Accessible Housing and Resources Cabinet Portfolio

Portfolio Holder: Councillor John Chilver

Deputy Portfolio Holders: Councillor Tim Butcher

As well as Accessible Housing and Resources, the Cabinet Portfolio spans the directorates:

• Planning, Growth and Sustainability
• Deputy Chief Executive's service

The below services sit in the Accessible Housing and Resources service.

Property and Assets comprises a number of service areas that include:

• delivery of Accessible Housing
• property transformation and regeneration projects
• major projects
• development
• capital programmes delivery of schools programme
• oversight of our companies
• management of the agricultural estate
• strategic asset management
• investment
• health & safety
• Soft facilities management
• planned and reactive maintenance

Finance comprises of:

• finance strategy (including medium term financial plans)
• financial reporting, including financial accounts and other statutory returns
• financial systems
• strategic procurement and supplier relationship management
• pensions administration and investments
• treasury management
• supporting directorates and portfolios are finance business partnering
• budget monitoring and financial support for major projects
• supporting operational and customer facing activities
• revenues and benefits
• direct payments
• financial assessments for Adult Social Care
• schools finance support

Business Operations comprises of:

• Customer Service Centre
• Customer Experience Improvement – Customer First, Business Support, Resilience, Business Development

HR & OD comprises of Human Resource (HR) Services including:

• Payroll
• Human Resource Operations
• Resourcing
• Safeguarding
• Organisational Development
• Learning & Development
• HR Policy & Reward
• HR Consultancy
• HR Systems

IT Services comprises of:

• IT Strategy
• IT Budget
• IT Strategic Partnerships
• IT Customer Delivery
• IT Security
• IT Projects and Governance
• IT Infrastructure & Platforms
• Council IT Applications