North Northamptonshire Council
Head of Consultation, Engagement and Corporate Support - Internal Opportunity Only
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About The Role
This is a senior leadership opportunity to shape how North Northamptonshire Council listens to residents, advances equality and inclusion, supports effective decision-making and delivers high-quality corporate services.
As Head of Consultation, Engagement and Corporate Support, you will lead a diverse portfolio covering consultation and engagement, Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Executive Support, Corporate Social Responsibility, and Mailroom and Print Services.
What will you be doing?
You Will
- Provide strategic leadership across consultation, engagement, inclusion, executive support and corporate support services
- Lead the development of corporate strategies, policies and frameworks that embed resident voice, equality, accessibility and social responsibility
- Advise senior leaders, elected Members and decision-making bodies on complex, high-profile and politically sensitive matters
- Oversee meaningful consultation and engagement, ensuring residents and stakeholders can influence policy and service design
- Strengthen governance, executive support and organisational coordination
- Lead multidisciplinary teams, manage significant budgets and resources, and represent the Council locally, regionally and nationally
About You
You will be an experienced senior leader with a strong track record of leading corporate or cross-organisational services in a large and complex environment. You will bring excellent knowledge of consultation and engagement, equality duties, governance and evidence-led decision-making, together with the ability to influence senior leaders and elected Members.
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You will be an exceptional communicator and strategic thinker who can interpret complex information, build consensus, manage competing priorities and lead high-performing teams. A degree-level qualification, or equivalent significant senior leadership experience, and evidence of continuing professional development are essential.
Our benefits
Here at North Northamptonshire Council, we’re transforming for the better, using all our creativity and imagination to create the best life for our local people.
You’ll find that we have a wide range of careers that may be more surprising than you think!
Why choose us?
We Offer a Vibrant Working Environment With
- a competitive salary
- a pension scheme, where we pay a significant contribution on top of your contribution. It provides life cover and ill-health protection.
- lots of opportunities to develop your skills, knowledge and potential in a large unitary council
- generous leave entitlement (28 days, rising to 33 days) and bank holidays, plus the option to buy up to an extra 10 days
- hybrid and flexible working arrangements, where practicable for service needs to help you with a healthy work-life balance.
We provide a range of great benefits such as an Employee Assistance Programme, an Employee Benefits Scheme, wellbeing support, travel rates at HMRC rates, as well as supporting a range of active Employee Network Groups.
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About Us
Our Values and Behaviours
Our Values Define Who We Are And How We Operate, By Forming The Foundation For How We Interact With Our Customers, Colleagues And Provide Our Services. They Are Also At The Forefront Of Our Decision Making And Delivery And Are
- Customer-focused
- Respectful
- Efficient
- Supportive
- Trustworthy
Our key commitments help ensure that the priorities we make, now and in the future, maintain the necessary breadth of focus in those areas that we believe matter most.
Disability Confident Employer
We are proud to be a recognised Disability Confident Employer and is committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process and will offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the role.
Our Employment and Disability Service provides bespoke support to individuals facing barriers to employment, helping them work towards their goals to start, stay and succeed in employment. For further information please click here The Employment and Disability Service (EADS) | North Northamptonshire Council
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The council obtained the Gold status award for the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (ERS).
Further information can be found at Jobs and careers | North Northamptonshire Council
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