City Hall is advertising for three jobs with a combined salary of more than £300,000.

Norwich City Council (NCC) is looking for a new executive director of housing and communities, executive director of resources and director of finance.

The positions are some of the most senior at the authority, paying a combined £311,107.

The roles also come with a very generous holiday entitlement, with 32 days in addition to public holidays.

In contrast, the council’s lower paid employees, such as a new starter working as a 'multi-storey car park advisor' on £21,575 would get 26 days holiday plus public holidays.

The new hires come at a time of concern and anger over the amount of money the authority has spent on agency staff in recent months.

Reports revealed NCC spent £2.4m on temporary employees between January and June, almost double the same period the year before.

It also comes at a time of increased scrutiny on UK council finances, with Birmingham City Council having declared itself effectively bankrupt this week.

While City Hall was forced to find £6.2m in savings and cuts in its 2023-24 budget, its financial position is a far cry from that of Birmingham, which needed to find £760m to cover an equal pay claim after underpaying female workers.

The £108,788 housing executive role oversees the 14,500 council homes owned by NCC. 

Whoever picks up a brief takes it on following a safety scandal in council properties, which saw the authority forced to bring in contractors for a series of desperately needed safety repairs and fire door replacements in flats. 

The resources role, which also pays £108,788, heads up the council’s human resources, finance and legal teams.

The £93,531 director of finance reports to the resources executive, and examines NCC's annual budget to ensure it is sound. 

City Hall has seen a radical overhaul in recent months, with Louise Rawsthorne taking up the top chief executive job at the council earlier this year and the former leader and deputy leader of the council, Alan Waters and Gail Harris, leaving at the May local elections.