LEGAL

Chesterfield expected to stick with Sheffield

By Chris Ames | 01 April 2016

Councillors in Chesterfield have been asked to consider afresh which combined authority to join a...

PAY

First city director hired on £35k less than chief executive

By Dan Peters | 01 April 2016

Stoke-on-Trent has appointed David Sidaway as its first ever city director.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Districts making a difference

By Sandra Dinneen | 01 April 2016

Sandra Dinneen reports from the final session of this year's District Councils’ Network’s Staff D...

FINANCE

Retiring chief's unitary shake-up call

By Laura Sharman | 21 March 2016

The retiring chief executive of Buckinghamshire CC, Chris Williams, has called for the ‘wholesale...

WHITEHALL

Engagement and accountability key

By Mark Sandford | 17 March 2016

Senior research analyst at the House of Commons Library, Mark Sandford, looks at the unexpected i...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Scottish councils pledge to keep UK in EU

By Jamie Hailstone | 15 March 2016

The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (COSLA) has announced it will back the campaign to k...

WHITEHALL

Harrogate in bid to form unitary

By Dan Peters | 15 March 2016

Reorganisation plans continue to surface as part of the fallout from the Government’s devolution ...

FINANCE

Authorities 'easy targets for controversial LOBO loans'

By Sam Clayden | 15 March 2016

Controversial Lender Option Borrower Option (LOBO) loans should be further investigated, a member...

HEALTH

Future of devolution difficult to predict

By Andrew Walker | 15 March 2016

Andrew Walker, policy researcher for the Local Government Information Unit think-tank, looks at t...

REORGANISATION

Dorset to push ahead with unitary options

By Laura Sharman | 14 March 2016

The majority of councillors at Dorset CC have voted in favour of pushing ahead with a unitary cou...

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frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director Democracy, Information and Elections

£78,000 - £84,000

Reporting to the General Counsel, you will be a Deputy Monitoring Officer who will lead and develop democratic services... Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Social Care Assessment & Reablement Manager (STAR)

Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£53,885 - £57,195) per annum

Are you passionate about delivering high-quality reablement and support for service users to live independently? Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Strategic Director Finance (deputy s.151)

£113,431 to £125,279

We’ve made a promising start, with the Commissioners’ report last summer recognising our substantial progress. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council