DIRECTOR OF LEGAL AND DEMOCRATIC SERVICES

The Royal Borough of Greenwich is renowned for delivering exceptional front-line services to our vibrant and diverse communities. From Greenwich town centre to Thamesmead, and from the Greenwich Peninsula to Eltham, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our residents.
We are ambitious for our Borough and want to maximise the opportunities for our residents. We have a clear strategic direction and are responding to our financial challenges while making a difference to lives and ensuring our Royal Borough prospers and is a place people want to live, work, learn and visit.
Strong resource management, commercial and governance functions are key to this and the legal advice that underpins our decision making is of critical importance to officers and elected members. It is crucial that we receive high quality strategic advice that encourages innovation whilst protecting our communities’ assets.
Our new Director will hold a fast-paced role touching every part of the council. As statutory Monitoring Officer, you will advise officers and elected members on a wide range of issues and will play a critical role enabling the delivery of new homes and major regeneration programmes.
This recruitment is being supported by our recruitment partner Starfish Search - for more information and to make an application, please visit starfishsearch.com

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