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Bruce McDonald is Chief Executive of the Royal Borough of Kingston and acts as the Head of Paid Service. You can contact him online:.

The Chief Executive's Department.

The Chief Executive's department forms the strategic centre of the council, providing a vital range of services which enables RBK to function effectively. Our services are dedicated to making the Council work better for the benefit of our residents, fulfilling our corporate commitment to:

"help create the best opportunities, services and environment for the people of the Borough of Kingston."

This corporate commitment is currently delivered through six strategic aims:

• Working in partnership - 'a strategic and campaigning council'
• Developing education and lifelong learning - 'Top-quality education'
• Caring for the environment - 'Putting the Environment at the heart of everything we do
• Enhancing quality of life - 'Improving the quality of life whether of not the council runs the service'
• Putting people first - 'We are proud of our diverse borough and value every resident'
• Delivering improvement - 'Quality services that provide the best value for money'

The key roles of the Chief Executive's department are to define and communicate the strategic aims, provide strategic services that help teams fulfil these aims and to foster a culture where we review our achievement and develop staff so that we can continuously improve our performance in responding to the needs of our community.

The Chief Executive's Department consists of four divisions:

Divisions within Directorate	Specific Areas and links to website pages	Head of Service
Human Resources	Human Resources Job Vacancies	Sheila West Email:sheila.west@rbk.kingston.gov.uk Telephone: 020 8547 5153
Legal Services	Legal Services Legal Services for Schools	Nick Bishop Email: nick.bishop@rbk.kingston.gov.uk Telephone: 020 8547 5710
Democratic Services and Partnerships	Democratic Services and Partnerships Decision making in RBK Committee Minutes Elections and Registering to Vote The Mayor of the Borough Voluntary Sector and Grants International Partnerships Partnership and Regeneration	Andrew Bessant Email: andrew.bessant@rbk.kingston.gov.uk Telephone: 020 8547 4628

You can contact the us in a variety of ways to suit you.

Please see our Contact Us page for full details or alternatively call our Contact Centre (open Monday to Friday: 8am to 6pm) on 020 8547 5000