Council departments

Overview

The various departments of the Council are divided into services. This page lists the services, Executive Leadership Team and their contact details. If you would like to contact a service area or access further information please navigate to the service area of interest.

Chief Executive

The Chief Executive is Roger Ellis
Tel: 01706 925401
Email: roger.ellis@rochdale.gov.uk

Services and contact details

Rochdale Borough Council has the following services.

Service name Head of Service Email and telephone
Adult  Care Colin Beech
(Interim Head of Service)

colin.beech@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925202

Business Partnerships Anne Taylor

anne.taylor@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925665

Children's Social Care Services Steve Titcombe

steve.titcombe@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925203

Environmental Management Peter Cunningham

peter.cunningham@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 693000

Finance Ruth Hunter

ruth.hunter@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925002

Information and Libraries Paul Young

paul.young@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925535

Learners and Young People Ann Tipton

ann.tipton@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925105

Legal and Democratic Services Catherine Witham (Borough Solicitor) catherine.witham@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 924704
People Management Stephen Harper stephen.harper@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925603
Performance and Development Pam Smith pam.smith@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925204
Planning and Regulation Peter Rowlinson peter.rowlinson@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 924307
Regeneration Penny Sharp penny.sharp@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 924676
Revenues and Benefits Simon Bailey simon.bailey@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 926001
Schools Service Sue Brown sue.brown@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925014
Strategic Housing Paul Beardmore paul.beardmore@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 924037
Transformation Programme Mark Widdup mark.widdup@rochdale.gov.uk
01706 925665

In addition we work closely with partner organisations to deliver other core council services.

Executive Directors and contact details

The Council is led by a six strong leadership team. Each Executive Director has responsibilities for overseeing a cluster of service areas. This is explained in the chart below.

Service responsibility Executive Director Email and telephone
  • Performance and Development
  • Finance
  • Libraries and Information
  • Revenues and Benefits
  • Transformation Programme
Margaret Carney

margaret.carney@rochdale.gov.uk

01706 92 5100

  • Environmental Management
  • Legal and Democratic Services
  • People Management
  • Business Partnerships
John Patterson

john.patterson@rochdale.gov.uk

01706 924614

  • Learners and Young People
  • Schools Service
  • Childcare
Terry Piggott

terry.piggott@rochdale.gov.uk

01706 925000

  • Strategic Housing
  • Planning and Regulation
  • Partnerships and Regeneration
Andy Zuntz

andy.zuntz@rochdale.gov.uk

01706 924003

  • Adult Care
  • Head of Transformation
  • Head of Commissioning
Jim Wilson (Interim Executive Director of Adult Care)

jim.wilson@rochdale.gov.uk

01706 925202

  • Highways and Engineering
  • Property Services
  • Customer and Business Services
Chris Lavery (Managing Director of Impact Partnership)

chris.lavery@theimpactpartnership.com

01706 923374

 

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