Sector targets Gen Z to tackle workforce crisis
WORKFORCE

Sector targets Gen Z to tackle workforce crisis

By Dan Peters | 23 January 2025

Councils are focusing on hiring young skilled workers to solve their recruitment and retention problems and to ‘futureproof’ themselves against long term challenges finding staff.

WORKFORCE

View from the Hill

By Greg Hayes | 22 January 2025

Greg Hayes explains how a focus on people can help councils navigate the upheavals of reorganisa...

WORKFORCE

The council capacity conundrum

By Jason Wheatley | 22 January 2025

Ben Cox and Jason Wheatley ponder on some of the staffing, skills and capacity issues beginning t...

WORKFORCE

The opportunity of uncertainty

By Anthony Lewis | 22 January 2025

Local government reorganisation is a test for personal and organisational resilience, argues Anth...

WORKFORCE

Is there a gorilla in our midst?

By Jonathan Werran | 22 January 2025

Jonathan Werran argues that existing local government staffing and resourcing could struggle to d...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Building a brighter future for our children

By Andy Smith | 16 January 2025

Child poverty, a sector wide recruitment and retention crisis, and a ‘broken’ SEND system could f...

HR

HR must prepare for devolution discussions today

By Pam Parkes | 16 January 2025

HR must start planning to ensure it has the strategic OD and workforce capacity to deliver devolu...

ADULT SOCIAL CARE

Maximising the impact of the Government's investment in care technology

By Robert Turnbull | 15 January 2025

The Government's plans for investment in care technology are a good start but we need to address ...

RECRUITMENT

Peaks and troughs – a year in recruitment

By Kate Wilson | 18 December 2024

Kate Wilson looks back at the past 12 months and identifies the recruitment trends that have defi...

WORKFORCE

Violence against staff: No easy answers

By Claire Kober | 17 December 2024

A robust risk management approach to dealing with violence against frontline staff is essential, ...

POLICY AND POLITICS

Prezza, Angela and beauty in the eye of the beholder

By Sir Bob Neill | 17 December 2024

Sir Bob Neill looks at what the deputy prime minister can learn from her political predecessor.

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Law Procurement & Information Governance

Management Grade 3 - £87,330 - £95,268 per annum

We are seeking a new Head of Law Procurement & Information Governance to lead on the provision of legal services to our five local authorities... Apply for this job

South London Legal Partnership

Community Facilities Manager

£61,879.00 - £65,320.00 per annum

Crawley Borough Council are looking to appoint an experienced Facilities Manager... Apply for this job

Crawley Borough Council

Health and Adult Services Head of Practice / Principal Social Worker

£67,081 to £75,599

We believe this is an unrivalled career opportunity for an ambitious and experienced leader at a pivotal point in our history. Apply for this job

North Yorkshire Council