Head of Policy, Performance and Insights

In this role you will provide strategic leadership to deliver the council’s plan in a customer focused and solutions led way creating the right conditions for accelerating high-quality performance and supporting sustainable growth in Swindon. It’s all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

Your next role

You’ll be responsible for the day to day and strategic lead for risk, business planning and corporate performance, insights and policy and will lead on the management of the executive office.

Working closely with key stakeholders to champion and drive improvement through the conversion of data into intelligence with an understanding of customer insight, demand management and best practice to drive improvement and decision-making.

What’s most important to us is getting the right person in this role, someone who can support our colleagues to operate to their full potential. The right person is someone with great leadership skills and proven performance improvement experience. You’ll be able to demonstrate at interview how you’ve led through information and intelligence to develop strategy, policy and organisational performance improvement.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.

Please see our new Swindon Plan

Your next steps

Read the role profile and to apply please send your CV and cover letter quoting reference number 205 to resourcing@swindon.gov.uk  outlining your skills and experience.

The cover letter is limited to 2-sides and sets out the opportunity for growth in Swindon over the next 5 years and how your personal skills and attributes would support a high-performing, solutions focused and dynamic planning team.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

For further information about the role please contact Sonia Grewal, Chief Operating Officer, Enabling Services at sgrewal@swindon.gov.uk.

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk