Northumberland County Council is set to appoint a new director of workforce and organisational development as the revamp of the authority's top team continues.
Council leader Glen Sanderson has spoken repeatedly about his desire to bring in a new team of officers to replace the long-standing interim arrangements at the council.
Expensive interim staff were blamed last year when think-tank the Taxpayer's Alliance revealed the council was paying 20 officers more than £100,000 a year - the highest of any in the North East.
