Lorna Meahan

Director Corporate Services

Paul Garrett

Head of Finance and Procurement (Section 95 Officer)

• Financial Strategy and Accounting• Pension Fund• Treasury and Insurance• Payroll• Accounts Receivable and Payable• Procurement and Purchasing

Paul Clarkin

Head of Organisational Development, Human Resources

and Assets

• HR Strategy and Policy• Pension Administration• Organisational Development• Workforce Planning• Health and Safety• Property/Asset Management/

Energy Management

Rhona Lewis

Head of Legal and Democratic Services (Monitoring Officer)

• Democratic Support and Elections Management

• Legal and Licensing• Policy Development and Advice• Audit and Risk• Council Communications• Transformation and Improvement• Complaints, Data Protection, Freedom of

Information

Graeme McIlorum

Business and Technology Solutions Manager

• Networks and Telecommunications• Applications and Systems• Desktop, Telephony and Mobile Services• Information Management• Business System Development

Jim Doig

Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer

• Valuation Roll• Council Tax List• Electoral Register

Derek Crichton

Director Communities

Harry Thomson

Head of Civic and Local Services

• Events and Festivals• Arts, Culture and Museums• Community Assets including: Open Space/

Burial Grounds/Community Facilities• Community Safety• Local Resilience, Civil Contingencies,

Emergency Planning • Community Councils

Harry Hay

Head of Customer Services

• Customer Service Centres• Customer Contact and Response Handling• Housing and Preventing Homelessness• Revenues and Benefits • Financial Inclusion/Antipoverty/Advice• Registration Services• Libraries

Liz Manson

Community Planning and Engagement Manager

• Community Engagement and Co-ordination• Participation Advice and Policy• Community Planning• Community Asset Transfer• Area Committee Advice and Support• Community Development

Alistair Speedie

Director Economy, Environment and Infrastructure

Ronnie Dempster

Head of Enterprising Services

• Building and Maintenance Services• Fleet Management and Vehicle Maintenance• Operational Service Delivery• Facilities Management• Catering Management• Logistic Services

Steve Rogers

Head of Planning and Regulatory Services

• Planning Services• Sustainable Development• Climate Change Strategy• Building Standards• Environmental Health• Trading Standards

Jan Falconer

Head of Economic Development

• Regional Economic Strategy• Business and Enterprise• European Programmes/Funding• Employability and Skills• Regeneration

Steven Herriott

Head of Infrastructure and Transportation

• Roads Service• Waste Service• Transport Strategy• Infrastructure Assets• Capital and Revenue Programmes• Engineering Design• Regional Transport Partnership

Colin Grant

Director Children, Young People and Lifelong Learning

Gillian Brydson

Head of Education(Chief Education Officer)

• Early Years/Childcare• Primary Schools• Secondary Schools• Education Policy• Statutory Responsibilities• Strategy and Continuous Improvement

Lillian Cringles

Head of Social Work(Chief Social Work Officer)

• Children’s and Family’s Social Care• Criminal Justice Services• Integration/Adult Services• Public Protection• Statutory Responsibilities• Strategy and Continuous Improvement

Angela Paterson

Head of Resources and Support Services

• Directorate Finance• Business Change/Support• Risk Management• Management Information• Assets/IT• Health and Safety

Richard Grieveson

Head of Lifelong Learning and Wellbeing

• Training and Development Strategy• Workforce Development• Adult Learning• Well being• Youth Services• Physical Activity/Leisure Sport

Gavin Stevenson

Chief Executive

Rhona Lewis

Head of Legal and Democratic Services (Monitoring Officer)

Arleen Irving

Service Business Officer

• Business Performance Support and Development

Heather Carnochan

Performance and Improvement Manager

• Performance Management• Business and Service Improvement• Business Improvement Delivery• Business Transformation• Benchmarking• Delivering Improvement Seconded Team• Lean System Development• Public Performance Reporting

Iain Mackenzie

Policy and Communications Manager

• Policy Research and Advice and Elected Members

• Lobbying and Advocacy Co-ordination• Policy Briefings and Consultations• Impact Assessment• Marketing and Advertising• Media Management and Press• Social Media• Graphics• COSLA liaison• Equalities

Robin Fletcher

Legal and Licensing Services Manager

(Depute Monitoring Officer)

• Legal Advice and Instruction• Represent Council on all judicial or quasi-

judicial forums• Conveyancing• Administration of Licensing Activity• Support to Licensing Board

Nick Evans

Democratic Services Manager (Depute Monitoring Officer)

• Committee Administration• Corporate governance• Committee Clerk• Elections Management• Complaints Handling• Executive and Liaison Support• Members Services• Freedom of Information• Data Protection• Children’s Hearings Support

