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
Adult Social Care, Integrated Care and Public Health Department
- Executive Director of Social Care Integrated Care and Public Health
- Assistant Director Adult Social Care
- Assistant Director Community and Housing Commissioning
- Adults Safeguarding Strategic Development and Board Manager
- 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
- Commissioning Manager
- Contracts and Market Management Manager
- Consultant in Public Health
- Day Service Manager Adults with Complex Needs
- Head of ASC Operations
- 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
- 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
- Team Manager - Adult Services
Children, Lifelong Learning and Families Department
- Assistant director, children's social care and youth inclusion
- Assistant director, education
- Assistant director Strategy, Commissioning and Partnerships
- Advanced Practitioner - Social Work Academy
- Advisory Teacher - Virtual School
- Change Programme Manager (CSF)
- Commissioning Manager - Integrated Children's Commissioning
- Commissioning Manager CSF
- Consultant Case Practitioner
- Consultant Social Worker
- Development Manager
- Early years, childcare and children's centres service manager
- Educational Psychologist
- Education Welfare Service Manager
- Family Wellbeing Service Team Leader (Case Work)
- Family Wellbeing Service Deputy Manager
- Family Wellbeing Service Team Leader (Contact and Parenting)
- Fostering Recruitment and Assessment Team Manager
- 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 EPS Principal Educational Psychologist
- Manager Sensory Service
- MCS Childcare Manager
- Participation and Engagement Service Manager
- Permanency and Fostering Panel Advisor
- Practice Development Lead
- Principal Social Worker
- Safeguarding in Schools Officer
- School Admissions Team Manager
- Schools ICT Support Manager
- 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
- Service Manager for Adult Learning
- Service Manager Children Centres and Family Hubs
- Service Manager Performance and Analysis
- Service manager policy planning and performance
- 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 Lead Provider Engagement and Sufficiency
- Strategic Behaviour Manager - Virtual Behaviour Service
- 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
Environment, Civic Pride and Climate Department
- Executive Director of Environment, Civic Pride and Climate
- Assistant Director Public Space
- Business and Customer Services Manager
- Business Development Manager (RSP)
- Commercial Services Manager (RSP)
- Community Safety Team Manager
- Head of Community Safety, CCTV and Resilience
- Head of library adult education and heritage services
- Head of Parking
- Head of Regulatory Services Partnership
- Head of Sport and Leisure
- Head of Waste and Street Environment
- Lead Officer (RSP)
- Leisure and Culture Greenspaces Manager
- Library Service Manager
- Manager of Mitcham Common
- Residential and Pollution Services Manager
- Senior Policy and Programme Manager
- 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)
- Violence and Vulnerability Strategic Development Lead
- Waste Engagement and Enforcement Manager
- Watersports Centre Manager
Finance and Digital Department
- Executive Director of Finance and Digital
- Assistant Director Infrastructure and Technology
- Assistant Director Resources
- Accounting Systems Development Manager
- Business Development and Projects Manager
- Business Systems Project Manager
- Capital Manager
- Category Advisor
- Category Manager
- Chief accountant
- Contract Management Lead
- Debt Recovery Manager
- Deputy Local Taxation Manager
- Enforcement Manager - Revenues and Benefits
- Financial information systems implementation project manager
- Financial strategy manager
- Head of Accountancy
- Head of Benefits
- Head of Commercial Services
- Head of Financial Strategy and Capital
- Head of IT systems
- Head of Revenues
- Head of Transactional Services
- IT Customer Support and Services Manager
- IT Operations Manager
- IT service delivery manager
- Pensions Treasury and Technical Accounting Manager
- Principal Accountant
- Principal Accountant (General Fund)
- Procurement Policy and Governance Lead
- Senior Accountant
- Senior IT Analyst
- Senior IT Engineer
- Service financial adviser
Housing and Sustainable Development Department
- Executive Director of Housing and Sustainable Development
- Area Manager - Development Management
- Business Support Officer
- Energy and Sustainability Manager
- Head of Development Management and Building Control
- Head of facilities management
- Head of Housing Needs and Strategy
- Housing Strategy Manager
- Principal Planner
- Principal Surveyor
- Property management review manager
- Senior Facilities Manager
- Team Manager (Private Sector Housing)
Innovation and Change Department
- Executive Director of Innovation and Change
- Assistant Director Customers, Policy and Improvement
- Advocate
- 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
- Head of Customer Contact
- Head of Democracy and Electoral Services
- Head of Democracy Services
- Head of HR Advice and Consultancy
- Head of Law
- Head of Leader's Office
- Head of Practice - SLLP
- HR Processing and Support Team Manager
- Lawyer
- Lawyer - Expert Practitioner
- Managing Director – SLLP
- 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 Project Manager - Continuous Improvement
- Specialist Regeneration and Major Projects Lawyer (Kingston)
- Workforce Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Lead