Service Director Legal & Assurance (Monitoring Officer)
- Employer
- Cornwall Council
- Location
- Cornwall
- Salary
- Up to £119k + relocation (pay award pending)
- Closing date
- 22 Sep 2024
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- Sector
- Corporate Services, Corporate Management Team, Legal
- Job role
- Officer
- Contract Type
- Full time
Job Details
That applies just as much to our organisation as our geography, and we’re looking for a new senior executive with the experience and insight to match.
This role leads a team of around 120 to deliver legal and democratic services, internal audit and elections. You’ll also be the Council’s statutory Monitoring Officer and part of the Corporate Leadership Team, working closely with the CEO and colleagues to promote high standards in public life and ensure effective governance. As we embark on our second period of devolution, you’ll provide expertise on emerging models which enable us to maximise the benefits and safeguards of this opportunity.
Good governance also underpins our ambition to improve community engagement in civic life, and you’ll be passionate about the role of local government in fostering thriving democracy. Our stewardship role
is also vital, so you’ll be accountable for ensuring
we have robust assurance and risk management arrangements in place, and that they respond dynamically to the Council’s business-planning and decision-making processes.
Candidates must be legally qualified and show that they have extensive professional experience at a senior level in large, complex organisations. Variety is one of the key characteristics of this job, and you will need
to demonstrate adaptability, resilience and a lively curiosity about new opportunities and challenges.
To arrange an informal conversation with our advising consultants at Faerfield, Martin Tucker or Rob Naylor, please call 0121 312 3755. Please click apply now button to find out more.
Company
Cornwall has an area of 354,628 hectares and is the second largest county in the region in terms of area but has a relatively low population density. Cornwall comprises the westernmost part of the southwest peninsula, and has an estimated 697 kilometres of coastline including the lower reaches of the main estuaries, the longest of any English county. The sea forms the northern, southern and western boundaries. To the east, Cornwall's border with Devon is formed by the River Tamar, which forms a physical and cultural divide with the rest of Great Britain, for all but 18 km of its length. The Isles of Scilly lie 45 km off Lands End. The nearest major centre outside the county, Plymouth, is 125 km from Penzance, while Bristol, the regional centre, is 290 km from Penzance, with London 450 km away. The distance between the north and south coasts varies from 72 km at the eastern boundary to as little as 8 km at the western end of the county between Hayle and Marazion. In length Cornwall measures a maximum of 132 km between Lands End and the northeastern boundary at Morwenstow. Despite a past history of mining, tourism has gradually developed into one of the major industries and there has been some more recent development of the manufacturing industry. Farming is still a key contributor to the local economy and agriculture is the predominant land use. In more recent times Cornwall has seen developments in its renewable energy sector and knowledge economy led, in part, by the creation of the new Combined Universities in Cornwall. The fishing and marine industries contribute greatly to the character of Cornwall.
- Website
- http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/
- Telephone
- 0300 1234 100
- Location
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County Hall
Treyew Road
Cornwall
GB
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