The future. There's no bigger picture. And when it comes to the future of our Adults and Family Wellbeing services, this is the big picture role.

This is about developing and taking forward an overall strategy and vision for this area, and ensuring that is successfully brought into play by providing clear leadership to the Service Directors. It's about top-level ideas and high-end delivery. And just as much as it's about improving outcomes for adults and families, it's also about improving value for money for the council.

Making that happen will mean working closely with the cabinet and corporate management team to align corporate and service aims, and to translate policy into service outcomes. Where necessary, you'll drive the re-design of the service to ensure that it's structured to meet the demands placed upon it – which you'll manage against the backdrop of a tough economic climate.

Much will depend on your ability to lead and develop multiple working relationships with strategic directors and external partners as services adapt and evolve. Health is a particularly important area and you'll lead efforts to ensure the service is well integrated, making a significant contribution to the Health & Wellbeing Board in the process.

To deliver in the kind of ways we're expecting, being able to strike the right balance between corporate strategist and service specialist is a key ability you'll need. Significant experience of steering the direction of a large portfolio of public services, managing change and creating profitable partnerships are also essential.

We can't make the changes we want to make, we can't achieve more for adults and families, we can't deliver greater efficiencies without you. You matter.

And if what we want to achieve matters to you, call Anthony Hopkin on 07500 042 272 or Jonathan Swain on 07500 961 727 at Penna Executive Search for a confidential discussion about this opportunity, or visit our website to apply.