Executive post
Leader of the Council (Cabinet Member for Housing & Communities)
Description
As Leader of the Council and Cabinet Member for Housing & Communities, responsibilities include:
· Action to address poverty
· Asylum seekers
· Civic Affairs
· Community Cohesion
· Corporate Budget and Resource Planning (strategic lead)
· Corporate Planning and Strategic Direction
· Corporate Project Management (major capital programmes to be managed by the Deputy Leader)
· Council Tax and Business Rates
· Development of social housing
· Digital Strategy
· Emergency Planning (Strategic)
· Equality & Diversity
· Homelessness
· Housing advice
· Housing Benefit
· Housing development programme
· Housing Management (including ALMO)
· Housing strategy
· Human Resources
· Legal Services, Land Charges & Democratic Services
· Liaison with regional housing boards and RSLs
· Major Events & Initiatives
· Media & Communications
· Organisational Development
· Partnership performance delivery
· Performance Delivery
· Private sector housing standards and grants
· Queensway Development (Joint with Deputy Leader)
· Strategic housing function
· Support to the 3rd Sector
· Supporting people
The substitute Cabinet Member for this post is
Councillor Ron Woodley