How to Apply

If you wish to apply for this post, please submit a comprehensive CV and supporting statement, quoting reference:

Assistant Chief Executive - 6796
Executive Director Regeneration and Tourism - 6795

Part One of the Person Specification lists a series of criteria that you should specifically address in your application. For each of these (or as many as possible), you should include a summary of your proven personal experience and involvement. You should also, for each of these items (or as many as possible), explain briefly how you see your experience transferring to the challenges you will face at Blackpool Council. For those candidates invited for interview, these responses will be further developed and discussed.

You should give details of two referees, one of whom should be your current/most recent employer. If you specifically do not wish your referees to be approached without your prior consent, then you should indicate so in your application.

You are invited to complete and return the Equal Opportunities monitoring information form. This will help us to follow the recommendations of the Equal Opportunities Commission, the Commission for Racial Equality and the Disability Rights Commission, that employers should monitor selection decisions to assess whether equality of opportunity is being achieved. The information on the form will be treated as confidential, and used for statistical purposes. The form will not be treated as part of your application.

Finally please ensure that you have included mobile, work and home telephone numbers, as well as any dates when you will not be available or might have difficulty with the indicative timetable.

Dinner for interested candidates: w/c 26th May

Advertisement closes Monday 2nd June

Longlisting Interviews: Regen - 10th, 11th & 12th June, Asst CEO – 12th & 13th June

Shortlisting: w/c 16th or 23rd June

Final Panel Interviews: 7th July

We encourage candidates to apply online:

Alternatively, applications should be emailed to lucy.darwell@veredus.co.uk or sent to:

Vanessa Ford
Veredus Executive Resourcing
3rd Floor, Bridgewater House
Whitworth Street
Manchester
M1 6LT

Applications can be faxed on 0870 190 4370. If you fax your application, please follow up with a clean application in the post.

Further Information

Executive Director role

For an informal discussion on the role, please call our advising consultants Vanessa Ford on 0870 165 4253 or Ruth Turner on 0870 190 4320.

Assistant Chief Executive

Please call our advising consultant Andy Ball on 0870 165 4255.

Blackpool Council