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The Director of Place is responsible for setting clear and measurable priorities to create and share prosperity in the Vale of Glamorgan and achieve the objectives set out in the Council’s Corporate Plan. This will be done by defining and orchestrating a portfolio of activities to enhance town centres and neighbourhoods, so that they are resilient; sustainable; inclusive; equitable; economically productive and support good health and wellbeing.

Reporting directly into the Chief Executive you will play a pivotal role on the Senior Leadership Team (SLT) of the Council and will work constructively and proactively with other areas of the Council and partners on the very highest quality of business planning, service design, investment and project implementation.

You will ensure a relentless focus on delivering the strategic agenda and optimising the financial, economic, social and environmental return on investment for the Council and the people of the Vale of Glamorgan.

You will identify opportunities to deliver the Council’s strategic agenda and find means of realising the full value of those opportunities through direct action, securing the necessary resources, adapting policy, commissioning, and partner working.

The Director of Place will play a lead role, alongside the Chief Executive, in ensuring the Council is an active partner in the Cardiff Capital Region and all initiatives and opportunities that emerge from regional and national collaboration.

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