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​​Here we provide job descriptions for senior Merton Council employees in PDF format. 'Senior employees' are council employees earning more than £50,000 a year.

This page is updated yearly. Last update 14 June 2024.

Job descriptions

• Chief Executive

Adult Social Care, Integrated Care and Public Health

• Executive Director of Social Care Integrated Care and Public Health
• Adults Safeguarding Strategic Development and Board Manager
• Assistant Director - Community and Housing Commissioning
• Assistant Director Adult Social Care
• Assistant Team Manager - Merton Integrated Learning Disabilities Team
• Assistant Team Manager - Occupational Therapy
• Assistant Team Manager - Reablement
• Business Development Manager
• Business Intelligence and Performance Manager
• Business Manager - Community Care
• Clinical Psychologist
• Consultant in Public Health NHS Grade
• Consultant in Public Health
• Contracts and Market Management Manager
• Day Service Manager Adults with Complex Needs
• Director of Public Health
• Head of ASC Operations
• Head of Commissioning and Market Development
• Head of Direct Provision
• Head of Public Health Services
• Independent Living Manager
• Integrated Head of Learning Disability
• Lead Clinical Psychologist
• Lead Community Nurse
• Occupational Therapist Team Manager
• Principal Public Health Intelligence Specialist
• Principal Social Worker C&H
• Programme Business Manager
• Public Health Head of Strategic Commissioning
• Public Health Lead for Covid Resilience
• Reablement Team Manager
• Senior Business Manager ASC
• Senior Public Health Principal
• Senior Public Health Principal (COVID-19)
• Service Manager Access and Assessment
• Sexual Health Commissioning Manager
• Strategic Programme Manager
• Team Manager - Adult Services

Children, Lifelong Learning and Families 

• Advanced Practitioner - Social Work Academy
• Advisory Teacher - Virtual School
• Area Manager - Development Management
• Assistant Director - Community Housing Strategy and Improvement
• Assistant Director Strategy, Commissioning and Partnerships
• Change Programme Manager (CSF)
• Commissioning Manager - Integrated Children's Commissioning
• Commissioning Manager CSF
• Consultant Case Practitioner
• Consultant Social Worker
• CSC and YI Team Manager - Contextual Engagement
• Designated Social Care Officer (DSCO)
• Development Manager
• Education Welfare Service Manager
• Educational Psychologist
• Family Wellbeing Service Deputy Manager
• Family Wellbeing Service Manager
• Family Wellbeing Service Team Leader (Case Work)
• Family Wellbeing Service Team Leader (Contact and Parenting)
• Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Team Manager
• Head of Service - Children's Social Care and Youth Inclusion
• Headteacher
• Independent Reviewing Officer, Child Protection Conference and Contextual Safeguarding Chair
• Interim Assistant Director - Education and Early Help
• Local Authority Designated Officer
• Manager EPS Principal Educational Psychologist
• Manager of School Organisation
• Manager Sensory Service
• MCS Childcare Manager
• Operational Manager Risk and Desistance
• Participation and Engagement Service Manager
• Permanency and Fostering Panel Advisor
• Practice Development Lead
• Principal Social Worker CSF
• Quality Assurance Manager - Permanence and Placements
• Quality Assurance Manager
• Safeguarding in Schools Officer
• School Admissions Team Manager
• School Improvement Adviser - Professional Development
• School Improvement Adviser - Secondary Strategy
• School Improvement Adviser 14 - 19 Strategy
• Schools ICT Support Manager
• SEN and Disability Integrated Service Manager
• SEND Tribunals Manager
• Senior Commissioning Manager
• Senior SEND Commissioning Consultant
• Service Manager - Children's Social Care and Youth Inclusion
• Service Manager Children Centres and Family Hubs
• Service Manager Early Years, Inclusion and Childcare
• Service Manager for Adult Learning
• Service Manager Infrastructure, Information and Transformation (Family Hubs)
• Service Manager Performance and Analysis
• Speech and Language Therapist Highly Specialist (ASD Specialism)
• Speech and Language Therapist Highly Specialist (SEMH Specialism)
• Speech and Language Therapist Highly Specialist (SLD PMLD Complex Needs Specialism)
• Strategic Behaviour Manager - Virtual Behaviour Service
• Strategic Lead Provider Engagement and Sufficiency
• Sufficiency, Sector Support and Projects Team Manager
• Tackling Exploitation Operational Manager
• Teaching and Learning Adviser (Equalities)
• Team Manager - Children's Social Care and Youth Inclusion
• Team Manager - My Futures ETE Team
• Team Manager - Workforce and Practice Development (1)
• Team Manager Children's Social Care and Youth Inclusion
• Team Manager Children's Centres
• Team Manager Continuous Improvement, Inclusion, Portage and Childcare
• Team Manager Youth Justice Service
• Youth Service Manager

