What we pay our senior managers

Band 1

(£172,260 - £175,554 - £178,848)

• Executive Director Children Young People
• Executive Director Corporate Resources
• Executive Director Housing
• Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health
• Executive Director Place

Spot Salary £175,299

• Director of Law and Corporate Governance

Band 2

(£130,719 - £133,767 - £136,815)

• Director of Adult Social Care
• Director of Community Services
• Director of Education Services
• Director of Families, Quality & Commissioning
• Director of Family Help and Care
• Director of Finance
• Director of Inclusive Regeneration
• Director of Public Realm
• Director of Systems Development, Health and Social Care

Band 3

(£117,075 - £120,180 - £123,285)

• Director of Communications and Engagement
• Director of Housing Resident Engagement and Services
• Director of Housing Strategy
• Director of IT & Digital Services
• Director of Property
• Director of Public Health
• Director of Strategy, Transformation, Equalities & Performance

Band 4

(£96,864 - £99,969 - £103,074)

• Head of Integrated Service SEND
• Head of Legal Services
• Head of Property Estates & Capital Programmes
• Head of Street Environment Services
• Senior Consultant in Public Health (Health Inequalities)

Spot Salary £107,604

• Head of New Initiatives

Additional notes

• a number of positions are employed on a part time basis and the actual salary will be less than the figures quoted in the salary band
• we may also make payment to officers who undertake specific additional duties, such as those relating to emergencies, elections or statutory duties - these payments currently range from £2,000 to £7,290 a year
• no employees receive bonuses or benefits

Disclosure of salary information for senior interims

In addition to our senior staff, we engage interims or consultants where specific needs arise. The charge rates for senior interims costing over £100,000 in 2025/26 and those currently covering senior management roles is provided below. NB: A number of these individuals have now left the organisation.

Daily charge rate band

£301-£400 (including pay and on-costs)

• Advanced Practitioner (Children's)
• Applications Lead
• Art Therapist
• Child Protection Chair
• Community Occupational Therapist
• Contract Manager
• Deputy LADO & Child Protection Chair
• Emergency Duty Senior Social Worker (Children's)
• Environmental Protection Officer
• Fostering Panel Advisor
• Housing Complaints & Feedback Manager
• Housing Medical Advisor
• Independent Reviewing Officer
• Nurse Assessor
• Occupational Therapist
• Operational Manager (Adult's)
• Operations Manager (Homelessness Prevention and Assessment)
• Parking Technical Services Manager
• Principal Design and Conservation Officer
• Public Realm Insight and Intelligence Manager
• Qualified Habilitation Specialists
• Quality Assurance Auditor
• Repairs Operations Manager
• Schools Accountant / School Business Manager
• Senior SEN Caseworker
• Senior Social Worker (Children's)
• Strategic Adviser
• Teacher of Deaf Children
• Team Manager (Children's)
• Traffic Engineer
• Virtual School Exclusions Project Co-Ordinator

£401-£500 (including pay and on-costs)

• Acquisitions Manager
• Childcare Lawyer
• Corporate Health & Safety Manager
• Digital Communications Officer
• Disrepair Surveyor
• Environmental Protection Manager
• Food and Environmental Health Officer
• Group Manager (Children's)
• Head of Pensions and Payroll
• Lawyer
• Licensing Operations Manager
• Litigation/Prosecution Lawyer
• Managing Quantity Surveyor
• Project Officer
• Public Health Analyst
• Quantity Surveyor
• Responsive Repair Manager
• Senior Contracts Lawyer
• Senior Engineer
• Senior Estates Surveyor
• Senior Lawyer
• Social Care Lawyer (Adult's)
• Trading Standards Operations Manager

£501-£600 (including pay and on-costs)

• Business Analyst
• Environmental Health Officer
• Finance Business Partner
• Food and Safety Manager
• LUF Programme Manager
• Principal Development Transport Planner
• Principal Engineer
• Principal Social Worker (Adult's)
• Procurement and Contracts Manager
• Red Book Valuer
• Schools Accountant
• Stock Investment Manager

£601-£700 (including pay and on-costs)

• Asset Manager
• Assistant Director (Adult Integrated Commissioning)
• Damp, Mould and Disrepair Manager
• Development Manager
• Educational Psychologist
• Head of Service (Corporate Parenting)
• Head of Service (Family Help)
• IT Project Manager
• PFI Contract Expiry Programme Manager
• Procurement Manager (Housing)
• Product Manager IT
• Project Manager
• Quality Assurance Consultant
• Safer Communities Transformation Project Lead
• Senior Repairs Manager
• Strategic Transport Manager
• Surveyor
• Tech Lead - Power Platform
• Transformation Project Manager

£701-£800 (including pay and on-costs)

• Building Control Surveyor
• CSC Redesign Accountant
• Data Analyst
• Head of Continuing Healthcare
• Head of Strategic Transport and Highways
• IT Security Manager
• Public Health Consultant

£801-£900 (including pay and on-costs)

• Programme Manager IT
• Transformation Programme Manager

£901-£1000 (including pay and on-costs)

• Head of IT Architecture & Security

£1001-£1100 (including pay and on-costs)

• Building Control Manager

£1301-£1400 (including pay and on-costs)

• Executive Director Housing