Job Description
Interim Corporate Director
Location: Midlands / Hybrid
Contract Type: Interim - 6 month rolling
Start Date: ASAP
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced senior leader to join a forward-thinking local authority as an Interim Corporate Director. This is a pivotal role, offering the chance to lead a broad portfolio of frontline services and deliver high-impact transformation projects across the organisation.
Key Responsibilities
1. Provide strategic and operational leadership across services including leisure, waste and recycling, climate change, engineering, and asset and facilities management.
2. Oversee a directorate of over 100 staff, supported by three direct reports.
3. Lead and drive the delivery of a major leisure transformation project -£20 million leisure centre development and oversee the externalisation of leisure services, including TUPE transfer of staff and procurement of a new operator.
4. Act as a board member for a regional recycling company, contributing to governance, performance, and shareholder engagement.
5. Drive a borough-wide waste and recycling transformation including food waste rollout and digital systems integration.
6. Work collaboratively with internal teams, elected members, and externa...