CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Narey: Foster carers should be paid better

By Dan Peters | 11 October 2017

Foster carers should be ‘treated as professionals and properly remunerated,’ the leader of a gove...

FINANCE

Pay claims on hold till Budget

By Dan Peters | 27 September 2017

Local government employers will wait until chancellor Philip Hammond’s Autumn Budget before respo...

PAY

White Van Man on ... public sector pay rises

20 September 2017

I may be no boffin but can someone tell me how you give pay rises without someone having to cough...

BUSINESS

Hard-won cash

20 September 2017

From our home in central London’s highly-desirable Pimlico, Diary is not the sort of Marxist gutt...

FINANCE

'Ease pay restraints or face retention crisis'

By Mark Conrad | 19 September 2017

Councils could face a management-level recruitment and retention crisis unless public sector pay ...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Leader vows to end decade-old equal pay dispute

By Sam Clayden | 15 September 2017

Glasgow City Council’s leader has promised to end ‘years of pay injustice’ at the council and set...

WHITEHALL

Local authorities lending weight to staff pay rise calls

By Dan Peters | 13 September 2017

Councils are piling on the pressure to give local government staff a pay rise by backing trade un...

WHITEHALL

Corbyn promises to tackle housing crisis

By Dan Peters | 15 August 2017

Jeremy Corbyn has promised that the next Labour government would tackle the housing crisis during...

SOCIAL CARE

Union slams suspension of backdated social care 'sleep-in' staff payments

By Mark Conrad | 02 August 2017

Whitehall action to prop-up social care providers has been criticised by local government’s large...

WHITEHALL

Scale of overtime revealed by union

By Mark Conrad | 01 August 2017

A third of social workers regularly work unpaid overtime in order to keep local authority service...

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frederica-diamanta

Service Director - Strategic Housing, Property and Safer Communities

£104,810

We are looking for a strategic and resilient leader to become our next Assistant Director of Strategic Housing, Property and Safer Communities. Apply for this job

City Of Doncaster Council

Procurement Manager

Up to £60k (inc. market supplement*)

This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced procurement professional to lead a small central team. Apply for this job

Dacorum Borough Council

Corporate Investigation Officer RBKC618350

£41,967 - £50,088 per annum

Three local authorities, one aim: to prevent and overcome fraud. Apply for this job

The Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea Council