Chief Executive - ABC13774

Job Purpose:

Further information about this exciting opportunity can be found here

Aberdeen City Council is seeking an exceptional leader to guide one of Scotland's largest local authorities.

Leading a workforce of around 9,000 employees, as Chief Executive you will work closely with elected members, partners and communities to provide strategic leadership for one of Scotland's largest local authorities and ensure high-quality services for the people of Aberdeen.

Aberdeen is entering an important period in its development. Investment, economic diversification and long-term regeneration projects are creating new opportunities for the city and the region. As Chief Executive, you will help ensure the Council is well placed to respond to these opportunities while continuing to deliver for residents.

In return, you will join a council with ambitious plans, committed colleagues and a willingness to embrace new approaches.

Before applying for this job, it is important that you read the guidance by clicking on this link and the Job Profile attached. These explain the job role and the type of person we're looking for.

• Educated to degree level or able to demonstrate equivalent knowledge, skills and leadership experience.
• Evidence of continuing professional and leadership development.

Candidates must be able to demonstrate:

• Successful strategic leadership within a large, complex organisation.
• Experience of advising and working effectively with elected members, boards or equivalent governance structures.
• Strong political awareness, judgement and resilience, including the ability to operate effectively at the interface between elected members, senior officers, partners and communities.
• Experience of leading organisations through significant and complex transformation, organisational change, financial challenge or major public service challenge.
• Experience of using evidence, insight and engagement to support sound judgement in complex public service contexts.
• Experience of leading high-performing senior teams and developing organisational capability.
• Strong financial and commercial awareness, including responsibility for significant budgets and resources.
• Excellent communication, engagement and relationship-building skills.
• A commitment to public service values, ethical leadership, impartiality, transparency and the highest standards of conduct.
• Experience of representing an organisation publicly, including working effectively with the media, government and senior external stakeholders.
• A demonstrable track record of influencing across organisational boundaries and building strategic partnerships that deliver improved outcomes.

Candidates should demonstrate a clear understanding of:

• The challenges and opportunities facing local government and public services.
• Effective governance, accountability and public sector leadership.
• Strategic financial management and Best Value principles.
• Partnership working and place-based leadership.
• The legislative and policy environment within which local government operates, including the democratic, ethical and statutory responsibilities of senior public office.

Terms and conditions of employment:

The terms and conditions of employment associated with this role are in accordance with and subject to collective agreements negotiated from time to time by the Scottish Joint Negotiating Committee for Chief Officials of Local authorities, set out in the SJNC Scheme of Salaries and Conditions of Service for Chief Officials (the ‘Chief Officials Book’), as supplemented by local collective agreements reached with trade unions recognised by the Council.

Hours of work:

It is expected that to undertake the job role you will work reasonable hours as required, but not less than a minimum of 35 hours per week, and given the nature of the role, we expect a flexible approach to working the hours necessary to meet the demands of the role.

For more information about the role, please view the job profile and candidate pack.

Please see the Job Profile for further details.

Aberdeen City Council is an equal opportunities employer and we…