What we pay our senior managers

Band 1

£166,755-£169,944 - £173,133

• Executive Director for Children and Young People

• Executive Director for Corporate Services

• Executive Director for Place

• Executive Director for Housing

Spot Salary £169,698

Band 3

£113,334-£116,340 - £119,346

• Director of Communication and Engagement 
• Director of Community Services
• Director of Education Services 
• Director of Families, Quality and Commissioning
• Director of Housing Housing Quality and Investment 
• Director of Housing Resident Engagement and Services
• Director of Housing Strategy
• Director of IT and Digital Services
• Director of Strategy, Transformation, Equalities & Performance

• Director of Planning

• Director of Public Health

NHS Band 9: £117,645-£134,103 (excluding higher cost living allowance)

• Director of Adult Integrated Commissioning - joint funded Health & Social Care

Band 4

£93,768-£96,774-£99,780

• Head of Finance
• Head of Integrated Service SEND
• Head of Street Environment Services
• Assistant Director, Housing Development
• Head of Legal Services
• Head of Lewisham Learning
• Senior Consultant in Public Health (Health Improvement)

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 2024/25 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)

• Accountant
• Adults Lead Operational Manager
• Advanced Practitioner
• Annual Review Officer SEN
• Applications Lead
• Building Control Surveyor
• Child Protection Chair
• Children's Advanced Practitioner
• Community Occupational Therapist
• Deputy LADO & Child Protection Chair
• Family Thrive Group Manager Prevention & Early Help
• Fostering Panel Advisor
• Group Manager Adolescent Safeguarding
• Housing Medical Advisor
• Independent Reviewing Officer
• Markets Manager
• Occupational Therapist
• Operations Manager
• Operations Manager (Homelessness Prevention and Assessment)
• Parking Technical Services Manager
• Performance and Quality Manager
• Principal Planning Officer
• Project Manager
• Public Realm Insight and Intelligence Manager
• Qualified Habilitation Specialists
• Safer Communities Operation Manager
• Schools Accountant/School Business Manager
• Senior Contracts Lawyer
• Senior Engineer
• Senior Procurement and Contracts Officer
• Senior Project Manager
• Senior SEN Casework Adviser
• Senior SEN Caseworker
• Senior Social Worker
• Social Worker
• Strategic Property Manager
• Team Manager
• Temporary Accommodation Operations Manager
• Visual Impairment Rehabilitation Officer

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

• Acquisitions Manager
• Child Protection Chair Manager
• Childcare Lawyer
• Corporate Health & Safety Manager
• Disrepair Surveyor
• Environmental Protection Manager
• Food and Environmental Health Officer
• Group Manager (Fostering and Children and Young Peoples Placement Service)
• Head of Pensions and Payroll
• Housing Health & Safety Business Partner
• Lawyer
• Litigation/Prosecution Lawyer
• PFI Expiry Technical Project Manager
• Policy Manager
• Principal Development Transport Planner
• Principal Engineer
• Project Officer
• Quality Assurance Manager
• Quantity Surveyor
• Senior Estates Surveyor
• Senior Lawyer
• Senior Planning Lawyer
• Senior Property  Lawyer
• Strategic HR Business Partner

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

• Art Therapist
• Building Control Manager
• Business Analyst
• Development Manager
• Educational Psychologist
• Finance Business Partner
• Financial Accountant
• LUF Programme Manager
• Procurement  Manager (Housing)
• Red Book Valuer
• Senior Development Manager
• Senior Lawyer - Housing & Disrepair
• Senior Repairs Manager
• Strategic Transport Manager

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

• Child Death Overview Panel Chair
• Head of Housing Needs & Refugee Services
• IT Project Manager
• Principal Development & Land Management
• Strategic Libraries and Heritage Service Manager
• Surveyor

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

• Head of Service - Family Help
• Head of Strategic Transport and Highways
• Systems Re-Design Project Lead
• Transformation Programme Director

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

• Programme Director
• Programme Manager IT

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

• Director of Planning
• Technical Architect

£1001-£1100 ( pay and on-costs)

• Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health