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How the council works

  1. Councillors and the full council
  2. The Executive
  3. Council staff and departments
  4. The Corporate Management Team
  5. Council meetings and constitution
  6. The council constitution

Council staff and departments

Council staff

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.

Council departments

There are 5 council departments:

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

Structure charts

The structure charts for each department are currently being updated.