Interim Service Director: Economy, Property & Regeneration

Marks Consulting Partners are currently recruiting for an Interim Service Director: Economy, Property & Regeneration to work with one of our Local Authority clients in Newcastle.

This is a temporary position paying £800 per day.

What you will be doing:

• Providing strategic leadership across economic development, regeneration, property and strategic asset management.
• Leading and maintaining momentum across a portfolio of major regeneration and investment programmes.
• Strengthening the organisation's approach to property and strategic asset management, including supporting the development of its Strategic Asset Management Plan.
• Driving economic growth, inward investment and business development, working closely with key regional and external partners.
• Providing senior leadership during a period of transition, working closely with Members, senior officers and key stakeholders.

What you will need:

• Significant senior leadership experience within regeneration, economic development, property or strategic asset management.
• Strong experience operating within a Local Authority or comparable public sector environment.
• A track record of leading complex regeneration, property and/or major capital programmes.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience of budgets, investment, funding and programme delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to operate confidently with Members, senior leaders, developers, businesses and external partners.
• A relevant professional qualification and the ability to operate strategically at Head of Service/Director level.

If this job is not quite right for you but you are looking for something new, please contact us for a confidential discussion.

Marks Consulting Partners specialise in the recruitment of professionals across Property Services, Housing Services, General Practice, Town Planning, Regeneration & Development, and Building Consultancy, working with housing associations, local authorities, and related public sector organisations.