleet Management service functions, providing direction and support to managers to prioritise workloads and ensure effective service delivery, and compliance with legislative requirements. Ensure that the managers are working collectively as a team to achieve agreed outputs. |
| Head of Environmental Health | Lead the council’s Environmental Health service and Hosted Northamptonshire Traveller Unit Service holding operational responsibility for service delivery, including Health Protection, Environmental Protection, Licensing, Business Support and Northamptonshire Traveller Unit functions. Developing and executing strategies and policies to comply with existing and future legislative requirements, emerging needs, and market demand(s) to deliver an efficient and effective environmental health and Traveller service that demonstrates value for money, and which ensures the best outcomes for Employees, Members, Partners, and Service Users at all times. |
| Head of Highways Delivery | To provide strategic leadership and management within the Highways and Transport service for contract management, network management, highway enforcement, and transport requirements. The post has corporate management responsibility in relation to the duties associated with the Traffic Management Act. |
| Head of Housing Maintenance and Development | Provides strategic leadership to the Housing Repairs and Development Teams at North Northamptonshire, which aims to deliver a range of repairs and development services delivered and provided to council housing owned properties. Oversee the delivery and maintenance of all council owned stock to ensure they are well built, well designed, safe, energy efficient and meet the needs of residents. The service will seek to protect, enhance and develop excellent service and facilities for existing and future populations. Including supporting the council’s key objective to create active communities and prosperous communities. |
| Head of Housing Management | Provides strategic leadership to the housing management, leasehold management, income management, resident engagement, antisocial behaviour, sheltered services and housing support services, safeguarding for council owned and leased stock.. Ensuring the housing services teams identify, prioritise and assist residents to sustain their tenancies. |
| Head of Housing Solutions | To lead, oversee and be responsible for the strategic and operational management of the council’s Keyways housing allocations service, rough sleeping, housing options, homeless assessments, temporary accommodation, and homeless support services, ensuring the housing solutions teams identify, prioritise and assist vulnerable groups and those requiring temporary accommodation. To ensure that the council achieves against its statutory duties in relation to homeless advice relief and prevention, including ensuring compliance with its duties under Part VII of the Housing Act 1996, and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2018. |
| Head Of Infrastructure | Responsible for running all infrastructure services in the council, ensuring high levels of reliability, security and availability. This includes developing, configuring, maintaining, supporting, and optimising all new and existing network hardware, communication links (including telephony) and shared platforms. Work through Architecture to merge our infrastructure from 4 boroughs into 1 for North Northants. Lead all platform and infrastructure services across the council, including supporting multiple applications and expanding our capacity to support more in the future. |
| Head of Learning and Development | Responsible for leading the Council’s learning and development function, including strategy, delivery, and commissioning of services. Manage and develop the L&D team, drive organisational change and performance improvement, and oversee service agreements to ensure quality and value for money. Lead the delivery and review of commissioned L&D service level agreements to deliver value for money. |
| Head of Leisure | Lead and line manage Leisure Services in North Northamptonshire to provide a range of leisure and activity facilities and services for all members of the community which are accessible, efficient, and meet the needs of residents. Develop the strategic priorities for the future protection, need and investment in a service moving from traditional leisure services to a health and wellbeing service supporting health outcomes and inequalities within North Northamptonshire |
| Head of Operations | Responsibile for service delivery and sustainability of the council’s corporate estate, including general fund corporate assets and property let to the Northamptonshire Childrens Trust. Lead and manage the operational managers to deliver corporate property health and safety compliance, repairs and maintenance, contract management, facilities management, providing support with training, development, prioritising and budget management. Assist with the development of asset policies and processes that support operational service delivery. to will ensure the service is efficient and effective, that the service provision demonstrates value for money and to ensure the best outcomes for the Employees, Members, Partners and Service Users at all times. |
| Head of Partnerships and Development | To develop and create partnerships and relationships across the Unitary Authority, External Partners and stakeholders to engage in the process of designing and modelling services to transform the outcomes for children and families. To lead and facilitate the initiation and development of new Transformation opportunities with all services, key local authority partners and other local councils, to provide efficiencies, increase income and improve children’s, families, and stakeholder outcomes. Lead a team that will support the process of developing a strategic partnership model approach across the Council to achieve improved services and outcomes for Children and families. To develop, manage and maintain relationships with system leaders, portfolio holders and Members to translate the member priorities into the Transformation Strategy. To develop, review and maintain the Children’s Services Strategy and vision and to lead and facilitate the development and design of the Children’s Services programmes & projects. |
| Head of Performance, Intelligence and Partnerships | This role leads a corporate and coordinated approach to performance and intelligence across the Council. The role will also lead on the co-ordination, oversight and reporting of the strategic partnerships held by the Council. Manage the Council’s corporate PMO function which will support the overall co-ordination, analysis and reporting against the Council’s Capital and Transformation Programmes. |
