Borderlands Director.H165
Job Summary
Working Pattern:
Full time
Advert Start Date:
28/07/2022
Advert End Date:
Closed for applications on 18/08/2022 23:59
Salary:
£83,368 - £91,628
Job Category:
Executive / Managerial
Employment Location:
County Hall
Further Information
Introducing the Borderlands Partnership
The Borderlands region is unique. At the heart of the United Kingdom where England and Scotland meet, we are well known for our outstanding natural environment and a rich shared culture and history, but we also look to the future and opportunities to deliver investment and growth for our businesses, residents and visitors.
The Borderlands Partnership has been formed to deliver our shared ambition:
“Our shared ambition is for the Borderlands to reach its potential for everyone, delivering green growth and attracting new businesses and investment. We will improve our connectivity, deliver skills and innovation, and improve our places to support their longer-term resilience. We will attract new residents and welcome more visitors to enjoy the beautiful natural environment of our vibrant, inclusive region.”
The Partnership signed our one-of-a-kind cross-border growth deal in March 2021, bringing more than £450m of new investment to our area. The Borderlands Inclusive Growth Deal is an integrated investment package, ensuring that there is a balance between high profile place-based projects together with Borderlands-wide investment programmes that meet the needs and opportunities of the rural nature of the region. The programmes will deliver innovative solutions, putting global challenges into the local context and delivering new approaches to natural capital, energy and place-based and community-led development.
As well as delivery of the Deal, we are preparing for our next stage. We will deliver our ambitious programme of investment but also seek and develop new opportunities for the Partnership to improve and grow our region.
The Role
The role of Borderlands Director is a new and exciting role leading the Partnership forward to its next stage.
You will work with the Leaders, Chief Executives and senior officers from the five partner local authorities to identify and respond to new opportunities for the Partnership. You will also work with the high-profile business representatives brought together in the Borderlands Economic Forum to develop new approaches to embed the views of business in the work of the Partnership and explore the opportunities for the Forum to shape a distinctive and valuable programme of work.
As the Director, you will build strong relationships with senior officials from the UK Government and Scottish Government to ensure the Deal is delivered. You will leverage these relationships to position the Borderlands Partnership as the go-to Partnership for delivering innovative approaches to inclusive and sustainable growth and draw in additional funding to the region..
You will provide inspirational leadership and strategic direction for the Partnership team at a time of growth as the team expands and takes on additional responsibilities to deliver on the Deal. The Director will shape the approach taken for the innovative programmes which are being developed to deliver our natural capital, energy, place and digital ambitions. We are looking for someone with energy, drive and ideas to lead the Partnership forward.
You will head up the Borderlands Programme Management Office, the small team tasked with leading and coordinating the work of the Partnership with our five partner Councils and the UK and Scottish Government. We also engage with the wider policy approach through a network of growth deals across Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.
Northumberland County Council is the employing body for the Borderlands Partnership however the team works flexibly across the whole geography including from home and from partner buildings.
Full details can be found in the attached job description
What we offer
As well as the opportunity to work in a dynamic, high-profile and exciting new partnership focused on making our area a better place to live, work and visit we offer a number of benefits:
- A starting salary of £83,368
- 25 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays rising to 30 days after 5 year of local government service (pro-rata for part-time employees)
- Flexible working scheme
- Enrolment into the Local Government Pension Scheme
- Local government discount scheme available to all employees
- A commitment to fair pay and work-life balance including through job sharing, home working, flexible working, part-year working and compressed hours.
- Car leasing and salary sacrifice scheme
If you would like to discuss the role or the partnership please contact Rick O'Farrell (rick.o'farrell@northumberland.gov.uk) or Janice Rose (janice.rose@northumberland.gov.uk)
The closing date for applications will be midnight on 18th August 2022.
Please note that this is a full time position. For guidance on completing your application and for information about our Equality and Diversity principles, please the attached notes
We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We operate a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria. If you wish to notify us of your eligibility for this scheme please email hrrecruitment@northumberland.gov.uk with your name and the job title you have applied for and one of the recruitment team will ensure this is factored in the shortlisting process and kept anonymous. If you have a disability and would prefer to apply in a different format or would like us to make reasonable adjustments to enable you to attend an interview please also let the team know.
In line with Northumberland County Council’s Recruitment & Selection Policy, please note that we are unable to accept CV’s. Any information provided on CV’s will not be considered for short-listing purposes. Although we advertise on North East Jobs, your application process will be directed to our Taleo system. Please note that all communication regarding your application for this post will be sent to the email address that you have registered with Taleo, including your invite to interview if you are short-listed. Please check your email after the closing date for notification from ‘hr-empty@invalidemail.com’ as you will not be notified by any other means.
Please note
This job is closed for applications.