Head of Adults
Salary: £81,860 - £90,274
• Are you a creative and innovative leader, with strong communication and interpersonal skills?
• Are you eager to be part of a team of officers and elected members who give their best to the residents of our communities?
We are looking to recruit a Head of Adults Department who will play a key role in leading and realising the Council’s vision for the County’s Social Services for Adults.
The Council is a unique and distinctive organisation, with a workforce and Elected Members who are enthusiastic and committed to delivering the best for the people of the County. The Council is regarded as one of the best performing local authorities in Wales and one of the challenges for the future will be to continue to innovate and provide quality services to the residents of Gwynedd.
We want to appoint an individual who will be able to work closely with the Chief Executive and the Corporate Leadership Team, the Council’s political leaders and external partners in order to translate our aspirations for the people of Gwynedd into firm action.
We are looking for a creative and innovative leader with strong communication and interpersonal skills, who has the ability to lead Council staff to turn the vision into a reality. It is an exciting challenge, and we want to hear from talented individuals who are keen to make a difference to the lives of the people of the County.
We are innovative in our use of the Welsh language, and have established ourselves as a leading employer in the field, operating internally through the medium of Welsh and offering all our services bilingually. The ability to communicate through the medium of Welsh to a high standard is essential for this role, and therefore the applicant must be able to achieve the linguistic level noted in the application pack.
Candidates should have broad experiences within a large and complex organisation, and will be able to demonstrate examples of achievement, change management and performance improvement. If you are ready for this challenge and want to work with the Council’s leadership to innovate and make a difference, then we would welcome your application.
Cyngor Gwynedd operates internally through the medium of Welsh, and offers all its services bilingually. The applicant will be required to reach the linguistic level noted as one of the essential skills in the Person Specification. We encourage everyone who applies for a job with Cyngor Gwynedd to submit job applications in Welsh or bilingually.  (Applications submitted in English only or Welsh only will always be treated equally, but we ask applicants to consider carefully what the linguistic requirements of the job in question is and if it would be more appropriate to submit an application in Welsh). 
Closing Date: 10am, 31 March 2025
For further information go to www.gwynedd.llyw.cymru/PenodiPennaethAdranOedolion or for an informal chat concerning the post, please contact Dylan Owen, Corporate Director of Social Services on 01286 679 387.