People and departments
Standards for England recruits professionals from a broad range of backgrounds, all of whom share the organisation's vision of building confidence in local democracy.
People
Departments
- Standards Board organisational chart
- Regulation
- Risk
- Standards
- Chief Executive's Office
Regulation directorate
The Regulation directorate shapes, monitors, guides and nurtures the local standards framework, as well as investigating selected misconduct allegations that for certain reasons cannot be investigated locally. The department delivers guidance, advice and support and helps to maintain a self-supporting standards community who can drive the standards agenda at a local level. It aims to develop public trust in the redress mechanisms within the local standards framwork and where necessary deliver timely investigations to a quality standard. The Regulation directorate also makes sure that our monitoring of local authorities is effective and in line with modern regulatory standards, and that the information we hold on authorities is kept up to date.
Risk directorate
The Risk directorate evaluates and assesses the risks to standards in all local authorities in England. The department is responsible for our entity, sector and systemic risk management. Their work includes the effective identification and active management of those authorities deemed to be at high risk. This means intervening in individual authorities where necessary.
Standards directorate
The Standards directorate sets and assesses the quality and standard of our work, making sure that we work as far as possible to best practice standards. The department ensures that we are engaged in and prepared for strategic developments affecting the local standards framework and its operation. It aims for us to be recognised as a leading expertise in ethical standards, able to influence and shape the local standards framework. This includes making sure that the knowledge we hold is accessible and that it continues to grow.
Chief Executive's Office
The Chief Executive's office delivers essential support services to the organisation. Its functions include: corporate planning and assurance, which works to improve our performance and operational activity; external affairs, which includes our press office, publications, websites and events; human resources; finance; and our systems development, a major project which is working to provide a more flexible and secure IT system for our new role as a strategic regulator.
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