Kevin Geraghty

Internal Audit Manager

• Internal audit• Risk management

Graeme McIlorum

Business and Technology Solutions Manager

James Pocock

Business Solutions Manager

• Computer System Development and Support• Information and Data Management• Corporate Systems Administration• SWAN and Broadband

Chari Laurie

Corporate Website Co-ordinator

• Council intranet• Council website• Development and design

Anne Sweetin

Business Development Manager

• Customer Engagement• Supplier Engagement• Contract Monitoring• Procurement• Programme and Project Management• Service Performance• Business Administration

Jon Stockwell

Technology Services Manager

• Strategic and Operational ICT infrastructure Development and Design

• Implementation and Maintenance of Infrastructure

• Data and Telecommunications• Schools ICT• Network connectivity• Applications and Services• Desktop Services• Telephony Services

Jim Doig

Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer

Alexander Clark

Depute Assessor and Electoral Registration Officer

• Valuation Roll• Council Tax Management• Electoral Registration Management

Robert Neville

Principal Valuer and Assistant Registration Officer

• Manage Electoral Registration Team• Maintain Electoral Register• Oasis maintenance and development• Specialist Valuation Support

Neil Gordon

Principal Valuer

• Manage Valuation Team• Maintain Valuation Roll and Council Tax List• Specialist Valuation Services

Eddie Whitefield

Directorate Business Manager

• Business Management and Support arrangements

• Resource Planning support• Financial Planning and Monitoring• Workforce Development• Business Administration• Directorate Procurement• ICT strategy• Business Continuity• Health and Safety• Property and Capital Programme planning

Paul Clarkin

Head of Organisational Development, Human Resources

and Assets

Stewart Clanachan

Human Resources Manager

• Equality and Diversity• HR Policy• Job Evaluation and Grading• Business Partnering and Advice• JTU Liaison• Pension Administration• Employment and Rewards• Dispute Resolution and Tribunals• Maximising Attendance• Recruitment / Matching• Health and Safety

James McDowall

Organisational Development Manager

• Employee Engagement• Performance Appraisal• Workforce Planning and Transition Monitoring• Organisational Development and Workforce

Strategy• Graduate Programme• DG Transform• Talent Management• Performance Management• Workforce Information

Paul McCulloch

Property and Architectural Services Manager

• Asset Management Planning• Repairs and services• Building safety• Design and delivery• Estates• Mechanical/electrical• Building surveyors• Clerks of works• Strategic commissioning• Investment decisions

Paul Garrett

Head of Finance and Procurement (Section 95 Officer)

Gillian Ross

Finance and Accounting Manager(Depute Section 95 Officer)

• Financial and Accounting support to Directorates and Council

• Revenue Budget Development• Revenue Budget monitoring and Reporting• Financial Accounts• Annual Financial Statements • Statutory Financial Returns / LFRs• Control and Reconciliations• Common Good

Lindsay Wilson

Financial Transactions Manager

• Pay and Employment• Accounts Payable and Receivable• Purchasing• Financial Systems• Controls and Authorisations• PAYE

Karen Scott

Procurement and Commissioning Manager

• Procurement• Contract Management• Commissioning Strategy• Tendering• Support and Advice to Directorates• Local Supplier Development• Liaison with Scotland Excel

Ieuan Morgan

Treasury and Capital Manager

• Business Performance Support and Development

• Pension Fund Management• Support to Pension Sub Committee• Treasury Management• Insurance• Loans Fund• Capital Budget Development and Reporting• Annual Treasury Strategy and Plan• VAT / Taxation Advice

Lorna Meahan

Director Corporate Services

Liz Manson

Community Planning and Engagement Manager

Kirsty Peden

Community Engagement Manager

• Community Participation and Engagement• Support to Community Planning• Local Outcome Improvement Plan

Jamie Ferguson

Community Development and Empowerment Manager

• Community Empowerment• Community development and capacity

building• Participation Requests• Community Asset transfer

Ward Officers

Serena Dunlop

Directorate Business Manager

• Business Management and Support Arrangements

• Business Continuity• Business Planning and Performance

Management• Area Committee Administration and Member

Support• Grants, Strategic Commissioning and Support

to Community Councils• Civic Events• Financial Planning and Monitoring• Workforce Development• Risk Management and Business Continuity• Health and Safety• Property and Capital Programme planning• Quality Assurance and Improvement• Information Management

Harry Hay

Head of Customer Services

Ailsa Freeman

Customer Services Manager

• Customer Service Excellence• Customer Strategy (including Channel Shift,

Customer Contact & Quality Standards)• Registration of Births, Deaths & Marriages• Archives & Local Studies• Libraries • Customer Service Centres• DG Direct/24Hour Response Centre

