Corporate Affairs
Corporate Affairs provide strategic support to the Chief Executive.
The Head of Corporate Affairs is Steve Evans.
Corporate Affairs covers the following services.
Communications, Marketing and Design
- The council's corporate communications strategy
- Media relations
- Social media management
- Corporate publications
- Marketing
- Graphic design
- Staff communications
Equality and Diversity
- Public sector equality duty
- Equality impact assessments
- Stonewall diversity champion
- Disability confident accreditation
- Equality training
Research and Intelligence
- Joint Strategic Needs and Asset Assessment (JSNAA)
- Health Equity Audits / Health Needs Assessments / Health Impact Assessments
- Durham Insight - a range of shared intelligence for County Durham to underpin strategic decision making
- Census and statistical information including population and demographics
Strategic Planning and Performance
- Corporate strategy
- Council and service planning
- Performance reporting
- Business intelligence approach
- Data analysis
- External inspection support and challenge
- Government policy and consultation updates
Transformation
- Investment in technology
- Service re-design
- Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) project support
- Smarter working
- Strategic staff sites
Data and intelligence
- Corporate data strategy
- Master data management and data engineering
- Production of data products and reports, including statutory returns
- Data visualisations and developments
- Business applications and associated systems administration / implementation
- Information governance, GDPR and data protection
- Development of business intelligence and data science
Partnerships and community engagement
- County Durham Vision
- Coordination and governance of the County Durham Partnership
- Wider partnership working and networking to support service transformation and improve outcomes in County Durham
- Consultation and engagement
- Community buildings and asset transfer programme
- Local Authority Prevent Duty