Advertised from 15 May 2025

Role

An exciting opportunity reporting directly to our Chief Executive, the remit of this role provides an excellent chance to make a real difference to the lives of those who work and live in Stirling. This is an interesting role which encompasses our People and Communities, Customer Service and Performance, and Housing services. As well as overseeing the delivery of these services, the role holder will be a corporate leader, demonstrating strong leadership to the Council's Senior Team.  

To be successful in this role, you will balance strategic thinking with operational delivery, and will have a demonstrable track record of having delivered against local or national objectives in a senior role. Putting communities at the heart of everything you do will be important to you, and you'll drive our organisational culture to innovate and to modernise Council services with people in mind, whilst leading high performance teams to achieve these goals.

Application notes

If this sounds like a role you could exceed in, we'd love to hear from you.

Please apply via our website with your CV cover letter.

For an informal conversation about the role, please contact Lisa Dunlop at dunlopli@stirling.gov.uk 

Please note that this role will require membership of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups scheme in working with both Children and Adults. 

If you’ve got the right skills for the job we want to hear from you. We encourage applications from the right candidates regardless of age (restrictions apply to Modern Apprenticeships), disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion, belief or race.  

Job Pack 

The Benefits  

• 30 days annual leave plus 7 public holidays (rising to 35 after 5 years continuous service)  
• Flexible working including hybrid office/work from home arrangements where the role allows. Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.  
• Biennial incremental progression until top of your payscale is reached  
• Membership of the Local Government Pension Scheme. For further details visit https://www.scotlgpsmember.org/about-the-lgps/  
• Up to 6 months full sick pay and 6 months half pay dependent on length of service  
• Carers Leave  
• Up to 4 weeks paid Paternity Leave  
• Access to Health & Wellbeing support  
• Ongoing opportunities for Learning & Development  
• Cycle to Work Scheme  
• Lift share Scheme  
• Car Lease Scheme  
• Technology Benefit Scheme