Assistant Director City Development in Cardiff

Economic development plays an essential part in the city’s economic growth and prosperity, with key growth sectors including financial services, life sciences, fintech; creative and cultural industries; hospitality and leisure, and advanced manufacturing. Cardiff is a leading investment location among the UK Core Cities. The city is also an important tourist and visitor destination, attracting high-profile sporting, cultural and music events to support the city’s economy. This is an opportunity to lead a new City Development Service within a leading public sector organisation with 15,000 employees delivering over 700 individual services to over 362,000 residents. A recent independent peer review found that Cardiff Council is a ‘good and ambitious Council’ with a ‘can-do and optimistic’ culture. About the job You will be responsible for leading a new service within the newly formed Development and Growth Directorate covering the following services: Business development; inward investment, tourism, city centre management, economic policy, culture, sport and leisure, Cardiff City Region, UK city partnerships and securing and managing external grants. What We Are Looking For From You You will be creative, experienced and accomplished manager with an appetite to explore new ways of working across boundaries and sectors to secure the best possible outcomes for Cardiff, the capital cit...