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Head of Procurement – Wiltshire Council
Salary: £700 per day
Hours: 37 Hours
Working Schedule: Monday to Friday
Contract Length: 6 Month Contract
Location: BA148JN and Trowbridge 50/50 split.
Job Details
We are looking for an experienced Director of Finance and Procurement with strong leadership skills, s.151 or a long career as a deputy s.151.
Experience of working in unitary or upper tier local authorities and ready to hit the ground running.
As a director you are expected to:
Work jointly with chief executive and corporate directors to achieve the council’s priorities and goals;
Develop effective partnership and collaborative working in order to achieve the council’s vision;
Manage service performance though the accountability of your senior management team, allocation of resources, management of risks, and strong, inspirational leadership;
Develop an innovative and commercial approach across the council and within your specific service areas;
Lead continuous improvement and transformation of your services using evidence based principles around customer/client purpose;
Take joint responsibility as part of the leadership team for delivering the whole council budget and savings, taking a corporate and joined up approach alongside robust and reliable service financial management.
You will have experience of coaching senior managers.
Expectations to be in the office (County Hall, Trowbridge 50% of the working week)
Technical assessments will be undertaken on 17th Feb (virtually) with an officer’s appointments committee interview with members on 27th Feb in person at County Hall, Trowbridge