Tower Hamlets Constitution

General. The Council may engage such staff (referred to as officers) as it considers necessary to carry out its functions.

Chief Officers. The Chief Executive (designated as Head of Paid Service by Council) on behalf of the Council will engage persons for the following posts who will be designated chief officers:

• Corporate Director, Children’s Services

• Corporate Director, Communities

• Corporate Director, Health and Adult Social Care

• Corporate Director, Housing and Regeneration

• Corporate Director, Resources (designated Chief Finance Officer)

The above posts may be subject to change from time to time in which case this Constitution will be updated as soon as reasonably practicable to reflect any change in the designated chief officers.

In addition to the designation of the Head of Paid Service statutory position to the Chief Executive and the Chief Finance Officer position to the Corporate Director, Resources, the Council has designated the Monitoring Officer position to the Director of Legal. Part I Section xx of the Constitution sets out the main statutory officer allocations.

The Chief Executive will determine and publicise a description of the overall structure of the Council showing the management structure and deployment of officers. This is set out below.

Officers will comply with the Employees’ Code of Conduct and the Member/ Officer Relations’ Protocol set out in Part H section xx of this Constitution.