Leadership structure
The various departments of the council are divided into directorates. Each director has responsibilities for overseeing a cluster of areas.
Chief executive
The chief executive is Steve Rumbelow.
The chief executive has 6 directors that report directly to him. Each director has a number of senior officers that report to them.
Children's Services directorate
- Director of Children's Services: Sharon Hubber
- Assistant Director of Children's Social Care: Julia Hassall
- Assistant Director of Early Help and Schools: Steve Kay
Economy directorate
- Director of Economy: Mark Robinson
- Acting Assistant Director of Economy: Paul Moore
- Managing Director, Rochdale Development Agency: Levi Rickell
Neighbourhoods directorate
- Director of Neighbourhoods: Mark Widdup
- Assistant Director of Place: Donna Bowler
- Assistant Director of Information, Customers and Communities: John Rooney
Public Health
- Director of Public Health: Kuiama Thompson
- Assistant Director of Public Health: Lianne Davies
- Assistant Director of Public Health: Anthony Threlfall
Resources directorate
- Director of Resources: Neil Thornton
- Chief Finance Officer: Julie Murphy
- Assistant Director of Legal, Governance and Workforce: Susan Hedges
- Assistant Director of Workforce and Organisational Management: Rosemary Barker
Strategic Commissioning (Adult Social Care)
- Interim Director of Adult Social Services: Martin Lawton
- Interim Director of Integration and Transformation: Sandra Croasdale
- Interim Locality Director of Strategic Performance and Deputy Place Lead: Jonathan Evans
- Interim Assistant Director Operations: Jane Myers
- Strategic Operations Lead: Jane Myers
- Assistant Director of Adult Social Care Operations: Martin Lawton
- Assistant Director of Commissioning, Adult Social Care and Prevention: Hayley Ashall
- Associate Director of Quality and Safeguarding: Alison Kelly