Person Specification

Department: / Derby City Council / Date prepared: / 18/01/2018
Division: / Post Ref No:
Section: / Grade:
Job title: / Chief Executive
Essential / Desirable / A* / I* / T*
1.  Leadership Behaviours (framework attached)
Maximises Achievement / √
Takes Responsibility / √
Communicates with Purpose / √
Embraces Opportunity / √
2.  Skills and Abilities
A visionary and inspirational leader, leading from the front and focussed on delivery. Exceptional interpersonal and team- working skills with a proven ability to motivate, enthuse and inspire others / √
Excellent communication and presentational skills with the ability to communicate messages convincingly and with great clarity to a wide range of audiences / √
A clear strategic thinker, able to manage a complex range of functions and competing priorities and steer a forward course for the Council. / √
An innovative thinker, not afraid to take risks and to make choices to achieve goals. Able to think laterally, beyond traditional boundaries, to solve problems / √
A visible and engaging individual who will work well with elected members, local residents, partners and employees. / √
A self-starter, motivated, committed, focused and with the drive to define clear goals and inspire people to achieve them. / √
A credible individual with recognisable integrity, able to obtain and maintain the trust of a range of stakeholders including customers, elected members, government ministers, private and public-sector partners and local authority peers / √
Ambition, energy, drive and resilience: proven ability to deliver under pressure. / √
3.  Special Knowledge
A comprehensive understanding of local government and the wider public service economy, the national and political context within which they operate and the current challenges and opportunities they face. / √
Able to demonstrate understanding of how the different parts of the organisation work together to achieve corporate goals / √
Understanding of political environment. Politically sensitive and shows personal credibility to work effectively with politicians. / √
4.  Experience
Experience of serving at Chief Executive level. / √
Experience of complex political environment and the ability to build effective relationships across boundaries. / √
Experience of leading large complex organisation with a proven track record of delivery. / √
Creating a high performance organisation with a strong leadership culture centred around enabling and empowering people to deliver results / √
Strong financial management with a proven track record of managing complex budgets to high standards of probity. / √
Experience of building and managing effective partnerships across diverse sectors. / √
Experience of leading (including in partnership with others) major regeneration and infrastructure development. / √
Experience of managing an organisation responsible for social care and safeguarding or equivalent critical risk areas. / √
Demonstrate significant achievement at senior strategic level in public service. / √
A successful track record of working with senior managers or Elected Members or partners. / √
Demonstrable success in transforming and changing cultures across a diverse organisation. Managing a range of services where goals translated into real achievements. / √
5.  Qualifications
Relevant professional qualification or degree equivalent / √
Full membership of a relevant professional body. / √
Post Graduate Management Qualification / √
6.  Equality
Demonstrable knowledge and understanding of diversity and equality issues. Ability to integrate diversity and equality policies into business plans strategies, service delivery and employment practices. / √

* A- Applications, I- Interview, T- Test