£155,000 a Year: Hartlepool Council Hunts for a New Chief Executive

New Chief Executive Sought as Hartlepool Council Promises ‘Its a Council on the Rise’...

7th Jan 2026

Hartlepool Borough Council has begun the process of recruiting a new Chief Executive just months before the current top officer is set to stand down, offering a headline salary of £155,000 per year for what it describes as a “career-defining opportunity” to lead the local council which in 2023 was declared an authority with no public confidence through its next phase of change.