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PROCUREMENT

Transforming procurement

By Karen Bradford | 18 August 2025

Karen Bradford looks at how to unlock the value of procurement as a strategic tool for local gove...

LEADERSHIP

Showing graduate recruits that they can make a real difference

By Maxine O'Mahony | 18 August 2025

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

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Back on track for families

By Jeanette Richards | 18 August 2025

When Jeanette Richards took up her executive director of children’s services’ post at Bury Counci...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

North-South should be less them and us, and more all of us

By Heather Jameson | 18 August 2025

Heather Jameson says: 'A northern office could help pop the Westminster bubble – a step that can ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Reshaping the landscape for our children

By Andy Smith | 15 August 2025

As children’s services face a series of overlapping reforms – not least local government reorgani...

FAIR FUNDING

Fix the flawed children's funding formula

By Michael McVicker | 15 August 2025

Michael McVicker explains why the proposed children’s social care funding formula is unfit for pu...

YOUTH SERVICES

The challenge for decision makers is how best to listen to young people

By Graham Duxbury | 13 August 2025

Young people are indeed entitled – entitled to a say in the decisions we make now that will shape...

REGENERATION

Regeneration can sometimes look like decline, until it doesn't

By Andrew Carter | 13 August 2025

Many local authorities are making brave decisions on high street renewal, often with limited reso...

ICBS

Why challenge can bring opportunities

By Matthew Taylor | 13 August 2025

Possibilities abound for councils to collaborate with ICBs as they undergo reform, writes Matthew...

UNIONS

The lost art of union relations

By Pam Parkes | 13 August 2025

Working with unions has changed. For councils to thrive through the coming changes, they will nee...

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Service Director Highways, Streetscene and Waste

£102,522 – £117,672 per annum

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Corporate Director - Adult Social Care and Health

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Kent County Council

Director, Frontline Services

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Cardiff Council

frederica-diamanta

Service Director Highways, Streetscene and Waste

£102,522 – £117,672 per annum

Kirklees is a place of character and contrast. Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Corporate Director - Adult Social Care and Health

£Competitive

A career-defining role with a package to match Apply for this job

Kent County Council

Director, Frontline Services

£147,524 per annum

Cardiff is a vibrant and diverse city, and one of the fastest growing cities in the UK. Apply for this job

Cardiff Council