LOCAL DEMOCRACY

Don't be an App

By Mark Rogers | 28 April 2015

We need to recognise that the scale and pace of change are conspiring unkindly to expose our buil...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Damning Ofsted reports make matters worse, claims Impower

By Heather Jameson | 27 April 2015

Ofsted reports into children’s social care cause more damage than good, according to a damning re...

PAY

Costs 'could increase' under Pickles' DIP changes

By Dan Peters | 20 April 2015

A council chief executive has criticised communities secretary Eric Pickles’ latest attack on ‘to...

FINANCE

Eastern promise?

By Max Wide | 13 April 2015

Mike Bennett and Max Wide fear too many local authorities see commissioning as a new spin on old-...

WHITEHALL

Chiefs criticise Labour's 'monolithic approach'

By Michael Burton | 09 April 2015

Labour plans to subsume local government websites into Whitehall’s Gov.uk platform have come unde...

FINANCE

Next government 'must tackle the crisis in care'

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

Council services face a hammering in next year’s spending review if the soaring costs of health a...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Current care inspection regime branded 'flawed'

By Jamie Hailstone | 31 March 2015

Three local government groups have warned the current inspection regime for the care of children ...

FINANCE

MJ Future Forum 15: Council chiefs call for inspection overhaul

By Dan Peters | 31 March 2015

Senior local government leaders have united over calls to overhaul multi-agency inspection.

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Fear and loathing in St Albans

By Mark Rogers | 30 March 2015

SOLACE president Mark Rogers relates what he heard at this year's Future Forum - and what it poss...

HUMAN RESOURCES

SOLACE: Government DIP hit 'chaotic and costly'

27 March 2015

Government measures issued this week aimed at making it easier to dismiss council chief executive...

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Carbon and Net Zero Manager

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Assistant Director of City Transport

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Assistant Director of City Sustainability

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Sheffield is not only England’s fourth largest city, but also the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

frederica-diamanta

Carbon and Net Zero Manager

£47,754 - £50,788

To lead and manage the carbon strategy for the Agent by developing a programme Apply for this job

South Wales Trunk Road Agent

Assistant Director of City Transport

£78k-£84k

Sheffield is not only England’s fourth largest city, but also the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council

Assistant Director of City Sustainability

£78k-£84k

Sheffield is not only England’s fourth largest city, but also the greenest city in the UK. Apply for this job

Sheffield City Council