Enabling People, Empowering Communities, Enhancing Places Sandwell’s story is one of potential and striving to realise the ambitions of our borough, our residents and communities. We have been through a period of significant challenge including government intervention, but through determination and our drive for excellence, we look to the future with pride and a sense of purpose. While we have come so far, there is more to do; breaking down silos, embedding our values across the organisation, and ensuring that we continue to transform to deliver the best services for our residents. Created 50 years ago from six proud towns, each unique but united by a shared identity and rich culture, Sandwell is a place built on making things happen. It’s where industry met innovation, and where strong communities continue to shape the future. We are looking for a dynamic Service Director of Strategy & Communications to develop and lead high-performing functions at a pivotal moment in our organisational journey. Bringing together corporate strategy, policy and performance, along with communications, you will develop a directorate with a unified vision driving organisational clarity, aligned with political ambition and ensuring our collective focus on empowering services to deliver for our residents and local businesses. We want to strengthen the corporate leadership of these core enabling functions, whilst having the agility to reflect specific service needs to ensure that our strategic approach meets the needs of Sandwell. Working with political leaders and the strategic leadership team, you will develop clear organisational strategy and policy that will shape how we operate as an organisation, and support how we deliver our ambitions. You will inform marketing, communications and community engagement strategies, ensuring residents voices are not only heard but that we reflect the needs of local people in how the council goes about its business. You will bring a depth of corporate strategy and policy development experience, along with experience of working within a political environment and the ability to develop and implement communications, strategy, policy and performance functions. Engaging and motivating colleagues across the authority and with our partners, you will translate political and organisational priorities into clear messaging internally and externally, ensuring that messaging is coherent and engages our residents and workforce. You will connect the dots between strategy, policy, and service improvement For further informationspeak to our executive search partners GatenbySanderson: Duncan Collins (07586 705 475). Closing date: Friday 10 th April To apply please click the Apply Now link below.