Head of Customer Experience

Experience Head of Customer Experience required for an immediate start!

Duration: 3-6 months
Rate: £346- 400 per day Umbrella
Location: Hybrid Working (London Office)
Requirements:
- Customer Services leadership experience
- Performance and budget management skills.
- Experience of digital transformation projects essential.
- Public or third sector experience essential.
- Role covers the whole of Customer services!

• Accountable for leading and managing specific Council services at a tactical delivery level, providing professional expertise, leading on a complex programme or the commissioning of services for the Council.
• Horizon scanning 1-3 years; emerging practices and seek out the latest thinking and innovation within their service.
• Work with Councillors to implement the strategic aims and objectives of the Service.
• Provide strong leadership management and guidance regarding the allocation of resources, risk management, change management and behaviours within a specific service area.
• To role model the values and behaviours of the organisation so your teams can see and hear, and learn from you.
• Manage and develop the workforce with their service area.
• To have robust, affordable operation plans in place to deliver the Corporate Plan on time and to budget.
• Create and build effective relationships internally and externally with key stakeholders and instil in direct reports the imperative for accountability, responsibility and collaboration with others, for example: Councillors, other Boroughs, the communities we serve and partners.
• Work collaboratively across all service areas with other senior managers (including those from partner organisations and agencies) in order to deliver services, generate efficiencies and create synergies wherever possible.
• Lead, manage and develop staff so that they are capable of and motivated to achieve the corporate and service aims and objectives.
• Drive significant cultural change through the corporate infrastructure in order to drive service excellence.
• Be accountable for associated budget and have affordable plans in place to deliver the Medium Term Financial Plan.
• The service area you manage is compliant and performance management is monitored, and remedial action is taken promptly and at pace.
• Lead and manage robust, safe and resilient services that deliver in challenging times, including maintaining accurate risk registers, business continuity plans and information asset records.

If you feel that you fit the above criteria and have relevant experience, give me a call on or an email on