Buckinghamshire County Council LGC Future Leaders Event Planning to be a Director/CEO Gillian Hibberd Strategic Director (Resources and Business Transformation)

Buckinghamshire County Council

LGC Future Leaders Event

Planning to be a Director/CEO

Gillian HibberdStrategic Director (Resources and Business Transformation)

Buckinghamshire [email protected]

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My Role at Buckinghamshire

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Thinking Yourself into the Role

4 Preparing for Interviews

5 Challenges of the Role

Career Planning

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My Role at Buckinghamshire Chris Williams

Chief ExecutiveSarah AshmeadService Director

(Policy, Performance & Communications)

Jane O’GradyDirector of Public Health (Joint

appointment with PCT)

Sue ImbrianoStrategic Director

C&YPS

VacancyStrategic Director

Adults & Family Wellbeing

Neil GibsonStrategic Director

Communities & Built Environment

Gillian HibberdStrategic Director

Safeguarding - VacancyPrevention & ProtectionPlacementsYouth Offending ServiceYouth Services

Commissioning & Business Improvement – Chris MundayCommissioningBusiness ImprovementAccess & InclusionSchool Improvement

Service Provision - VacancyOlder People’s ServicesPhysical, Sensory & Learning Disability

Culture & Learning- Paula BuckCultural Services/LibrariesAdult LearningRegistrars/Coroners

Commissioning & Service Improvement – Trevor BoydStrategic CommissioningSafeguardingPerformance

Place Services – John LambTransportationPlanning, Environment, Development & Property

Localities & Safer Communities – Phil DartLocality ServicesSafer CommunitiesTrading StandardsCommunity Cohesion & EqualitiesResilience TeamDrug and Alcohol TeamVoluntary & Community Sector

Human Resources - VacancyHuman Resources Training & DevelopmentHealth & Safety

Legal & Democratic – Anne DaviesLegalDemocratic Services

Finance & Commercial Services – Richard AmbroseFinanceProcurement

Customer Contact – Amanda Brooke-WebbCustomer ServicesCorporate Complaints

Service Transformation – Nick CaveService ImprovementICT

Senior Management Structure

06.03.12

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My Role at Buckinghamshire

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Thinking Yourself into the Role

4 Preparing for Interviews

5 Challenges of the Role

Career Planning

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Thinking yourself into the role…..

• Understand differences between Head of Service and Director

• Able to articulate the different levels of operation

• Be prepared to comment on issues beyond your brief

• Operate corporately and strategically

• Not necessarily the Head of Profession!

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Commercial Skills Needed

• Understand and evaluate risks; and to take effective action plans to mitigate them

• promote entrepreneurial approaches • properly cost activities and the failure to undertake those activities • evaluate options for service delivery from in-house to outsourcing

to setting up employee co-operatives • understand need to create, develop and shape supply markets • understand commissioning and procurement • understand the mindset of commercial suppliers and manage

supplier relations • ensure value for money

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Commercial Skills – How do you develop them?• Experience of working in the commercial sector• Network outside the public sector• Use commercial language• Understand the markets you are in keep abreast of

market trends• Understand the needs and challenges of your

colleagues• Understand the finances (corporately)!• Innovate and apply commercial knowledge

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My Role at Buckinghamshire

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Thinking Yourself into the Role

4 Preparing for Interviews

5 Challenges of the Role

Career Planning

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Career Planning

• Have a Plan?• Enrich your experience• Put yourself forward for Corporate Projects• Feedback from peers, partners and colleagues• Network• Get yourself known – recruitment agencies• Move around• Don’t undersell yourself!

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My Role at Buckinghamshire

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Thinking Yourself into the Role

4 Preparing for Interviews

5 Challenges of the Role

Career Planning

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Preparing for Interviews

• Internal vs External Candidate• Use your contacts• Think yourself into the role• Spend time with someone doing a similar job• Be succinct• Use the right language• Be confident and clear about what you can bring• Predict the questions

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My Role at Buckinghamshire

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Thinking Yourself into the Role

4 Preparing for Interviews

5 Challenges of the Role

Career Planning

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Challenges of the Role

• Jack of all trades, master of none

• Thinking on your feet• Resilience• Finding support• Looking after yourself• Authenticity• Delivery

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Questions?

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