| Head of Policy & Placemaking | To lead and be responsible for the strategic and operational management of the Council’s Policy & Placemaking Services, including all matters relating to strategic and local planning policy and their associated committees, panels and boards, public examinations, appeals and legal challenges to planning policy development and interpretation, the Countywide Minerals & Waste Planning Service, placemaking functions and regeneration. |
| Head of Private Sector Housing | To lead the Council’s Private Sector Housing service and domestic energy, holding operational responsibility for the full-service delivery of Private Sector Housing Operations, Private Sector Housing Standards, Disabled Facilities Grants and domestic energy functions. |
| Head of Procurement | Responsible for, and the Council’s lead adviser on, all aspects of procurement delivery, category management, commissioning and contract management within the Council. The post holder is responsible for developing a Council wide strategic approach to Procurement, Commissioning and Contract Management including the use of category management, working closely with other commissioning partners and the strategic management of the respective contracts once issued. |
| Head of Public Health Commissioning | To provide strategic leadership, vision, direction and overall management to the development and implementation of externally commissioned public health services across North Northamptonshire, in order to improve health and wellbeing, and reduce health inequalities. Provide expert commercial guidance on relevant public health services, and give specialist advice in matters such as negotiating, procurement, financial and legal processes related to commissioning, so that PH services are commissioned in line with all governance processes across NNC. |
| Head of Service Delivery | To provide strategic leadership by working with senior management to develop and evaluate business strategies, ensuring services meet organisational goals, performance targets, and stakeholder expectations in a cost-effective and compliant manner. Accountable for service delivery, including financial management, workforce development, and continuous improvement, while leveraging emerging technologies to enhance service quality and future-proof operations. |
| Head of Service, Adult Learning | To lead the Adult Learning Service, driving the adult learning strategy, business planning, and performance reporting to senior leaders and partners. Focus on building effective partnerships, integrating services, and managing resources to deliver value for money services in line with the Constitution, finanical regulations and complying with codes of pratice. Lead and develop staff, ensuring strong governance and compliance with OFSTED and ESFA requirements, and providing robust data and reports to Governors. |
| Head of Strategic Transport | To lead and oversee the Strategic Transport function, ensuring delivery meets the statutory duties of the authority and reflects the commitments in the Council’s Corporate Plan. To provide strategic leadership and management within the Highways and Transport service for leading the development and implementation of the Local Transport Plan; delivery of sustainable transport strategy and policy (including public transport and active travel); strategic lead on Highways Development Management and securing highway agreements with developers. To contribute towards the climate change objectives through the development and delivery of sustainable transport initiatives delivered by the Council or secured from external investors and developers. |
| Head of Stronger Communities | Lead and line manage the Stronger Communities services in North Northamptonshire, responsible for the strategic direction of the service, budget forecasting and management, ensuring income generation and targets are met, performance management and that services are provided to a high standard. The role will ensure that strategic direction of the service is in line with Council objectives and priorities, overseeing the delivery of the Communities Strategy, project development and delivery across the service area addressing health inequalities within North Northamptonshire. The service will seek to protect, enhance and develop excellent service and community facilities for existing and future populations. |
| Head of the Virtual School | To carry out statutory role as Head of Virtual School, working with all schools and educational settings to deliver a high quality educational experience for all Looked After Children. Adopted Children and Special Guardianship Children (LACASGO) and improve LACASGO outcomes. To ensure appropriate systems and quality assurance processes are in place to track, evaluate and monitor the educational achievement of LAC and challenge and support school leadership to achieve secure and sustained progress for all Northampton LAC in and out of county. |
| Head of Trading Standards and Bereavement Services | To be the lead for the council’s Trading Standards Service and Bereavement Services holding operational responsibility for service delivery including Trading Standards, Cemeteries and Cremations, Warren Hill Crematorium and Nene Valley Crematorium Limited. Developing and executing strategies and policies to comply with existing and future legislative requirements, emerging needs, and market demand(s) to deliver an efficient and effective Trading Standards and Bereavement Service that demonstrates value for money, and which ensures the best outcomes for Employees, Members, Partners, and Service Users at all times. |
| Head of Waste | To provide strategic leadership and management within the Waste service for operational delivery, environmental enforcement, environmental and health and safety compliance, communication and awareness raising, performance and contract management. The post has corporate management responsibility in relation to the duties associated with the Environmental Protection Act 1990. |
| Head of Workforce and Organisational Development | Provide strategic leadership for the Workforce Strategy and Organisational Development function, designing and delivering a unified workforce strategy aligned to corporate priorities and embedding organisational values and behaviours. Work collaboratively with internal teams and external partners to integrate workforce initiatives and drive a joined-up, organisation-wide approach to people, transformation, and development. |
Last updated 15 July 2026