Agenda Item 13
Organisational Restructuring – Communities, Coastal and Property
Services
The restructuring exercise which has brought together the communities, coastal
and property teams into a single integrated service unit was designed during the
autumn of 2010, discussed and endorsed by Cabinet members, and built into the
2011/12 budget process. The proposal was subject to detailed consultation at
team and individual staff levels and was based around the principles of
rationalisation and service merger to improve efficiency and to reflect the
changing environment in which we are working with particular reference to the
Coalition Government’s reforms around local-national partnership agreements,
and the advent of Big Society and localism.
Appendix A contains the consultation discussion papers on community
engagement, community safety, and the structure chart for the amalgamated
Coast, Localities and Assets Team. The revised management arrangements are
now in place.
The restructuring resulted in five unavoidable redundancies and the creation of a
new post to co-ordinate activities combating anti-social behaviour. This role is
being funded jointly with Victory Housing Trust (VHT) who will be the employer
and the post holder will be based in the Operational Partnership Team at Cromer
Police Station with shared accountability to NNDC and VHT.
Finally, the posts of Community Liaison Officer and Health Improvement Officer
previously managed within the Supporting Communities Team have been
transferred to the Organisation Development Service where the post holders will
work in a team with the Council’s Policy and Performance Management Officer.