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Lewes District Council. Director of Business Strategy and Development

to £90k

The next generation of public services will be more participative,more personalised, and more responsive to community and individual needs. Our citizens are becoming active and exacting consumers of public services,with expectationsmatching those of global commercial brands.

Our plans for responding to this transformed reality are incredibly ambitious.We have developed a major change programme – Programme Nexus –which will take us confidently into a future which we know will be challenging, but we also believe can be full of opportunity.

A key part of our plan is the appointment of three Directors to share the responsibility of delivering this major transformation in the planning and provision of local services.

If you have an exceptional track record, together with the ability to think innovatively andwith an authentic community focus, we'd be very pleased to hear from you.

Please either call Steve Guest, Head of Executive Resourcing & Assessment at SOLACE Enterprises on 0845 601 0649 or visit this link

Closing date: 10 July 2013.

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