Assistant Director Planning, Performance and Engagement
With strong local communities, unspoilt countryside and vibrant coastal towns, East Sussex offers an exceptional quality of life to many. However, some of our residents face significant challenges, and rely on us and our partners to support them. Our One Council approach, prioritising the delivery of high-quality services in a tight fiscal environment, underpins everything we do, and we enjoy a strong reputation for good services, effective partnership working and innovation.
This role will play a key role in strengthening and developing our offer to the county’s adults and older people. We will look to you to help us develop innovative, long-term solutions to systemic challenges through technology and new ways of working. And because we are stronger and more effective when working together, you will have ample opportunity to work imaginatively and energetically with your colleagues across the Council as well as other statutory agencies and the voluntary, community and social enterprise sectors, to improve outcomes for adults.
You will bring proven negotiating and influencing skills, having effectively managed multi-agency projects in a similarly complex and rapidly changing environment. Whatever your background, you will have a keen interest in social care, health and third sector policy and practice, whilst the ability to quickly establish credible working relationships with our communities and our partners, will be critical to your success.
Indicative Timetable
Closing date for applications: Friday 30 May 2025
Preliminary interviews (via Microsoft Teams): Wednesday 11 or Thursday 12 June 2025
Member shortlisting: Friday 20 June 2025
Officer and Stakeholder panels (in Lewes): Thursday 26 June 2025
Final interview panel (in Lewes): Monday 7 July 2025Please let us know if there are any interview dates within the indicative timetable on which you are likely to be unavailable.
For an informal conversation about this role, please contact:
Martin Tucker
Email: mtucker@faerfield.co.uk
Phone: 0121 312 3755
Sean Anderson
Email: sanderson@faerfield.co.uk
Phone: 0121 312 3755
To apply:
To apply for this job please click on the Apply button below and fill out the requested information. When prompted, please submit your CV and a Supporting Statement (no more than four sides of A4 each).
With your CV, please also provide the names and contact details of two referees, one of whom should be your current or most recent employer. Referees will only be contacted if you reach the final stages, and we will not contact referees without your permission.
Your supporting statement should express why you are interested in this role and what experience you can bring to the organisation. The statement should tackle the specific requirements of the role; outlining examples and outcomes showing how you meet those requirements.
