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WORKFORCE

Chief Executive

3 year fixed-term contract.

PEOPLE,
PLACE,
PRIDE,
PERFORMANCE…

…just four of the many attractions of being chief executive in Tower Hamlets, the high-performing urban borough with astonishing diversity, challenges, ideas and energy. It is a borough where local decisions – on housing, regeneration, jobs, education and the environment – resonate across the national political landscape. It presents a truly unique opportunity for an experienced chief executive with the character, resilience and drive to deliver on uncompromising and ambitious priorities.

For further information and a confidential discussion please contact our retained consultants at Penna: Julie Towers on 07764 791736 (email Julie Towers here) or Jonathan Swain on 07500 961727 (email Jonathan Swain here).

Closing date: 27 February 2012.

Visit the council website here.

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