Jobs

The North East Combined Authority is the new Mayoral Authority, stretching from Durham up to the Scottish Border. We are building on our legacies whilst bringing a new future focus.  These roles will forge a new North East economy covering people and place, bringing innovation, prosperity, new skills, greater inclusion and a reshaped geography. 

Director of Economic Growth and Innovation

With a key role shaping the NE. economy, the Director will bring deep experience and understanding of the sectors that will drive future jobs and prosperity in the region.  They will have a highly strategic approach, thinking across the region and seeing future potential; linking industries old, new and evolving to business, communities, people, new technologies and place.  They will foster interconnectivity between housing, land, infrastructure and place, and fast growing sectors such as culture, creative industries, digital and tourism.  They will enable this work in a diverse region that is home to cities, towns and a large rural and coastal economy.  They will be joining at one of the most exciting times for the region, with all to play for in a changing national relationship between the regions and Whitehall. 

The Director will:

• bring deep insight, knowledge and understanding of policy, strategy and delivery within complex systems
• have meaningful experience of working across sectors to achieve real impact, and the judgement and leadership to lead across the region and nationally.
• combine a deep strategic understanding of how to change people’s lives for the better with the practical knowledge and skills needed to lead a complex, politically led system with myriad partners and agencies. 
• bring bravery, drive, ambition and leadership, rooted in the deep knowledge of how to shape, commission and then ensure delivery with a myriad of partners across complex systems.
• have a complex array of skills, sensitivities and experience will ensure they can thrive and lead in a highly visible, politically led environment.
• show how they will achieve at scale in their specialist areas, rather than the sectors they might come from.
• bring the hunger, energy, focus, passion and pride that will transform our great region.

For an informal and confidential discussion about the roles, please contact Mark Tobin mark.tobin@proventureconsulting.co.uk 07717 725 844 or Steve Cooley stephen.cooley@proventureconsulting.co.uk 07747 698 829.

To apply please click the Apply Now link below.