Lead
Councillors roles and responsibilities
The Council has
7 Lead Councillors who are the leads for areas of strategy and work
undertaken by council officers.
Their roles
include:
a)
having a clear understanding of the relevant service
areas objectives and performance against targets/project
plans
b)
developing/maintaining positive working
relationships with relevant senior officers (but not managing or
directing the service staff)
c)
developing/maintaining effective partnership
relationships with relevant organisations e.g. businesses,
voluntary, community groups or other public
bodies
d)
to keep abreast of good practice and national
thinking/policy development related to their
portfolio
e)
to work with the Leader and Deputy Leader and other
Lead Councillors team to give effective political leadership to HBC
and its communities.
Strategy/Programme Sponsorship
The
Council’s key strategies and programmes are each led by a
Lead Councillor who takes overall leadership and responsibility for
an area of work. These can be activity specific such as the
Homelessness Strategy or cross-cutting, for example the Climate
Change strategy. The Climate Change strategy is a key strategic
ambition owned by the whole council. Responsibility for delivery is
owned by the whole Cabinet Team. The Leader will chair the Climate
Change Programme Board which will ensure the strategy informs our
thinking, planning and delivery across all areas.
Other Lead
Councillors may from time to time be asked to lead implementation
or monitoring of specific parts of this strategy.