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RECRUITMENT
South Cambridgeshire to save £750k from four-day week trial
By Andrew Vaux | 10 November 2023
A council criticised by the Government for failing to demonstrate Best Value has announced projec...
RECRUITMENT
Organisational leadership: a constantly evolving challenge
By Dawn Faulkner | 31 October 2023
With the financial need for many organisations to have streamlined senior teams – in spite of inc...
RECRUITMENT
Upskill before it's too late
By Peter Cudlip | 30 October 2023
Decisive action is needed to improve local government recruitment and retention, says Peter Cudlip.
RECRUITMENT
The modern recruiter: part coach, part athlete
By Katrina Whitby | 25 October 2023
Katrina Whitby says recruitment is a team sport – and it’s time we take a serious look at the evo...
LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION
Not for turning on the four-day week
By Cllr Bridget Smith | 23 October 2023
Leader of South Cambridgeshire DC Cllr Bridget Smith sets out why the council is not backtracking...
SOLACE
The only path out of our recruitment and retention crisis is investment in people
By Graeme McDonald | 18 October 2023
Graeme McDonald says the sector's investment in people has a way to travel to get back to the lev...
LEGAL
Local government lawyers: filling the age gaps
By Deborah Evans | 18 October 2023
Councils are struggling to recruit experienced lawyers due to the impact of historical cost cutti...
HUMAN RESOURCES
The importance of Black History Month
By Dawar Hashmi | 17 October 2023
Penna’s Dawar Hashmi offers a reflection on diversifying leadership in local government.
WHITEHALL
View from the Hill: Civil servants calling
By Greg Hayes | 11 October 2023
Director at Tile Hill Executive Recruitment, Greg Hayes, says he has seen an increasing number of...
PLANNING
Labour to tackle 'antiquated planning system'
By Martin Ford | 09 October 2023
Labour has pledged to overhaul the planning system in a bid to ease the progress of infrastructur...
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- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
Director of Education and Inclusion
£120,901
Premium jobAs we move into a new era built on the strengths and ambition of our borough, we are seeking an outstanding Director of Education... Apply for this job
Engineering Team Manager (Network Co-ordination)
£53,460 - £56,732 per annum
Premium jobWe are looking for an enthusiastic and highly driven candidate to join our Highways Asset Management team at Calderdale Council. Apply for this job
Joint Chief Planning Officer
£85,456 - £92,027
Across Torfaen and Blaenau Gwent in South Wales, our councils are doing something genuinely different. Apply for this job
- EXCLUSIVE: Ministers face legal threat as furious Sussex leaders demand answers on reorganisation delay
- Calls grow to fast-track reorganisation in Kent
- Whitehall looking to collaborate with councils on cohesion
- Corporate Peer Challenge: Going boldly on in Bristol
- LCN chair: CCN existence 'illogical'
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