Cabinet

    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.