Welcome

Thank you for your interest in applying for the these vital roles at the Royal Borough of Kingston, Director of Public Health, Assistant Director Property and Projects, and Assistant Director Culture, Customer and Residents.

Kingston is a borough with many thriving diverse communities, rich in history and heritage and full of potential for our future. Our vision is to be positive, dedicated and determined in maximising what we can all do in the future whilst embracing the legacy of our past. At the same time, we will remain steadfastly focused on ensuring we do all we can on the day-to-day simple things that people need, and in particular to help our communities through these current challenging times.

We are an open, honest and transparent authority. We want to continue to build on our local relationships and work alongside and enable our communities to continue to support a resilient and thriving borough. This requires keeping the deep respect and cooperation between elected members and council officers to put ourselves in the strongest position to assist them.

At Kingston Council, we are passionate about empowering staff to become the best that they can be and the right person for this role will ensure their teams are well-equipped and motivated to continue to provide quality services for our residents, businesses, partners, voluntary and community sector and other stakeholders.

We are immensely proud of our borough, and we care deeply about our responsibilities. We hope that our new Director of Public Health, Assistant Director Property and Projects, and Assistant Director Culture, Customer and Residents will work with us and steer Kingston into an exciting and thriving future. 

We wish you the best of luck with your application.

Sam Morrison,
Executive Director of Adult Social Care and Health

Matthew Essex,
Executive Director of Place

Louise Footner,
Executive Director of Residents and Communities

Key Contacts

For a confidential discussion about this role, please contact the following consultants at our recruitment partner, Tile Hill, who will be happy to answer any questions that are not covered here: