Assistant Director - Planning, Performance and Engagement

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About the role

With strong local communities, unspoilt countryside and vibrant coastal towns, East Sussex offers an exceptional quality of life to many. However, some of our residents face significant challenges, and rely on us and our partners to support them. Our One Council approach, prioritising the delivery of high-quality services in a tight fiscal environment, underpins everything we do, and we enjoy a strong reputation for good services, effective partnership working and innovation.    

 This role will play a key role in strengthening and developing our offer to the county’s adults and older people.  We will look to you to help us develop innovative, long-term solutions to systemic challenges through technology and new ways of working.  And because we are stronger and more effective when working together, you will have ample opportunity to work imaginatively and energetically with your colleagues across the Council as well as other statutory agencies and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors, to improve outcomes for adults.

You will bring proven negotiating and influencing skills, having effectively managed multi-agency projects in a similarly complex and rapidly changing environment.  Whatever your background, you will have a keen interest in social care, health and third sector policy and practice, whilst the ability to quickly establish credible working relationships with our communities and our partners, will be critical to your success.  

If you’re ready to play your part, please visit our search partners Faerfield to find out more. For an informal discussion with our advising consultants Sean Anderson or Martin Tucker, please call 0121 312 3755.

Additional information

Additional Information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is part-time or term-time only.

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DBS

This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check or Enhanced check for Regulated Activity with the Disclosure and Barring Services. For further information about what is required in this process please go to gov.uk disclosure and barring service . Please note that we require evidence of an overseas police check if you have lived or worked abroad.

Work Permits

 We may be able to obtain a Work Permit for this post but this is subject to meeting the requirements of the UK Border Agency’s Points-based Immigration System. Due to the restrictions we cannot guarantee that individuals that meet the requirements of the Points-based Immigration System will be issued with clearance to obtain work permits. 

If you require sponsorship to work in the UK please let the hiring manager know this in your application so we can check eligibility for sponsorship for the role.

Reasonable adjustments

If you require any reasonable adjustments, due to disability, to enable you to participate fully in the process please contact the hiring manager on the contact details above.

Reasonable adjustments include things like an offline application form. If you would like to discuss your requirements further, please get in touch.

Equal Opportunities

East Sussex County Council is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitable candidates, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, disability or age. All applications are treated on merit.

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