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Chief Executive's Service

The Chief Executive's Service brings together several core services supporting our priorities and plans.

The Chief Executive is John Hewitt.

Chief Executive's Service management structure (PDF, 181 KB)

These services include:

Statutory roles within the Chief Executive's Office include:

Monitoring Officer for legal issues
the Electoral Roll Officer

Services provided to staff include:

support to county councillors
challenging practice and promoting continuous improvement across the council
supporting service improvement, innovation and partnership development
ensuring strong links between functions to take an overview of cross cutting issues
co-ordination of a strategic approach across all services and provide advice and support
our Corporate Improvement Programme
specific cross-service projects and programmes
training and guidance on project and programme management
corporate programme/project management methodology
the corporate project register

Related information

Council structure