Executive Director Adults and Health

4 weeks ago


West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Kirklees Council Full time

Executive Director Adults and Health

Kirklees Council

Salary £132,260 to £145,287

Location: Huddersfield / Agile

We are you?

Kirklees is firmly focused on the future. Our vision is to create a district with a strong, sustainable economy that offers a great quality of life to its residents – leading to thriving communities, growing businesses and high prosperity.

There has never been a more exciting time to join us as a member of our Senior Leadership Team: we have huge ambitions for our organisation, partnerships and people, and we want you to play a part in this. We need exceptional, innovative leaders to lead the Council into the next phase of the Borough's transformation.

We are looking for an Executive Director for Adults and Health; this represents a real opportunity for the right candidate to help us to achieve our ambitions, through inspirational leadership, effective partnership working and a relentless focus on quality and continuous improvement, placing people who draw on social care services at the heart of what we do.

We are looking for an experienced and inspirational strategic leader who is passionate about driving and leading the provision of excellent services for residents driven by the opportunity to make a difference. As the lead strategic advisor for adult social care and health care services, you will act as a champion for vulnerable adults, tackling inequalities, promoting wellbeing and increasing social inclusion. You will also lead a broader portfolio of community services that contribute to these outcomes including library and registration services.

You don't need a professional qualification for this role, but you do need substantial leadership experience in an appropriate sector, providing you with breadth and depth of knowledge across adults and health. You will be an exceptional collaborator, capable of bringing together, motivating and enabling diverse teams and partners to deliver across the breadth of the portfolio of services. You will have significant experience of influencing the direction of adult social care and health services within a complex political environment, applying sound judgement to complex safeguarding, adult social care and health issues, ensuring that maximising people's independence is an organisational priority.

Kirklees is proud to have a workforce with the commitment, compassion and energy to really make a difference to resident's lives. You will live our organisational values and leadership behaviours, creating real impact by supporting your staff to make a difference and improve the lives of everyone across the borough.

For further details please click Apply or contact Louise Bickley or Gary Evans of GatenbySanderson for an informal conversation.

Closing date 9th September 2024 at 10am


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