Director of Property and Finance

3 days ago

Brighton, United Kingdom Brighton & Hove City Council Full time

Brighton & Hove is an iconic, diverse, coastal city and a place that our residents, workforce, businesses and visitors feel passionately about. We have rich cultural assets but also complex social challenges and stark inequalities. This is a time of change with a new political administration, new chief executive and new approach to supporting our communities as a learning organisation.

This is a key post on the corporate leadership team, reporting to the chief executive and assuming statutory responsibility as the council’s S151 officer. As our new Director, you will bring exceptional financial management skills and a track record of using commercial property assets to benefit our residents and unlock the challenges we face. Our asset portfolio is a critical element of our MTFS, and we are looking for commercial astuteness alongside a deep commitment to ensuring residents are at the heart of every financial decision we make.

About the role

At Brighton and Hove, we take a one Council approach to achieving our mission to create a better Brighton and Hove for all. As a Service Director, you will take leadership responsibility across the organisation for key organisational themes and/or areas of work that support Council Plan mission delivery as well as leading and managing an allocated portfolio of services.

You will be part of the extended Corporate Leadership Team. Together we set the tone and culture of the organisation. We are the most senior strategic advisors to the Council, ensuring that resources are aligned to the delivery of the Council plan. Our values and behaviours are key to creating a City Council fit to meet the needs of our residents.

As part of the extended Corporate Leadership team, you will stand with us in our commitment to be visible and adaptive leaders; to connect the organisation with our residents; to create space for creativity and innovation; to reflect and learn from our mistakes; and to strive to build psychological safety throughout our interactions.

As Director of Property and Finance, you will report directly to the CEO. You will lead the overall direction and continuous improvement of the council to ensure the effective provision of services and the delivery of priorities as set out by members and in the Council Plan.

Your areas of direct responsibility include the statutory S151 role, Strategic Property and estates management, Welfare, Revenues & Business Support, Financial Operations, and Procurement and Audit (via our shared services partnership ORBIS).

You will lead and manage a service directorate management team made up of:

  1. Head of Strategic Property
  2. Head of Welfare, Revenues and Business Support
  3. Deputy Chief Finance Officer and Head of Corporate Finance
  4. Head of Finance, Families, Children and Wellbeing Directorate
  5. Head of Finance, Homes and Adult Social Care Directorate
  6. Head of Finance, City Operations Directorate
  7. Orbis roles: Chief Internal Auditor and Orbis Director of Procurement

This role is politically restricted. For further information on what this means for employees in post, please click on the document attachment below.

Additional information

Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing while providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work-life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining.

Our city is known and loved for its diversity. Not only is the mixture of people, culture, and skills vital to the economic and social development of the city, it's what makes Brighton & Hove such a great place to live, work, and visit. We are committed to developing and retaining a workforce that is representative of the diverse communities we serve, so we welcome applications from individuals from all backgrounds. In order to achieve our aims of proportionate representation, we particularly encourage applicants from a BME or White Other background as well as those who identify as disabled, male, or trans.

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