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RECRUITMENT

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WORKFORCE

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LEADERSHIP

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RECRUITMENT

Inclusive leadership for a resilient tomorrow

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AI

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RECRUITMENT

Rebuilding from the brink

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LEADERSHIP

Showing graduate recruits that they can make a real difference

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Maxine O'Mahony says : 'Graduates who join the sector now will help lead through a time of transf...

RECRUITMENT

Who's at your top table?

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People power needs to be at the centre of the local government workforce, which necessitates a se...

RECRUITMENT

With change comes opportunity

By Mae Wilson | 31 July 2025

As local government reorganisation begins to take shape, Mae Wilson and Gemma Stevenson-Coupe say...

FINANCE

Lambeth to slash senior management to help plug £84m funding gap

By Emily Twinch | 29 July 2025

Lambeth LBC has voted for a series of cost cutting measures including slashing senior management ...

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Ebbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

up to salary max £121,445 per annum

We are now seeking a Director of Finance and Deputy Section 151 Officer to play a pivotal role Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council

Head of Highway Operations

Grade 15 £63,002 - £69,103 per annum

As we begin to implement our new structure, we have an exciting leadership opportunity as the head of our new operations service. Apply for this job

Derbyshire County Council

frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Ebbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Director of Finance (Deputy Section 151 Officer)

up to salary max £121,445 per annum

We are now seeking a Director of Finance and Deputy Section 151 Officer to play a pivotal role Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames Council

Head of Highway Operations

Grade 15 £63,002 - £69,103 per annum

As we begin to implement our new structure, we have an exciting leadership opportunity as the head of our new operations service. Apply for this job

Derbyshire County Council