Officers
The Council employs officers to give advice, implement decisions and manage the day-to-day delivery of services. Some officers have a specific duty to ensure that the Council acts within the law and uses its resources wisely. The Protocol on Member-Officer Relations in Part 4C of the Constitution governs the relationship between officers and members of Council.
Details of the memberships of the Executive Committees and Panels and Portfolio Holders are shown on The Green List.
Employees - 'Officers'
The Chief Executive, as Head of the Council's paid service, is the Council's Principal Advisor and Executive Officer. The Chief Executive has three Assistant Chief Executives to assist him in his role and who have strategic responsibility for a number of Council departments.
The Directors head Departments and have the ultimate responsibility for the work undertaken within their departments. They also have an overall, corporate role in identifying issues affecting the Council as a whole and developing policies and strategies to address such issues and to assist in the achievement of the political aims of the Council.
The Chief Executive and the Directors are responsible to the whole Council and can be called upon to give advice to any Committee or Panel
