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Chief officer salaries are detailed on this page and are correct for the pay structure of 1st April 2022 to 1st April 2023.

Joint Negotiating Committee (JNC) for Chief Executives and chief officer posts within bands, known as spinal column point (SCP).

Pay structure
Grade: JNC for chief officer posts within bands SCP Salary  2022 (£) Salary 2023 (£)
CEx:
Chief Executive
861 191,808  TBC
860 188,251  TBC
859 184,695  TBC
Band H:
Executive Director (Children and Young People);
Executive Director (Health and Adult Care);
Executive Director (Operations);
Executive Director (Place);
Executive Director (Strategy and Transformation);
Joint Executive Director (Finance)
846 134,364 139,067
845 130,977 135,561
844 128,331 132,823
843 125,281 129.666
842 123,070 127,377
Band G: 840 119,420 123,600
839 117,118 121,217
838 114,806 118.824
837 112,501 116,439
836 110,195 114,052

Band F:
Director of Community Commissioning (DASS);
Director of Education and Skills;
Director of Housing;
Director of Law and Democratic Services;
Director of Public Health

835 108,327 112,636
834 106,633 111,365
833 104,475 108,132
832 102,360 105,943
831 100,258 103,767
Band E:
Assistant Director (Operations);
Deputy Chief Finance Officer;
Director for Social Care Practice
830 98,160 101,596
829 96,052 99,414
828 94,018 97,309
827 91,983 95,202
826 89,954 93,102

Band D:
Assistant Director (Adult Social Care);
Assistant Director (Digital, Data and Technology);
Assistant Director (Early Help and School Readiness);
Assistant Director (Finance Innovation);
Assistant Director (Operations Strategy);
Assistant Director (Regeneration Delivery) (Two posts);
Assistant Director (Strategy, Planning and Development);
Director of People and Inclusion

825 87,915  90,992
824 85,883  88,889
823 84,025  86,966
822 82,524  85,412
821 81,029  83,865
Band C: 820 79,548  82,332
819 78,046  80,778
818 76,557  79,236
817 75,066  77,693
816 73,584  76,159
Band B:
Chief Accountant;
Consultant in Public Health (Community, Health and Protection);
Head of Human Resources;
Head of Legal Services;
Head of Strategy Assurance and Reform;
Head of Communication, Engagement and Marketing
815 72,096  74,619
814 70,595  73,066
813 69,203  71,625
812 67,793  70,166
811 66,390  68,714
Band A:
Children's Commissioning Lead;
Head of Adult Safeguarding;
Head of Democratic Services;
Head of Performance and Delivery;
Head of Service (CASS and Leaving Care);
Head of Service (Family Help);
Head of Service (Initial Response and Contextual Safeguarding);
Head of Service (My Home);
Head of Service (Safeguarding);
Integrated Neighbourhood Team Lead;
Intermediate Care Team Lead;
Principal Social Worker (Adult Social Care);
Principal Social Worker (Children's Social Care);
Strategic Lead (Education Services);
Strategic Lead (Human Resources);
Strategic Lead (Inclusion, Special Educational Needs and Disabilities)
810 64,988  67,263
809 63,586  65,812
808 62,198  64,375
807 60,791  62,919
806 59,385  61,463

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