London
Housing, Revenues & Benefits
Contract
06-01-2025
01-02-2027
RQ1407712
£neg
This role is responsible for:
Provides inspirational and operational leadership for a range of service areas: Culture and Heritage; Customer Fulfilment and Experience; Neighbourhood and Community Involvement; Community Safety Service.
Leading and delivering the services in scope to ensure positive outcomes for residents and the management of key contracts associated with the services - for example, but not limited to, Kingston Voluntary Action, Citizens Advice, Groundworks.
Overseeing Community Grants, commissioning and other community resources and funding.
The council’s role in cross-borough partnerships with the community and voluntary sector such as the Strengthening Communities Partnership and implementation of action plan and developing a Voluntary Sector Compact.
Leading and developing the implementation of a Customer Improvement Strategy and Plan - implementing the council’s strategic customer service strategy, including the council’s contact centre, customer fulfilment strategy and driving the action plan.
Leading the universal early help and prevention approach - including the social value strategy.
Overseeing the Community Safety service, ensuring it meets its statutory and community requirement - and delivers key priority outcomes
Supporting the Kingston 2025 programme of events - alongside the Executive Director of Residents & Communities and the Kingston 2025 Programme Director - and the refreshed Cultural Strategy for Kingston.