Corporate and commercial services is responsible for the council's main corporate services which includes financial management and planning; internal and external audit; risk strategy and management; revenues and benefits back office services; human resources and organisational development; procurement; democratic services; elections; and legal (managing the NP Law contract).
This directorate is headed up by the executive director of corporate and commercial services with the support of three heads of service.
Executive director
To be recruited to.
Neville Murton – interim S151 officer, head of finance, audit and risk
Functions:
- Finance business partners, transactions and systems
- Internal and external audit
- Risk management
- Commercial strategy and acquisitions
Dawn Bradshaw – head of HR and organisational development
Functions:
- Human resources
- Workforce management and strategy
- Learning and skills
- Organisational development
Leah Mickleborough – head of legal and procurement
Functions:
- Monitoring officer
- Nplaw contract lead
- Democratic services
- Member development
- Elections
- Procurement
- Major contracts
- Executive support
- Civic team
Tanya Bandekar – head of revenue and benefits
Functions:
- Billing and collection of council tax and business rates
- Administration of housing benefit
- Administration of council tax support scheme
- Prevention and detection of fraud
- Lead on debt recovery across the council