Business Performance Manager LGR

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Job Description

Business Performance Manager (Local Government Reorganisation) x 5

Salary: £51,356-£54,495 (Grade J)
Directorate: Local Government Reorganisation

2 Years FTC (24 months)

We're looking for five experienced strategic leaders to play a key role in preparing the organisation for Local Government Reorganisation (LGR). These are high-profile roles supporting senior leadership team to ensure we are fully prepared for major transformation.

About the Role

You will act as the coordination point for all LGR activity within one of five directorates, leading business performance, driving transformation, and ensuring strong governance, communication and readiness across all services.

Key areas of responsibility include:

• Directorate business strategy and performance management
• Policy development (including Equalities, Diversity & Inclusion)
• Governance, forward planning and decision-making support
• Service planning and readiness assessment
• Partnership management and cross-Council working
• Internal and external communications and engagement planning
• Risk management, emergency planning and business continuity
• Leading key projects aligned to LGR workstreams

You will also line-manage the Performance & Quality Manager.

About You

We're looking for someone who can demonstrate:

• Senior leadership experience in a complex organisation
• Proven success driving change, service improvement and innovation
• Strong political awareness and the ability to work confidently with senior officers and elected members
• Experience creating and delivering strategic vision, with excellent analytical and problem-solving skills
• A deep commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
• Experience of policy development, governance, project leadership and performance frameworks
• Ability to influence, collaborate and work across services to deliver shared goals

Why Join Us?

• Play a key role in one of the most significant transformations in local government
• Work directly with senior decision-makers
• Shape new ways of working that will benefit the whole city
• Lead high-impact projects that make a meaningful difference

If you're a strategic leader who thrives on complexity, drives improvement and wants to help shape the future of Nottingham's public services, we'd love to hear from you.

What We Offer

• A role with real influence and impact across the Council
• Opportunities for training, development and progression
• Collaborative, supportive colleagues who care about doing things well
• A chance to shape how we listen to and engage with our communities

We Are Committed to Inclusion

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, identities and experiences. We are committed to equality, diversity and ensuring everyone is treated with respect

You can find the job description for this post here.

At Nottingham City Council we believe that work is what you do, not where you do it. We offer different working arrangements, depending on the role, including hybrid working. Further information on Worker Types and what these mean in terms of how and where you work can be found on the additional information for applicants page.

For informal enquiries please contact Leadership Support to James Rhodes (ACEX), Yvonne Burton at yvonne.burton@nottinghamcity.gov.uk

Closing Date: Sunday 29 April

Please note there may be occasions where we close the advert before the closing date and we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

Interviews will be held: w/c 6th April 2026

If you have any technical issues when completing your application, please contact our Employee Service Centre: https://emss.org.uk/support

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About Us

Thank you for your interest in working for Nottingham City Council. As one of the largest employers in Nottingham we offer a wide range of roles across a range of services. In return for your skill, drive and commitment to serving the people of Nottingham, we can help you to develop an exciting and rewarding career, with access to the following benefits.

In addition to working within a great team and a competitive salary you will have access to:

• 26 days annual leave (rising to 33 days after 5 years' service) + bank holidays with the ability to buy additional leave annually
• Access to a generous, defined benefit pension scheme offering 17.9%
• Smart Working - to support your work life balance
• Health and wellbeing benefits including access to our Employee Assistance Programme
• Discounted membership at selected local sports and fitness centres, cinema, shopping and much more!

Nottingham City Council is committed to recruiting a talented workforce that reflects the communities we serve. We are a fair and inclusive employer and welcome applications from people from all backgrounds and with different abilities. We recruit for diversity and value difference.

We particularly want to hear from you if you are from Minority Ethnic communities, identify within the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer+ community (LGBTQ+) and if you are Disabled - these groups of people are underrepresented in our workforce, and we'd like to reflect our local population more through our recruitment processes.

We are supportive of flexible working arrangements wherever possible and we would encourage you to discuss this with us during the selection process, should this be something you are interested in.