Chief Executive's Directorate

The Chief Executive’s Directorate forms the core of the organisation working with Directorates to set high standards, ensure consistency and promote a shared sense of purpose for the Council in leading and shaping Hackney the place.

Aims and Ambitions

Partnerships:

Supports the Council in its community leadership role by facilitating effective partnership working; focusing on shared borough priorities as expressed in the Community Strategy, delivered and performance managed through the Local Area Agreement, and judged through the Comprehensive Area Assessment; oversees the allocation of Area Based Grant using the strategic commissioning framework.

Policy and Performance:

Supports the Council leadership in driving performance improvement and delivering value for money; helps to translate political objectives into policy priorities; leads on analysing and making best use of survey data and research; sets the strategic framework for the Council and Partnership.

Communications and Consultation:

Promotes the Council (and wherever possible the borough at large) well, to itself and to the world; acts as “brand guardians” to ensure coherent and consistent messages.

Organisational Development:

Ensures we have the capacity to deliver our plans and helps us to take staff with us.

Achievements and priorities

For more information about what we achieved in 2008/09 and our priorities for 2009/10 - 2012/13 please view the document below:

Chief Executive's Directorate Achievements and Priorities (85KB)

Page updated: 3 Jun 2009