Associate Director

Location: Greater London

# Associate Director### Package Description
** Responsible to:
** Strategy Director
** Starting salary:** £63,621 per annum
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* Working Hours:

** 35 per week
** Contract details:
** Full time, Monday to Friday, 9:00 am to 5 pm. Hybrid working, some mandatory office days required.
** Matrix Working
** These roles operate within a matrix working structure in our wider Policy team, collaborating across functional and project-based teams to achieve shared goals and deliver results that support our Shared Ambitions for London and Londoners.

Team members are expected to work flexibly across functions and policy areas, contributing their expertise where needed and supporting policy and project related priorities in a collaborative and responsive way.

If you have any queries or would like to informally discuss the role, please contact Yolande Burgess gess.ukFor any issues with your application please contact recru
* ** Final date to receive applications: 11:59pm on 13 July 2026**
* ** Interviews:
Anticipated to take place during the week commencing 20 July 2026**### Job Introduction London Councils is seeking an exceptional individual to join our team as an
** Associate
* *** Director**, working predominantly on local government finance and devolution.

London boroughs face a challenging financial outlook. Rising costs and increasing demand for key services - like homelessness, adult and children’s social care - together with a constrained funding settlement, mean they have to innovate and adapt like never before to balance their books.

As an Associate Director, you will play a strategic leadership role in shaping and delivering policy that supports London boroughs to improve outcomes for residents. This role will focus on ensuring London boroughs are appropriately resourced by lobbying for a fair share of funding, reforming the local government finance system and seeking new and innovative ways to fund local services including through fiscal devolution.

You will lead high-profile projects, engage with senior stakeholders across government and the public sector, develop innovative, evidence-based policy solutions and persuasive arguments to influence decision makers in government, Whitehall and City Hall.

You will work with senior officers and members in London local government, including the Chair and Vice Chairs of London Councils, so it is important that you are politically aware with the ability to exercise judgement, discretion and confidentiality when dealing with politicians and officers at all levels.
** Why Join Us?
** At London Councils, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking organisation that champions innovation and improvement across London’s local government. You’ll have the opportunity to shape policy at a city-wide level and make a real difference to the lives of Londoners.

This is an exciting time to join London Councils. Following the local elections in May 2026, we are formulating new cross-party priorities for the next four years, and seeking new and innovative ways to solve complex policy challenges.

Policy agendas at all levels of government are aligning around shared priorities on public service reform, mission and outcomes driven government, use of technology and AI, and devolution and local government reorganisation.### Role Responsibility
** Working within London Councils’ Policy Team, you will:
*** Lead the development, implementation, and evaluation of policies aligned with London local government funding, devolution and wider policy priorities.
* Represent London boroughs in strategic discussions with government, the GLA, and other key partners.
* Lead and mentor policy and project staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performing environment.
* Drive forward reform agendas in local government finance and devolution, ensuring London’s voice is heard in national debates.
** This is a politically restricted post, under Section 2 of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.
**** Read about the job activities in more detail in the

Job Description and Person Specification document attached below.**###

The Ideal Candidate
** We’re seeking an experienced policy professional who:
*** Has a thorough…