Finance and Corporate Resources

Office of the Chief Executive

Communications and Strategy provides a range of key corporate services in support of all Resources and accurate, timely information for employees and residents.

Communications

Communications provides a range of services across Public Relations, Digital, Graphics and Print that include:

promoting the council, its policies and services
media relations
advertising
photography and video
South Lanarkshire View
design and printing
website, intranet and social media

Research and Improvement

This team manages a range of work relating to corporate improvement activity and research. This includes:

managing the council's response to its statutory responsibility to demonstrate Best Value
the preparation and review of the Council Plan 'Connect'
co-ordination of corporate improvement activity and self-evaluation
analysis and reporting on information and performance management
leading Community Wealth Building activities and support of the CWB Commission

Community Engagement

The Community Engagement Team leads our engagement and empowerment work with communities. This includes:

policy lead for tackling inequality
acting as a single interface for community engagement, including neighbourhood planning
co-ordinating Community Planning Partnership activities and support for the CPP Board.
leading on the preparation and review of the Local Outcomes Improvement Plan (our Community Plan)
overseeing Community Wish List arrangements
supporting community capacity, including for Community Asset Transfers

Resilience

This team’s duties include:

leading on corporate resilience arrangements
representing the council in engagement with Local and Regional Resilience Partnerships
leading the multi-agency Events Safety Advisory Group