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Chief Operating Officer Up to £120k (with prp)

Chief Operating Officer Up to £120k (with prp)

Do your aspirations match ours?

This is a rare and attractive career opportunity for someone with the drive, high standards and strong business acumen to make large scale change happen quickly and effectively.

Under the guidance of an energetic and ambitious new Leader and a new Chief Executive, our heavy-hitting unitary Council has strong foundations for success. The Authority is undergoing a bold transformation to become a 'strategic commissioning' Council and the new post of Chief Operating Officer is a crucial part of this new architecture and style of matrix working.

Alongside the new Chief Executive and the Executive Director for Strategic Commissioning, you will make a major contribution to the future shape of local public services. You will develop stronger commercial acumen and an entrepreneurial approach across all the Council's activities as well as a heavy emphasis on pace, performance and delivery of outcomes to improve quality of life across the board. As our Section 151 Offi cer, you will also bring a strategic approach to acquiring and deploying resources to create added public value.

If you have what it takes to put Cheshire East at the forefront of innovation in public services and have the track record to prove it then please contact us.

To find out more and to apply, please visit the Cheshire East Council website.

For a confidential discussion about the role please contact Paul Bradshaw, Head of Organisational Development on 01270 686027 or email paul.bradshaw@cheshireeast.gov.uk

Closing date for applications: 9 May 2013.

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