Jim O’Neill

Housing Manager

• Local Housing Strategy• Common Housing Register• HMO & Landlord Registration• Strategic Housing Investment Plan• Housing Support• Private Sector Housing

Lorna Campbell

Financial Wellbeing and Revenues Manager

• Revenues and Benefits• (including Council Tax & NDR Collection)• Preventing Homelessness• Financial Inclusion/Advice

Wendy Jesson

Anti-Poverty Officer

• Co-ordinating the effective implementation of the Council’s Anti-Poverty Strategy

Harry Thomson

Head of Civic and Local Services

Karen Brownlie

Community Assets Manager (Wigtown)

• Grounds Maintenance• Parks and Open Spaces• Burials• Street Cleaning• Public Convenience Cleaning and Attendance• Management of Community Facilities/assets• School Crossing Patrols• Delivery of StreetScene

Vacancy

Community Assets Manager (Nithsdale)

• As above

Robert Lowther

Community Assets Manager (Stewartry)

• As above

Nicola Simpson

Community Assets Manager (Annandale and Eskdale)

• As above

Martin Ogilvie

Resilience and Community Safety Manager

• Civil Contingencies• Emergency Planning• Local Resilience• Community Safety Strategy and Delivery

Rebecca Coggins

Arts and Culture Officer

• Arts & Museums• Galleries• Support for arts and cultural organisations• Regional Arts Hub

Ian Barr

Events Officer

• Community Activities & Festivals• Major events and festivals• Major Events Strategy

Derek Crichton

Director Communities

Chris Woodness

Ward OfficerNith

Darren Burns

Ward OfficerNorth West Dumfries

Derek Hextall

Ward OfficerLochar

Graeme Mckie

Ward OfficerMid Galloway

and Wigtown West

Jaime Nicholson

Ward OfficerAnnandale South

Kerry Monteith

Ward OfficerStranraer and the Rhins

Kimberley Philips

Ward OfficerAbbey

Sean O’Toole

Ward OfficerCastle Douglas and Crocketford

Steven Wylie

Ward OfficerAnnandale North

Fiona Daubney Ingrid Gemmell Stuart Hamilton

Ward Manager Mid and Upper Nithsdale

Ward ManagerDee and Glenkens

Ward ManagerAnnandale East and Eskdale

• Local support to Community Planning • Ward forums, local engagement and community development• Local community resilience

Steven Herriott

Head of Infrastructure and Transportation

James McLeod

Infrastructure Manager

• Waste Management Strategy• Waste PFI Contract• Local Flood Risk Management Plan /

Programme• Infrastructure Asset Class Management• Structures Management and Programme• Coastal Infrastructure Programme• Contaminated Land• Major Regeneration Projects• Engineering Design• ITS and Roads Lighting Management and

Programmes

Graeme Alison

Roads Manager

• Roads Authority• Roads Network Management• Cycleways and Footways Programmes• Harbour Authority• Oil Pollution Planning• Carriageway Capital Programmes• Road Safety• Local Transport Strategy

Douglas Kirkpatrick

Transportation Manager/Lead Officer SWESTRANS

• SWestrans• Passenger Transportation• Regional Travel Strategy• Active Travel Strategy• DG Buses• Courier Service• Taxicard• School Transport Contracts

Ronnie Dempster

Head of Enterprising Services

Alan Mawson

Facilities Services Operations Manager

• Building Cleaning• Facilities Management• Catering• Stores and Logistics • PAT testing• Print Unit

Mike Fawkes

Roads Construction, Maintenance and Waste Collection Manager

• Roads Maintenance• Winter Service• Emergency Response Delivery• Street lighting• Waste Collection Service

Steven Trotter

Building Maintenance and Construction Manager

• Building Construction• Building Maintenance & refurbishment• Responsive Repairs• Term maintenance

Gordon Bryce

Transport and Operations Manager

• Fleet management• Vehicle and plant workshops• Radio Maintenance• Corporate pool cars• External fleet maintenance

Stewart Cameron

Directorate Business Manager

• Business Management and Support arrangements

• Resource Planning support• Financial Planning and Monitoring• Workforce Development• Business Administration• Directorate Procurement• ICT strategy• Business Continuity• Health and Safety• Property and Capital Programme planning

Steve Rogers

Head of Planning and Regulatory Services

David Suttie

Planning and Building Standards Manager

• Planning Services• Building Standards• Corporate Address Gazetteer• Local Development Plan• Historic Environment and Archaeology• Landscape• Town Centres and Built Heritage Programmes

Greg Douglas

Environmental Health Manager

• Food Safety• Public Health and Communicable Diseases• Private Water Supplies• Workplace Health and Safety Investigation

and Inspection• Statutory Nuisance• Pest Control and Dog Wardens• Environmental Protection including Noise,

