SLA11316 - Head of Corporate Services (South Lanarkshire Leisure & Culture)

Job Description

Are you ready to help improve the lives of the people of South Lanarkshire?

We are recruiting for a key member of our leadership team -  Head of Corporate Services. The successful candidate will help us to share our vision and energy to deliver services in new and innovative ways.

We are looking for an innovative strategic leader who is able to foster relationships to bring the best results for South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture.

The role is responsible for corporate support services, ensuring resources are aligned appropriately to aid the smooth operation of the organisation.

We are looking for a qualified accountant, with excellent people management skills. Candidates will be able to demonstrable track record of success in a corporate environment, ideally across a range of relevant activities, delivering with a customer-facing environment.

Further information please email: Kay Morrison, Chief Executive, kay.morrison@southlanarkshireleisure.co.uk 

Requirements

Please Apply online - All correspondence will be via your email address registered with myjobscotland.

Recruitment Checks

As part of our approach to good practice and safer recruitment we carry out a number of pre-employment checks for example, Identity, Asylum and Immigration and employment history.

Equal Opportunities and Armed Forces Community Covenant

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is an Equal Opportunities employer and encourages applications from all members of the community. As a user of the disability confident scheme, we guarantee to interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential requirements for the position.

South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture is committed to providing support to members of the armed forces, veterans and their families which is set out in the Armed Forces Community Covenant.  Veterans are guaranteed an interview who meet the essential requirements for the position.

Foreign Police Check

Candidates should be able to detail any gaps in employment and provide a foreign police check where applicable for any periods living or working abroad.

Legislative Information

Politically Restricted: This post has been politically restricted in terms of the Local Government and Housing Act 1989.

The Individual

As an employee of South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture you would also receive a wide range of benefits including:

• Enrolment in award winning local government pension scheme
• Up to 33 days annual leave
• Public holiday entitlement (up to 10 days)
• Occupational sick pay
• Family friendly policies - flexible working, maternity/paternity leave, enhanced leave.
• Employee Discounts – including discounts at the cinema.
• Range of benefits to support you (Cycle to Work Scheme, Physiotherapy, Employee Assistance Program which offers practical and emotional support)
• Hybrid working