Executive post

The portfolio is scrutinised by the Strategy and Resources Scrutiny Committee and covers the following:

 

The Leader and Executive Councillor for Strategy and Transformation

 

The Leader shall be responsible for exercising functions on behalf of the Executive in the circumstances set out in the Council’s Executive Procedure Rules in Part 4 of this Constitution.

 

The Leader shall have power to determine which Executive Councillor shall have responsibility for the exercise of executive functions in cases of doubt or in cases for which provision has not been made in the Constitution.

 

The development, implementation and monitoring of the Council’s plans, policies and strategies relating to:

·       corporate objectives, policies and strategies of the Council subject, where necessary, to the approval of the Council and excluding those objectives, policies and strategies which are the responsibility of another Executive Councillor

·       programmes which give direction to, and co-ordinate, the  implementation of the Council's corporate policies and priorities, including detailed oversight of race equality, disability equality and equal opportunity in service delivery and Council policy

·       the need for, and the development of, new services and policy not within the terms of reference of other Executive Councillors

·       Leading Business Transformation, working with the Executive Councillor for Finance and Resources; specific responsibility for leading plans, where not delegated otherwise delegated, for new externally facing shared services, trusts , service reviews and joint projects involving other councils and organisations or taking lead on projects which involve the responsibilities of more than one other Executive Councillor.

·       matters falling substantially within the Terms of Reference of more than one other Executive Councillor, where not otherwise delegated.

 

The exercise of the Council’s functions and the delivery of services including:

·       Strategy and Partnerships - including the devolution Combined Authority, City Deal, and the expansion of joint working with other councils, the Universities and other partners

·       Business Transformation – creation of new external shared services, or joint structures including trusts and joint projects with other councils and organisations which involve the responsibilities of more than one other Executive Councillor

·       All matters concerning national local government associations and corporate projects with Government, including council-wide bids for resources

·       The giving of any guarantee or incurring of any other commitments not specifically referred elsewhere

·       The exercise of compulsory purchase powers except where these are allocated to Executive Councillors relating to their portfolio responsibilities.

 

The development, implementation and monitoring of the Council’s plans, policies and strategies relating to:

·       Data protection and freedom of information.

 

Functions and Services

The exercise of the Council’s functions and the delivery of services in respect of the areas listed in Paragraph 1 including, by way of illustration:

 

Corporate and Other Services

·       The Independent Complaints Investigator Service

·       The Council's emergency planning functions

·       Democratic Services

·       Other responsibilities which do not fall within the remit of another Executive Councillor.

 

Civic Functions (insofar as these are not within the remit of the Civic Affairs Committee)

·       Matters relating to the democratic functions of the Council, including

o   The mayoralty

o   Civic hospitality and town twinning and other partnerships with local authorities overseas

o   Relationships, including the appointment or nomination of Council representatives, with outside organisations not directly related to the programme area of any committee or other Executive Councillor.                                                                                         

 

Community Safety
Including the Community Safety Partnership, work with the police and the CCTV system, and work with Cambridge police, the Police and Crime Commissioner and the Council’s representative on the Police and Crime Panel.

More Information

 

·       Executive posts and links to their details

·       The Executive Committee