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What we pay our senior managers

See the pay bands that we use for our senior officers.

Band 1

£157,641 – £160,656 - £163,671

  • Executive Director for Children and Young People

  • Executive Director for Community Services

  • Executive Director for Corporate Services 

  • Executive Director for Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm

Spot Salary £160,425

  • Director of Law and Corporate Governance

Band 2 

£119,628 – £122,412 - £125,196

  • Director of Adult Social Care
  • Director of Children’s Social Care
  • Director of Finance
  • Director of Inclusive Regeneration
  • Director of Integrated Care and Commissioning
  • Director of Public Realm

Band 3

£107,139 - £109,980 - £112,821

  • Director of Communication and Engagement 
  • Director of Communities, Partnership and Leisure 
  • Director of Education Services 
  • Director of Families, Quality and Commissioning
  • Director of Housing Services
  • Director of IT and Digital Services
  • Director of People and OD
  • Director of Planning

  • Director of Public Health

  • Director of Resident and Business Services 

  • Director of Systems Transformation 

Band 4

£88,641 - £91,482 - £94,323

  • Head of Finance 
  • Head of Financial Strategy, Planning and Commercial
  • Head of SEND
  • Head of Street Environment Services

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 2020/21 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 (inc. pay and on-costs)

  • Accountant
  • Adult Learning Tutor
  • Adults Lead Operational Manager
  • Adults Senior Social Worker
  • Adults Social Worker
  • Advanced Practitioner
  • Applications Analyst
  • Applications Lead
  • Assistant Director Community Support and Care
  • Building Control Surveyors
  • Child Protection Chair
  • Childcare Lawyer
  • Childrens Social Worker
  • Childrens Advanced Practitioner
  • Childrens Senior Social Worker
  • Childrens Team Manager
  • Contract Manager
  • CQC Improvement Project Manager
  • Damp Surveyor
  • Deputy LADO (Local Authority Designated Officer) & Child Protection Chair
  • Disrepair Surveyor
  • Fleet Administration and Compliance Manager
  • Food and Environmental Health Officer
  • Fostering Panel Advisor
  • Group Manager
  • Housing Medical Advisor
  • Housing Reviews & Casework Team Leader
  • Project Officer
  • Occupational Therapist
  • Parking Technical Services Manager
  • Performance Analyst
  • Performance and Quality Manager
  • Principal Engineer
  • Principal Planning Officer
  • Project Manager
  • Repairs Manager
  • Safer Communities Operation Manager
  • Senior Air Quality Officer
  • Senior Estates Surveyor
  • Senior Occupational Therapist
  • Senior Project Manager
  • Senior SEN Caseworker
  • Senior/Principal Building Control Surveyor
  • Transport Planner
  • Visual Impairment Rehabilitation Officer

£401 – £500 (inc. pay and on-costs)

  • Acquisitions Manager
  • Building Control Manager
  • Childrens Team Manager
  • CYP Mental Health & Emotional Wellbeing Joint Commissioner
  • Environmental Protection Manager
  • Estate Manager
  • Food and Environmental Health Officer
  • Head of Pensions and Payroll
  • Head of Repairs
  • Strategic HR Business Partner
  • Lawyer
  • PMO (Project Management Office) Officer
  • Policy Manager
  • Principal Development Transport Planner
  • Quality Assurance Manager
  • SEN Tribunal Officer
  • Senior Lawyer
  • Commercial & Customer Services Manager
  • Strategic Transport Manager
  • Systems Analyst

£501 – £600 (inc. pay and on-costs)

  • Art Therapist
  • Chase Management & Improvement Lead
  • Development Manager
  • Educational Psychologist
  • Enforcement Support Officer
  • Financial Accountant
  • Head of Insight, Transformation & Performance
  • Consultant Contextual Safeguarding
  • Youth Services Project Lead
  • IT Procurement & Contracts Manager
  • Programme Manager
  • Project Manager
  • Quantity Surveyor
  • Red Book Valuer
  • Senior Development Manager
  • Strategic Transport Manager

£601 – £700 (inc. pay and on-costs)

  • Asset Manager
  • Commercial Services Project Manager
  • Head of Integrated Adolescent Safeguarding Service
  • Head of Service – Fostering and Placements
  • Project Manager
  • M365 Integrations Specialist
  • Oracle Consultant
  • Principal Development & Land Management Manager
  • Product Manager IT
  • Stock Condition Project Manager
  • Strategic Business Partner
  • Technical Lead - Power Platform

£701 – £800 (inc. pay and on-costs)

  • Contract Consultant
  • Head of Financial Strategy, Planning and Commercial
  • Housing Transformation Programme Lead
  • Procurement and Contracts Manager
  • Waste Management Consultant

£801 – £900 (inc. pay and on-costs)

  • Director of Planning
  • Product Manager Lead

£901 – £1000 (inc. pay and on-costs)

  • Director of Quality and Investment
  • Director of Resident Services

£1001 – £1100 (inc. pay and on-costs)

  • Executive Director for Housing, Regeneration and Public Realm

Bonuses and benefits

Details of bonuses and benefits in kind for all employees whose salaries exceed £50,000.

No employees receive bonuses or benefits.