Environment, Civic Pride and Climate

• Executive Director of Environment, Civic Pride and Climate
• Assistant Director Public Protection
• Assistant Director Public Space
• Business and Customer Services Manager
• Business Development Manager (RSP)
• Climate Change Officer
• Commercial Services Manager (RSP)
• Community Safety Manager
• Community Safety Team Manager
• Head of Community Safety and Public Space CCTV
• Head of Community Safety, CCTV and Resilience
• Head of Parking
• Head of Parks Services
• Head of Regulatory Services Partnership
• Head of Sport and Leisure
• Head of Waste and Street Environment
• Lead Officer - Regulatory Services Partnership
• Leisure and Culture Greenspaces Manager
• Leisure Support Services Manager
• Library Service Manager
• Manager of Mitcham Common
• Mitcham Town Centre Manager
• Network Manager - Future Merton
• Residential and Pollution Services Manager
• Residential and Pollution Services Manager (RSP)
• Senior Project Manager - Parking Services
• Service Manager (Case Tracing) - RSP
• Superintendent Registrar
• Team Manager (Covid-19 Lead)
• Team Manager (Food and Safety)
• Team Manager (Private Sector Housing)
• Team Manager - Licensing and Trading Standards (Licensing Lead)
• Team Manager - Licensing and Trading Standards (TS Lead)
• Team Manager Environmental Pollution (Air Quality and Contaminated Land)
• Team Manager Environmental Pollution (Noise and Nuisance)
• Town Centre Support Officer
• Traffic Order Officer
• Violence and Vulnerability Strategic Development Lead
• Waste Engagement and Enforcement Manager
• Waste Strategy and Transport Commissioning Manager
• Watersports Centre Manager

Finance and Digital

• Accounting Systems Development Manager
• Assistant Director Infrastructure and Technology
• Assistant Director Resources
• Business Development and Projects Manager
• Business Systems Project Manager
• Capital Manager
• Category Advisor
• Category Manager
• Contract Management Lead
• Corporate Finance Manager
• Debt Recovery Manager
• Deputy Local Taxation Manager
• Enforcement Manager - Revenues and Benefits
• Head of Accountancy
• Head of Benefits
• Head of Financial Strategy and Capital
• Head of Revenue and Benefits and Shared Bailiff Service
• Head of Revenues
• Head of Transactional Services
• IT Customer Support and Services Manager
• IT Operations Manager
• IT Service Delivery Manager
• Pensions and Treasury Manager
• Pensions Treasury and Technical Accounting Manager
• Principal Accountant
• Principal Accountant (General Fund)
• Senior Accountant
• Senior IT Analyst
• Senior IT Engineer

Housing and Sustainable Development

• Business Support Officer
• Compliance and Maintenance Manager
• Energy and Sustainability Manager
• Head of Development Management and Building Control
• Head of Housing Needs and Strategy
• Housing Strategy Manager
• Major Projects Manager
• Placemaking and Regeneration Officer
• Planner Transport Policy
• Planning Contributions Manager - Future Merton
• Planning Policy Officer
• Principal Engineer - Infrastructure
• Principal Highway Officer
• Principal Planner
• Principal Programme and Resources Officer
• Principal Surveyor
• Property Management and Review Manager
• Senior Facilities Manager

Innovation and Change

• Executive Director of Innovation and Change
• Assistant Director Corporate Governance and Joint Head of Legal Services
• Assistant Director Customers, Policy and Improvement
• Assistant Head of Law - Social Care and Education
• Business Improvement Adviser
• Contracts Manager
• Corporate Change Manager
• Corporate Programmes Manager
• Electoral Services Manager
• Engagement and Consultation Manager
• Equalities and Community Cohesion Officer
• Head of Communications
• Head of Continuous Improvement
• Head of Customer Contact
• Head of Customer Experience and Communications
• Head of Democracy and Electoral Services
• Head of Democracy Services
• Head of HR Advice and Consultancy
• Head of HR
• Head of Information Governance
• Head of Law
• Head of Leader's Office
• Head of Organisational Development and HR Strategy
• Head of Practice SLLP
• HR Processing and Support Team Manager
• Lawyer - Expert Practitioner
• Lawyer
• Lawyer Senior Lawyer
• Managing Director - South London Legal Partnership (SLLP)
• Partnerships and Scrutiny Manager
• Pay, Reward and Employee Relations Manager
• Pay, Rewards and Employee Relations Manager
• Policy and Partnerships Officer
• Policy and Scrutiny Manager
• Practice Manager - SLLP
• Principal Lawyer
• Recruitment Manager
• Scrutiny Officer
• Senior Lawyer
• Senior Policy and Programme Manager
• Senior Project Manager - Continuous Improvement
• Specialist Regeneration and Major Projects Lawyer (Kingston)
• Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead