Gerald Coteman

“Main areas of work:

• Experience of local government, political and elected member issues
• Ability to operate comfortably at CEO and senior elected member level and well as service delivery level
• Empathy with and experience of the North East
• Specific professional experience and strengths:
  • Performance and Risk Management
  • HR/OD, change programmes – includes skills audits, competency frameworks, performance management, organisational development, internal communications and staff attitudes surveys and analysis
  • Communications and User/stakeholder engagement
  • Social care
  • Quality frameworks/quality accounts
  • Governance
  • Community strategies/infrastructure – new town and new ‘project’ community, cultural and health facilities – study and modelling
  • Service Review/development of strategies
  • Strategic Partnerships – including Performance Management
  • Internal/External Audit role
  • Policy Reviews – includes performance review, policy changes required by legislation, development of policies to meet local priorities, pricing reviews (e.g. leisure services)
  • Overview and Scrutiny
  • Equality & Diversity – including meeting legislative requirements, action plans, performance management and development of good practice models

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