Job Description
Job Advert
INTERNAL ONLY
Applications for this post will only be accepted from current employees of West Lothian Council (this includes casual and agency staff who are currently undertaking work for us).
Secondment opportunities must be discussed with your current line manager prior to submitting an application for this post.
36 hours per week, 52 weeks per year, Fixed Term until 31 July 2027
Interviews will take place week beginning 9th November 2026.
West Lothian Council is a leading local authority with a proven track record of innovation, performance and achievement. We are looking to appoint an Acting Head of Service to provide effective leadership and management of a range of customer and community focussed services that form part of Planning, Economic Development and Regeneration.
Your portfolio of services will include Climate Change, Economic Development and Regeneration, Planning Services, and Environmental Health and Trading Standards.
As Head of Service, you will be responsible for ensuring close links between physical planning priorities and needs of businesses and employment, and effective integration and co-ordination of resources across all services areas to reflect corporate priorities, values and business objectives of the council.
As a member of the council’s Corporate Management Team, you will contribute to the development and planning of the council’s overall strategic objectives and will have a considerable role to play in influencing its direction.
You will bring leadership, energy and vision and have a proven track record of success in managing a similar portfolio of services at a senior level. You will have strong stakeholder management, strategic partnership capability, and an unfaltering commitment to getting it right for our communities.
You will be an innovative thinker, focused on effective outcomes and capable of delivering business objectives through effective people, resource and financial management with a focus on continuous drive for improvement.
Closing date for applications is Sunday 25th October
Head of Service (Planning, Economic Development and Regeneration), 509.01 - INTERNAL APPLICATIONS ON (Livingston) employer: West Lothian Council
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