Council management structure
Chief Executive Office
Chief Executive:
The Foundry
4 Central Boulevard
Central Park
Larbert
FK5 4RU
Education Services
Director of Education Services:
- Additional Support Needs (ASN) Provision
- Catering & Building Cleaning
- Community, Partnerships and Resources
- Connected Falkirk
- Curriculum Support
- Early Learning & Childcare/Pre-Five Provision
- Education Business Support
- Education Psychology Service
- Links to Active Schools and Outdoor Learning Team
- Primary Education
- Quality Improvement Team
- School Learning Estate Capacity and Infrastructure
- Secondary Education
Jill Pringle
Head of Education
Secondary and Performance & Resources
- Educational Performance and the Scottish Attainment Challenge (Equity)
- Falkirk's Local Negotiating
- Joint Secretary (Management) of Falkirk’s LNCT
- Learning Estate Strategy
- Performance & Resources Service Provision
- Secondary Quality Assurance, Improvement & Curriculum Support
- Secondary Strategy and Education Provision
- Workforce Planning (service specific)
Deborah Davidson
Head of Education
ELC, ASN & Primary
- Additional Support Needs (ASN) and Inclusion Strategy and Education Provision
- Community, Partnerships and Resources
- Children's Services Partnership and Leadership
- ELC/Pre-Five Strategy and Education Provision
- Educational Psychological Services
- Getting It Right For Every Child (GIRFEC) /Child Protection/Safeguarding
- Primary Strategy and Education Provision
Place Services
Director of Place Services:
Falkirk Stadium
4 Stadium Way
Falkirk
FK2 9EE
- Building and engineering design, roads development, roads maintenance
- Sports & Leisure, Culture & Greenspace
- Consumer protection, Environmental health
- Environmental planning, public and school transport
- Economic development, asset management, Learning & Employability
- Facilities, vehicle and grounds maintenance
- Land use planning, development management, building standards
- Waste strategy, refuse collection, street cleansing
Michael McGuinness
Head of Growth, Planning, Sport & Culture
- Culture & Greenspace
- Economic Development
- Environmental Health &
Trading Standards - Learning & Employability
- Planning & Building Standards
- Sports & Leisure
Douglas Gardiner
Head of Environment & Operations
- Building Maintenance
- Engineering Design
- Roads Services
- Transport Planning
- Street Cleansing
- Grounds Maintenance
- Bereavement Services
- Waste Services
- Fleet Services
Paul Kettrick
Head of Investment, Assets & Climate
- Building Design & Construction
- Building Design & Construction
- Corporate Asset Management
- Commercial Property Portfolio
- Energy & Climate Change
- Investment Programmes
- Major Capital Projects
- Maintenance & Facilities Management
- Property Compliance
- Property Asset Management
- Strategic Infrastructure
Transformation, Communities and Corporate Services
Director of Transformation, Communities and Corporate Services:
The Foundry
4 Central Boulevard
Central Park
Larbert
FK5 4RU
- Accounting services
- Democratic services
- Employee relations, recruitment and training
- Elections
- Housing management, maintenance and improvement
- IT services
- Income collection and benefits administration
- Legal services
- Licensing
- Policy development and strategic planning
- Payment of payroll, pensions and creditors
- Registrars
Amanda Templeman
Chief Finance Officer
Finance, Assurance & Pensions
- Corporate Finance Corporate
- Performance & Planning
- Internal Audit, Risk & Corporate
Fraud - Pensions
- Transformation
Colin Moodie
Chief Governance Officer
Governance & Human Resources
- Democratic Services
- Human Resources & Payroll
- Information Governance
- Legal & Procurement
- Legal Services
- Marketing and Communication
Kenny Gillespie
Head of Communities, Innovation & Housing
- Digital, Technology & Resilience
- Housing Operations
- Revenue & Benefits
- Strategy, Communities & Libraries
Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership / Social Work Adult Services
Interim Officer/Director of Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership:
Suite 1A
Falkirk Stadium
4 Stadium Way
Falkirk
FK2 9EE
- Adult Social Work
- Adult Support and Protection
- Alcohol and Drugs Partnership (ADP)
- Bo'ness and Falkirk Community Hospitals
- Criminal justice services
- Community care services
- Care at Home, including MECS
- Care Homes
- Carer Support
- Day Services
- GP Out of Hours
- Health Improvement
- Integrated health and social care locality teams
- Integrated Learning -Disability Teams
- Integrated Mental Health Teams
- Living Well Falkirk
- Primary Care
- Children and Families Services
See the Falkirk HSCP Strategic Plan.
Claire Chapman
Interim Head of Community Services
- Care at Home
- Community Bedded Care
- Home First
- Locality Services
- Out of Hours
Marie Keirs
Chief Finance Officer, HSCP
- Accountancy
- Business and Governance
- Commissioning
- Communications
Tom Cowan
Head of Strategic Planning and Transformation
- Health Improvement
- Primary Care
- Strategic Planning
- Transformation
Martin Thom
Head of Specialist Services
- Allied Health Professionals
- Community Mental Health
- Learning Disabilities & Complex
Care - Living Well
- Prison Healthcare
Sara Lacey
Head of Social Work Children's Services
- Continuing and Aftercare Services
- Court Social Work
- Family Support
- Fostering and Adoption Services
- Justice Services
- Locality based social work teams
- Prison Based Social Work
- Social Work and Social Care
- Workforce Development
- Youth Justice