Senior Management Structure

The Senior management team is led by the Chief Executive and includes five Executive Directors. Each Directorate has Heads of Service reporting to them.

Directorate	Services
Adults Community and Leisure Directorate	Health and Social Care, Adults Health and Social Care, Strategy and Performance Leisure Service
Chief Executives Directorate	Policy, Partnerships and Communications
Children and Young People Directorate	Families Service Learning and Skills Service Service and Performance Improvement Service
Customer Services Directorate	Customer Services
Environment Directorate	Cleansing Waste and Recycling Service Community Safety Service Highways Transport and Parking Service Housing and Public Protection Service
Regeneration, Planning and Property Directorate	Canning Town and Custom House Regeneration Project Service Newham Unit for the 2012 Games Property and Development Regeneration and Physical Development Service
Resources Directorate	Council Tax and Benefits Service Finance Service Human Resources Service Improvement and Performance Service Information Communications Technology Service Legal and Democratic Services Service Newham Catering and Cleaning Service Technical Resources Service Transactional Services Service

The Newham Executive Board (NEB) meets weekly, and key corporate Heads of Service attend i.e Human Resources (HR), Communications, Legal, and Corporate Strategy. NEB itself cannot make decisions; these are taken either by the Mayor and Members or under delegated powers by individual senior managers. However, NEBs role is to ensure that the Council has strategic direction at an officer level and that there is a corporate approach across the directorates. The types of issues they consider include:

• Financial monitoring and performance management, in particular tackling poor performance and preparing for inspections.
• Strategic and corporate priorities, for example overseeing the Corporate Plan and the key resident priorities within the Plan, for example improving street cleansing, reducing crime and anti-social behaviour. NEB are also responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient running of the Council, for example tackling sickness absence, implementation of ICT and accommodation projects etc.
• Major projects and key mayoral priorities; NEB receives progress reports on key activities, such as the preparations for 2012 and other major regeneration projects. They will also consider draft reports for the Mayor and Members where there are strategic implications.