Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) is passionate about providing high-quality services to our communities, residents and businesses. This means we must employ and retain the most talented and dedicated people.
Situated within the heart of the Cambridge-Peterborough Growth Area, Huntingdonshire is a beautiful district that boasts thriving market towns and many attractive villages, each with its own identity. We are an innovative and forward-thinking local authority whose residents are at the heart of our decision-making.
At HDC we want to employ staff who embody our icare values (Inspiring, Collaborative, Accountable, Respectful, Enterprising), all of which support our ultimate purpose of putting our customers first.
Job details
Reporting to the Head of Corporate Transformation, Insight and Performance, the Governance, Insight and Performance Manager is a senior management role with corporate accountability for the council’s governance, performance management and insight arrangements.
The post holder will lead and continuously improve the council-wide frameworks, standards and reporting that enable effective oversight of the Corporate Transformation programme and Local Government Reorganisation (LGR).
The role acts as a key interface between services, the wider council and partner organisations, with delegated authority to define, implement and assure corporate standards for governance, performance monitoring/reporting, benchmarking and the use of financial and operational data.
The post holder will lead the design of decision-making, delivery assurance and escalation mechanisms that provide Members, Corporate Management Team and senior officers with clear visibility of delivery confidence, risk, dependencies, resources and benefits across both business-as-usual improvement and LGR design and transition activity.
The post holder is accountable for embedding a collaborative, data-driven culture underpinned by effective governance, assurance and performance management across the Council and its partnerships. This includes leading the council’s performance management approach so that strategic priorities (including the Corporate Plan and associated delivery planning) are translated into measurable outcomes, and ensuring that material issues are identified early, objectively assessed and escalated through appropriate governance routes.
The Governance, Insight and Performance Manager will lead the council’s corporate reporting, performance improvement and data maturity agenda, setting expectations for data quality, assurance and continuous improvement across all corporate and statutory reporting requirements.
The role will provide expert leadership to ensure that high-quality datasets, reporting products and governance processes meet statutory, regulatory and LGR-specific requirements, including audit readiness and external benchmarking expectations.
The post holder will also shape and improve the council’s portfolio and programme management maturity (including standards, methods, tools and reporting), enabling robust prioritisation, value for money and productivity-focused decision-making. Working with Directors, Heads of Service and Management Teams, the post holder will plan and deliver complex work programmes, prioritise resources, and ensure that corporate performance and insight capability are aligned to transformation ambitions and the successful delivery of Local Government Reorganisation.
About the role
Lead the use of research, performance and insight-based evidence (including forecasting and modelling) to inform strategic decision-making, investment choices and delivery planning across the council, Directorates, partnerships and the LGR programme.
Own and maintain a corporate governance and assurance framework for projects and programmes, ensuring consistent application of standards, clear accountability, robust controls and high-quality analysis.
Provide authoritative reporting (including RAID logs, highlight reports and dashboard reporting) so that leaders have timely, accurate and actionable information for decisions and escalation.
Provide corporate leadership to ensure Directorates and LGR workstreams consistently use robust evidence and insight to shape transformation proposals, strategy and policy, setting expectations for quality and assurance and driving the future design of services and operating models.
Develop and maintain an integrated, corporate view of programme and project activity, interdependencies and resourcing; identifying capacity constraints, advising on prioritisation trade-offs and triggering early escalation where delivery is at risk.
Own the identification, analysis and escalation of delivery risks and issues across insight, performance and LGR activity, directing mitigations and ensuring timely decisions through the appropriate governance routes.
Provide senior analytical input to business cases and options appraisals, ensuring that robust evidence, benefits, costs and risks are clearly articulated, and that council data informs investment decisions, transformation priorities and LGR transition activity.
Ensure statutory reporting and identified areas for improvement are delivered on time, maintaining data integrity during periods of organisational change associated with Local Government Reorganisation.
Lead and coordinate multidisciplinary resources across the Service and wider organisation (including project and programme teams), aligning capacity to priorities and ensuring effective use of the role’s budget responsibility.
About you
1. Key Skill 4: Bachelor’s degree; HNC, HND, NVQ Level 4 or equivalent, including a professional qualification
2. A degree-level qualification or equivalent ability as evidenced by experience of working at a high level of qualitative and quantitative analysis
3. Project and governance qualification or equivalent experience working at a high level within complex environments and programmes
4. Excellent governance and assurance management processes and techniques to ensure adherence to corporate and council regulations, as well as project and programme governance.
An offer of employment is conditional upon having the right to work in the UK. HDC does not hold a Sponsorship Licence and is unable to provide a Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) or take over sponsorship for any role.
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