Smoke, Pollution, Air Quality• Miscellaneous Licensing including Caravan

Sites

Sandra Harkness

Trading Standards Manager

• Business Advice on Fair and Legal Trading• Consumer Advice, Protection and Safety• Weights and Measures• Animal Health and Welfare• Regulation of Animal Feeds Producers• Licensing of Various, including Horse Riding

Schools, Pet Shops, Kennels, Breeding Establishments, Fireworks Sales, Petrol Stations

Jan Falconer

Head of Economic Development

Simon Fieldhouse

Environment Manager

• Countryside & Access Programmes• Core Path Network• Galloway & Southern Ayrshire Biosphere• Strategic Site Management & National Scenic

Areas • Climate Change & Biodiversity Action Plans• Carbon Management Plan• Partnerships & External Funding

Lynne Burgess

Employability and Skills Manager

• Youth Employment ‘ Guarantee’• Link Worker Support for Adults and Young

People • Employer Engagement & Job Brokerage• National Training Programme Delivery & Co-

ordination• Training & Work Placements• Partnerships & External Funding• Centre of Excellence for Employability and

Skills

David Gardiner

Business and Enterprise Manager

• Business Gateway• Company Growth• Business and Property Grants• Young Entrepreneurs• Key Sector Development• Marketing & Promotion• LEADER• Partnerships & External Funding• Inward Investment and Business Property

Alistair M Speedie

Director Economy, Environment and Infrastructure

Lillian Cringles

Head of Social Work (Chief Social Work Officer)

Elizabeth Bell

Children’s Services Manager

• Children services• Youth Justice• Looked after & Accommodated children• Children’s Residential units • Corporate Parenting• Pre- Birth

Alex McCallum

Criminal Justice Manager

• Criminal Justice Adult services• Community Payback • Diversion from Prosecution service• MAPPA• Caledonian Programme• Constructs Programme• Making Changes moving forward Programme

Gordon Pattinson

Public Protection Manager

• MAPPA• Child Protection• Violence against women• Domestic abuse• Adult support and protection

Heather Collington

Senior Operational Manager Social Work Services

• Customer requirements in design and delivery of Social Work Services

• Effective and efficient delivery of Social Work Services

• Quality assurance functions• Develop strategies with partners• Promote professional and personal

development for Social Work Services staff

Angela Paterson

Head of Resources and Support Services

Sean Barrett

Finance Manager

• Resource Planning• Analysis of Activity Data• Spend Analysis• Financial Modelling• VFM• Income Maximisation• Budgetary Control• Support to Budget Holders• Project Management• Finance Client Function

Gillian McNish

Performance and Quality Manager

• Provision of Performance Data• Delivery of CYPLL Business Plan• Management of CYPLL Risk Register• Completion of Scottish Government returns• Complaints handling• Communications• Project Management

Irene Hurst

Support Services Manager (East)

• Provision of effective administrative support to operational staff

• Business Process Improvement• Support to Change Management

Programmes

Sheila Mckie

Support Services Manager (West)

• Provision of effective administrative support to operational staff

• Business Process Improvement• Support to Change Management

Programmes

Anne Harkness

Infrastructure Manager

• Workforce Planning & Maximising Attendance

• CDU Client function• Provision of fit for purpose infrastructure

for effective service delivery including ICT, property, vehicles – maximising efficiency

• ICT Client function• Compliance with legislative and corporate

requirements for Health & Safety• Compliance with legislative and corporate

requirements for Information Governance

Claire Renton

Strategic Lead of Physical Learning Environments

• Schools for the Future• Schools Property Asset Class Management

Gillian Brydson

Head of Education

Susan Martin

Education Support Services Manager

• Devolved School Management• Strategic Support• School Support Services

John Thin

Schools Manager

• Strategic Planning and Delivery• Early Learning, Primary and Secondary

Schools• Operational Management

Sheelagh Rusby

Quality Improvement Manager

• Education Policy• Quality Improvement• Curriculum Support• Quality Assurance• Operational Management

Hew Smith

Integration and Inclusion Manager

• Supporting Learners• Education Psychology• GIRFEC Partnership• Area Team Management

Richard Grieveson

Head of Lifelong Learning and Wellbeing

Leisure Facilities

• Leisure Facilities• Community Use of Schools

Stephen Jack

Lifelong Learning Manager

• Corporate/Workforce Development • Technical Training• Professional/Statutory Learning• Adult Learning• Family Learning• Coach Education

Mark Molloy

Young People Manager

• Youth Work• Youth Issues• Youth Democracy• Duke of Edinburgh

Lee Seton

Wellbeing Manager

• Active Schools and Sports Development • Joint Health and Wellbeing Unit• PE/PEPAS• Curriculum Health and Wellbeing• Outdoor Education

Colin Grant

Director Children, Young People and Lifelong Learning