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.
These documents are updated on 1 April each year.
Our senior management roles have changed since these documents were published. You can see our current senior management structure here: Council Departments and Management.
Job descriptions
Children, Schools and Families department
- Director of children, schools and families
- Assistant director, children's social care and youth inclusion
- Assistant director, education
- Assistant director Strategy, Commissioning and Partnerships
- Advisory Teacher - Virtual School
- Change Programme Manager (CSF)
- Commissioning Manager - Integrated Children's Commissioning
- Commissioning Manager CSF
- Consultant Social Worker
- Designated Social Care Officer (DSCO)
- Early years, childcare and children's centres service manager
- Educational Psychologist
- Family Wellbeing Service Manager
- Family Wellbeing Service Deputy Manager
- Family Wellbeing Service Team Leader (Contact and Parenting)
- Head of School Improvement
- Head of Service - Children's Social Care and Youth Inclusion
- Headteacher virtual school
- Independent Reviewing Officer, Child Protection Conference and Contextual Safeguarding Chair
- Local Authority Designated Officer
- Manager educational psychology service
- Manager EPS Principal Educational Psychologist
- Manager of school organisation
- Permanency and Fostering Panel Advisor
- Principal Social Worker
- School improvement adviser, 14-19 strategy
- School improvement adviser, professional development
- School improvement adviser, secondary strategy
- SEN and inclusion service 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 Infrastructure, Information and Transformation (Family Hubs)
- Service Manager Performance and Analysis
- Service manager policy planning and performance
- Strategic Behaviour Manager - Virtual Behaviour Service
- Sufficiency, Sector Support and Projects Team Manager
- Team Manager Children's Social Care and Youth Inclusion
- Team Manager - My Futures ETE Team
- Team manager SEN
- Team Manager - Workforce and Practice Development
- Youth Service Manager
Community and Housing department
- Director of community and housing
- Director of Public Health
- Assistant Director Adult Social Care
- Assistant Director Community and Housing Commissioning
- Assistant Team Manager - Reablement
- Business Intelligence and Performance Manager
- Business Manager - Community Care
- Clinical Psychologist
- Consultant in Public Health
- Contracts and Market Management Manager
- Commissioning Manager
- Day Service Manager Adults with Complex Needs
- Head of ASC Operations
- Head of Direct Provision
- Head of Housing Needs and Strategy
- Head of library adult education and heritage services
- Head of Public Health Services
- Housing Strategy Manager
- Independent Living Manager
- Integrated Head of Learning Disability
- Lead Clinical Psychologist
- Occupational Therapist Team Manager
- Principal public health intelligence specialist
- Principal Social Worker
- Programme Business Manager
- 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
- Service Manager for Adult Learning
- Strategic Programme Manager
- Team Manager - Adult Services
Corporate services department
- Director of Corporate Services
- Managing Director – SLLP
- Assistant Director Infrastructure and Technology
- Assistant Director Resources
- Accounting Systems Development Manager
- Advocate
- Assistant Head of Law - Social Care and Education
- Business Development and Projects Manager
- Business Systems Project Manager
- Capital Manager
- Category Advisor
- Category Manager
- Chief accountant
- Compliance and Maintenance Manager
- Contracts Manager
- Debt Recovery Manager
- Deputy Local Taxation Manager
- Electoral Services Manager
- Energy and Sustainability Manager
- Enforcement Manager - Revenues and Benefits
- Engagement and Consultation Manager
- Equalities and Community Cohesion Officer
- Financial information systems implementation project manager
- Financial strategy manager
- Head of Accountancy
- Head of Benefits
- Head of Commercial Services
- Head of Customer Contact
- Head of Customer Experience and Communications
- Head of Democracy and Electoral Services
- Head of facilities management
- Head of Financial Strategy and Capital
- Head of HR
- Head of HR Advice and Consultancy
- Head of IT systems
- Head of Law
- Head of Leader's Office
- Head of Organisational Development and HR Strategy
- Head of policy strategy and partnerships
- Head of Practice - SLLP
- Head of Revenues
- Head of safety services
- Head of Transactional Services
- IT Customer Support and Services Manager
- IT Operations Manager
- IT service delivery manager
- Lawyer
- Lawyer - Expert Practitioner
- Major Projects Manager
- Pay, Reward and Employee Relations Manager
- Pensions Treasury and Technical Accounting Manager
- Policy and Partnerships Officer
- Policy and Scrutiny Manager
- Principal Accountant
- Principal Accountant (General Fund)
- Principal Lawyer
- Recruitment Manager
- Senior Facilities Manager
- Senior IT Analyst
- Senior Lawyer
- Senior Project Manager - Continuous Improvement
- Service financial adviser
- Specialist Regeneration and Major Projects Lawyer (Kingston)
- Superintendent Registrar
Environment and Regeneration department
- Director of environment and regeneration
- Assistant Director Public Protection
- Assistant Director Public Space
- Area Manager - Development Management
- Business Development Manager (RSP)
- Commercial Services Manager (RSP)
- Community Safety Manager
- Economy manager
- Future Merton commissioning manager
- Future Merton manager
- Head of Community Safety and Public Space CCTV
- Head of Development Management and Building Control
- Head of Parking
- Head of Parks Services
- Head of Regeneration and Leisure
- Head of Regulatory Services Partnership
- Infrastructure manager
- Lead Officer (RSP)
- Leisure and culture development manager
- Leisure and Culture Greenspaces Manager
- Leisure Support Services Manager
- Manager of Mitcham Common
- Network Manager - Future Merton
- Planning Contributions Manager - Future Merton
- Planning Policy Officer
- Planner Transport Policy
- Principal Highway Officer
- Principal Planner
- Principal Surveyor
- Programme manager (deputy FM manager)
- Property management review manager
- Senior Project Manager - Parking Services
- 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)
- Traffic Order Officer
- Waste Strategy and Transport Commissioning Manager