The client is seeking a Director for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR) Transition to lead the mobilisation and delivery of a transition programme across seven predecessor councils as they prepare for local government reorganisation. The role operates within a significant and time-bound transition process, with decisions on the final structure expected in the near term, alongside anticipated shadow elections and a vesting timeline. The Director will provide overall programme leadership to ensure the transition is delivered in a safe, legal, and financially sustainable manner.
Key responsibilities include building governance structures and programme management capacity, establishing cross-council working arrangements, and progressing multiple strands of work in parallel. This spans service disaggregation and aggregation, workforce and cultural change, ICT and data migration, legal and constitutional readiness, financial planning, and community and partner engagement. The Director must manage complexity across organisations with differing political leaderships, cultures, and local priorities, while maintaining momentum against a timetable with limited tolerance for delay.
The client is looking for a leader with substantial experience delivering large-scale transformation or reorganisation in a complex, multi-stakeholder public sector environment. A strong understanding of local government governance, statutory frameworks, and financial management is essential, and direct experience of LGR is highly desirable. The role requires programme leadership credentials, political acumen, and personal resilience to sustain delivery through genuine complexity and uncertainty, coordinating effectively with stakeholders throughout the transition.