Liverpool City Council to cut management posts
LIVERPOOL City Council plans to save £4.5m with a cull of half its senior managers.
Some 48 senior posts are to be cut and the number of council business units reduced from 74 to 27, following a major review of the council’s senior management structure.
It said the changes will provide a, “streamlined, more efficient and less bureaucratic administration with fewer middle managers and substantially reduced costs”.
Council leader Joe Anderson said: “I have always said that when it comes to cutbacks, they should start at the top. The scale of the cuts the council is facing following the loss of millions of pounds of government grants will affect every service we provide, and every penny we have must be spent on protecting essential services and not wasted on needless bureaucracy.
“Quite frankly, the city council has suffered from a top-heavy, bloated senior management set-up, weighted down with too much paperwork, form filling and box ticking. These radical changes mean we will have a much leaner, more efficient team of managers that will be 100% focused on delivering the council’s priorities – reducing waste and bureaucracy and making sure that, despite the cutbacks, we continue to deliver excellent services that meet today’s demands and the needs of our residents.”
A team of seven directors will be supported by 11 assistant directors and 25 divisional managers – down from 91 – leading 16,000 staff and teachers employed by the city council.
Executive salary bands will also change with the chief executive’s salary dropping from £203,500 to £197,500 and director pay falling from £159,975 to £120-140,000.
The city council has already consulted staff and trade unions on a draft review of the management structure and pay of senior officers. The final proposals will be subject to further consultations with staff and unions before being implemented from January 1.
