Director Digital & Customer Services
Responsible for the strategic responsibility for Customer Services, Business Administration, Digital Mail, ICT and Digital, and Revenues, Benefits and Rents. Responsible for the collection of over £1bn of cash from residents, tenants and businesses, an operational net budget of £112m, responsible for all the channels with over 2m calls per annum and with over 1500 team members. • Responsible for a range of interventions such as shielding, economic support and technology response during the Covid-19 pandemic. • Responsible for a number of corporate change programmes in areas such as agile working, property, customer services and complaints, cyber security, debt management, process automation, data analytics and performance management. • Responsible for the Councils information assurance and cyber risk response during a heightened period of risk. • Responsible for the creation and development of the Councils new digital strategy and the creation of a new service to deliver it. • Established the Birmingham Digital Partnership to lead on a range of smart city initiatives to enhance the City as a place to live and work, which included initiatives such as full fibre, 5G, city-wide data analytics, digital exclusion etc. • Responsible for leading the directorates equality, diversity and inclusion goals through a range of employee centred initiatives to deliver a truly representative workforce.