Job Description

Lead Officers will provide leadership, vision, direction and effective management of their area fostering and encouraging a culture of high quality customer service, respect, partnership and collaboration as well as continuous improvement and innovation.

Lead Officers are expected to work collaboratively with other lead officers, senior managers and Directors to support the overall strategic and operational leadership of areas ensuring that services are fit for purpose.

This is a key role in the Council’s extended Management Team and lead officers will be expected to gain and maintain the credibility and trust of colleagues as well as being able to challenge appropriately.

Requirements

You can view the application pack below including our recruitment privacy notice. The application pack contains the job profile outlining the skills, experience and knowledge required for this job.

Clackmannanshire Council is currently promoting for the (Get into Care for Adult Care) further documents can be viewed below (These do not relate to the job advertised).

Clackmannanshire Council welcomes applications from everyone and we value diversity in our workforce. We are committed to being an exemplar employer with an inclusive culture, developing a workplace environment where all our employees are treated with dignity and respect. For this vacancy, we would welcome applications from ethnic minority groups, who are currently under represented in our workforce.

Clackmannanshire Council operates a flexible hybrid approach for those roles that allow this type of working. Attendance at the office will be required to meet the needs of the business and for example to build team and stakeholder relationships. The exact pattern of working will be agreed with you as part of the recruitment process.

Clackmannanshire Council is a living wage accredited employer.

You will be required to undergo a enhanced disclosure check prior to a formal offer of employment being made by Clackmannanshire Council and the cost of this check will be detailed in your conditional offer of employment if you are successful. Further information can be found here https://www.mygov.scot/disclosure-types

Should you have difficulty applying for a job online please call 01259 452244 (24 hrs) and leave your details along with the reference number of the post.

Please note that if you are selected for interview you will be notified by e-mail.

Please click this link to view a short video on what is expected when completing application forms for Clackmannanshire Council - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXaasgoGqmw