Executive Director Resources

This is a significant strategic leadership role within the Council. With oversight across all corporate services, and with a key role to play in ensuring the efficient financial and operational management of the organisation, as well as its cultural development.

You’ll be accountable for a full range of services, that includes:

• Finance

• HR & Organisational Development

• Procurement & Contracts

• Legal & Democratic Services

• Policy, Performance and Customer services

• Digital and IT

Working across the organisation you will ensure our systems and processes are integrated and agile supporting delivery of high quality, value for money, customer focused services.

Leading on delivery of the Council’s significant digital transformation programme, including the associated cultural shift will be a priority and a key component in ensuring our service delivery is as streamlined as possible, our provision to customers enhanced, and organisational capacity released as a consequence.

While this is a Resources role in its broadest sense, it is essential that you can bring significant financial planning and budget management expertise. You can expect to be deeply involved in budget / MTFS planning alongside the ongoing monitoring of financial performance that the current fiscal environment demands.

With the right skill set, the role could take on the statutory role of Section 151 Officer, but it is not an essential requirement of the role.

However, we would expect that you’ll be professionally qualified in one or more of the key areas of the role’s remit and that you are already operating as a strategic leader in a similar setting. You’ll be able to demonstrate a track record of delivering transformation programmes and the associated cultural change that have enhanced organisational capacity and reduced delivery costs. As a key advisor to elected members and other senior leaders, it’s essential that you have an informed and tested appreciation of working within a political setting and the sector’s governance arrangements.

Contact our recruitment partners Steve Guest or Beth Roberts at Solace in Business on 020 7976 3311 for a confidential discussion or find out more at

Job title Executive Director Resources Job reference RES0621 Date posted 06/02/2025 Application closing date 03/03/2025 Location Reading Salary Up to £149k Contractual hours 37 Basis Full time Job category/type Managerial Attachments Blank Job description

This is a significant strategic leadership role within the Council. With oversight across all corporate services, and with a key role to play in ensuring the efficient financial and operational management of the organisation, as well as its cultural development.

You’ll be accountable for a full range of services, that includes:

• Finance

• HR & Organisational Development

• Procurement & Contracts

• Legal & Democratic Services

• Policy, Performance and Customer services

• Digital and IT

Working across the organisation you will ensure our systems and processes are integrated and agile supporting delivery of high quality, value for money, customer focused services.

Leading on delivery of the Council’s significant digital transformation programme, including the associated cultural shift will be a priority and a key component in ensuring our service delivery is as streamlined as possible, our provision to customers enhanced, and organisational capacity released as a consequence.

While this is a Resources role in its broadest sense, it is essential that you can bring significant financial planning and budget management expertise. You can expect to be deeply involved in budget / MTFS planning alongside the ongoing monitoring of financial performance that the current fiscal environment demands.

With the right skill set, the role could take on the statutory role of Section 151 Officer, but it is not an essential requirement of the role.

However, we would expect that you’ll be professionally qualified in one or more of the key areas of the role’s remit and that you are already operating as a strategic leader in a similar setting. You’ll be able to demonstrate a track record of delivering transformation programmes and the associated cultural change that have enhanced organisational capacity and reduced delivery costs. As a key advisor to elected members and other senior leaders, it’s essential that you have an informed and tested appreciation of working within a political setting and the sector’s governance arrangements.

Contact our recruitment partners Steve Guest or Beth Roberts at Solace in Business on 020 7976 3311 for a confidential discussion or find out more at

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Contact our recruitment partners Steve Guest or Beth Roberts at Solace in Business on 020 7976 3311 for a confidential discussion or find out more at

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