CHILDREN'S SERVICES

'This was liberation'

By Daisy Carter | 01 February 2021

Daisy Carter of the Innovation Unit outlines how COVID disruption inspired new ways of working in...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Call for clarity on support for rough sleepers

By Martin Ford | 29 January 2021

A minister has been pressed to issue new guidance for councils on what support can be given to ro...

FINANCE

Scottish Budget 'falls short'

By Dan Peters | 29 January 2021

The Scottish Government’s £11.6bn budget ‘falls short of the fair funding local government requir...

THIRD SECTOR

The light in COVID-19's shade

By Charlotte Morgan | 27 January 2021

New Local’s latest report identifies the approaches that helped local areas manage the first lock...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Workforce planning for a post-COVID world

By Helen Anderson | 27 January 2021

Helen Anderson says we need to use this year to start building for the future and ensuring our wo...

FINANCE

Scottish councils' cost call

By Dan Peters | 27 January 2021

Scottish local authorities have called for the costs of COVID-19 to be met by the Government nort...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Appreciating the true value of our people

By Tracy Walters | 27 January 2021

COVID-19 has changed the way most people work. West Midlands Combined Authority’s strategy is to ...

FINANCE

Some light at the end of the tunnel

By Tony Kirkham | 27 January 2021

With the vaccine providing some grounds for optimism, 'maybe this is the time to look back at the...

BUSINESS

Guidance to 'reduce burdens' in pandemic issued

By Martin Ford | 26 January 2021

Councils will be allowed to deprioritise some trading standards and health and safety work to foc...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Making council tax fairer is a good place to start on levelling up

By John Dudding | 26 January 2021

If the Government wants to level-up, fostering inclusive growth and recovery across the country, ...

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Director of Strategic Transport and Connectivity

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Westminster City Council

Service Manager - Street Scene Services

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Sheffield City Council

Assistant Director Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership

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Islington London Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Director of Strategic Transport and Connectivity

c. £125K

This is an exceptional opportunity for a talented leader to shape the future of transport and connectivity right at the heart of London. Apply for this job

Westminster City Council

Service Manager - Street Scene Services

Grade 11, £54,628 to £59,825

As one of the largest employers in Sheffield, with over 7,000 employees Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Assistant Director Islington Learning Disabilities Partnership

£82,014 to £99,369

We’re looking for a strong leader with experience of delivering integrated health and social care services for people with Learning Disabilities. Apply for this job

Islington London Borough Council