As Leader, Stephen:

• works with the Chief Executive and other senior officers to oversee our strategic direction and respond to any external assessment regimes which we have to comply with
• is the Council's principal public spokesperson
• works with key stakeholders in Chelmsford to promote our objectives and develop partnerships
• with relevant Cabinet members, monitors major council projects to ensure that they are being developed and implemented in a timely and cost-effective manner
• oversees the preparation and review of the Community Plan and corporate strategies of the Council, working with the other Cabinet members
• chairs Cabinet meetings
• undertakes any Cabinet functions not delegated to other Cabinet members