Jane Burns
A highly professional and experienced local government leader with over 35 years’ experience of public service improvement. Strong public service ethos and ethical framework. Values driven. Track record of delivering results across a diverse portfolio of activities and for several councils.
Politically astute with a wealth of experience and skills in working with elected members in both executive and scrutiny and modern committee forms of governance. Former Monitoring Officer, experienced in dealing with sensitive complaints.
Extensive corporate leadership team/board-level experience. Trusted and valued colleague. Senior corporate and strategic management responsibilities for portfolio of activities which are critical to council-wide success and strong governance. This includes legal, governance and democratic services, policy development, change and transformation, finance, audit and risk, customer services, communications and consultation, ICT, data management and information governance, shared services, HR/OD, equality, diversity and inclusion. Managed multi-million-pound budgets and large employee cohorts.
