A STAFF shake up at Tewkesbury Borough Council will help the authority save more than £500,000 every year.
A raft of changes will come into effect from August this year, with 11 full-time posts being scrapped, including three director roles.
The restructure will see a new deputy chief executive joining the authority to form a leadership team with the current chief executive and borough solicitor.
But while the moves will save cash in the long term, the new way of working will cost the council in excess of an estimated £600,000 to set up.
The job losses have been identified at all levels of the organisation and they have been achieved by abolishing vacant posts as well as through a series of voluntary redundancies.
The council had initially braced itself for a one-off set up cost of £900,000, but as the process has rolled on, the bill has been reduced to £605,000.
More than £100,000 of that price tag has gone on a voluntary redundancy package for one person.
The authority said it expected to meet the implementation costs in just over one year.
And after that, the council will save more than £500,000 annually from its wage bill.
Council chiefs said the review into its organisational staffing structure had helped the authority ensure it has "appropriate" staffing which reflects its "business needs".
Councillor Robert Vines, leader of the borough council, said: "This organisational review was a hugely important part of our savings plan for this year, and thanks to careful planning we can now introduce a staff structure that not only saves money but also reflects our priorities and business needs, while also protecting services.
"This is, of course, a very difficult time for those staff affected by redundancy, and we are making sure they are supported as much as possible."
The deputy chief executive job has been filled by Rachel North who is currently director of communities and localism at West Lindsey District Council in Lincolnshire.
Councillors will be told about the progress in implementing the savings plan and staff restructure when they meet later this month.
The staffing structure will see eight group manager posts combine to form the council's overall management team. The posts will be responsible for business transformation, revenues and benefits, finance and asset management, democratic services, legal services, policy and performance, environmental and housing services, and development services.