Council staff and departments

Whilst elected councillors provide the policies, paid employees (council officers) put them into practice.

The council employs over 4,000 staff. These include school teachers, social workers and staff responsible for a wide range of services.

There are 5 council departments:

Delivery
People
Central directorates
- Finance
- Organisational Development, Transformation and HR
- Place, Planning and Regeneration

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Delivery directorate structure chart	206.16 KB
Finance directorate structure chart	212.01 KB
Organisational Development, Transformation and HR structure chart	220.89 KB
People directorate structure chart	1 MB
Place, Planning and Regeneration structure chart	165.22 KB

How the council works