Pay policy statement

Senior manager pay structure (from April 2025)

Job title Pay Name e-mail
Chief executive £209,997 Debbie Barnes debbie.barnes@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Head of paid service £204,522 Andrew Crookham andrew.crookham@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Deputy chief executive  Not applicable vacant Not applicable
Executive directors £154,775
Martin Samuels
Heather Sandy
Andy Gutherson
Vacant

Senior leadership pay band

Details of the senior leadership pay spine can be found in the senior leadership pay guidance.

Adult Care and Community Wellbeing (from April 2024)

Job title Pay Name email
Director of public health £141,532 Derek Ward Derek.ward@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Deputy director of community care and wellbeing £134,160 Hayley Eccles hayley.eccles@lincolnshire.gov.uk  

Fire and Rescue Service (from 1 July 2025)

Job title Pay Name email
Chief fire officer £149,769 Mark Baxter Mark.Baxter@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Assistant chief fire officer £120,047 Ryan Stacey ryan.stacey@lincolnshire.gov.uk
Assistant chief fire officer (2) £120,047 Vacant Not applicable

Senior Leadership Pay Guidance

Senior Leader Pay – A (SLA) from 1 April 2025

Job Title
Name
email
Assistant director - corporate services
Lee Sirdifield
Assistant director - corporate property
Andrew McLean
(Interim)
Assistant director - corporate transformation, systems and performance
Andrew McLean
Assistant director - strategic finance
Michelle Grady
Assistant director - people and organisational support
Tony Kavanagh
Chief information officer
Tom Baker
Chief legal officer
Will Bell
Assistant director - community protection and commissioning
Martyn Parker
Assistant director –
children's health and commissioning
Linda Dennett
Assistant director –
children's education
Martin Smith
Assistant director –
children's early help
Jo Kavanagh
Assistant director –
children's safeguarding
Tara Jones
Assistant director - sector led improvement
Vacant
Not applicable
Assistant director - communities
Nicole Hilton
Assistant director - growth
Justin Brown
Assistant director - highways
Karen Cassar

Senior Leader Pay – B (SLB)

  • assistant director, prevention and early intervention
  • public health consultant

Senior Leader Pay – C (SLC)

  • head of commercial services – people
  • head of financial services
  • head of Lincolnshire Pension Fund
  • head of business support
  • head of payroll, pensions and people administration
  • head of people
  • head of cyber security and cyber risk assurance
  • head of strategy, architecture and product
  • head of service management
  • head of legal
  • head of business intelligence
  • head of transformation
  • head of adult safeguarding services
  • head of professional practice and principal social worker (adult)
  • head of hospitals and special projects
  • head of early intervention and independence
  • head of joint commissioning and strategic partnerships 
  • head of east community wellbeing team
  • head of west community wellbeing team
  • head of south community wellbeing team
  • head of children's commissioning
  • head of children’s transformation
  • head of education support
  • head of SEND
  • head of service - children in care and residential estate
  • head of service - (fostering, adoption and leaving care)
  • head of service - Future4Me
  • head of locality
  • head of service – pathfinder
  • head of service - quality and standards
  • head of service - sector led improvement
  • head of service - early years
  • lead nurse in children's health
  • head of service - leaving care and supported living 

New Appointments

Assistant directors and executive directors (or equivalent) may appoint within the pay range for the grade.  When appointing above the bottom grade, they should first seek advice from the assistant director HR and Organisational Support.  The grade should be based on the following principles:

  • applicant’s knowledge, competence, skills, experience 
  • applicant’s current salary
  • pay of existing employees within the service area

We regard any new appointments between 1 April and 30 September as in year one of their incremental credit. Anyone appointed between 1 October and 31 March will not start to accrue their first year of incremental credit until the following 1 April.

All senior leaders 

Pay transition arrangements are in place from 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2026. These arrangements will take precedence during this period for existing employees.

Pay increments will be awarded every two years on 1 April.  Increments are subject to satisfactory performance in accordance with our performance and development appraisal policy.

Pay increments in each grade (except for the bottom point) are non-consolidated. If performance is unsatisfactory, assistant directors and executive directors can impose these measures:

Issue
Measure
Failure to meet six months’ probationary period but extended up to twelve months
Anyone on point two or above - move to the bottom pay point for the grade
Failure to meet most objectives agreed upon at appraisal
Repeat an incremental year (therefore three years to reach next level).  If the employee is at the top of the scale -a move down one pay point is permissable
Informal action – such as a reprimand
Move down one pay point
Formal action (lowest level)
Move down up to two pay points
Formal action (highest level short of dismissal)
Move down up to three pay points or to bottom pay point

Senior leaders can appeal decisions by referring to:

  • executive director (head of service) or
  • chief executive (assistant director or equivalent)

All pay increments are subject to normal pension deductions. The local government pension scheme website has information on:

All other terms and conditions are detailed in our local scheme of conditions of service.