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HUMAN RESOURCES

Councillor-officer relations coming under pressure

By Martin Ford | 20 December 2023

Relations between councillors and officers are being tested by the increasing financial pressures...

REORGANISATION

Councils moved through crisis with warmth and grace

By Mo Baines | 08 November 2023

Local government’s regulatory decision-making framework may often be perceived by those outside o...

SAFETY

It is time for local government to call out unworkable pseudo-market systems

By Mo Baines | 13 September 2023

Writing on the RAAC debacle, Mo Baines says not so long ago the public estate was managed by loca...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Offering a toolkit for levelling up

By Mo Baines | 10 July 2023

A new report from APSE offers some stark findings on levelling up - and some solutions, says Mo B...

PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

Evidence on the need to re-set the system continues to pile up

By Arianna Giovannini | 04 July 2023

This is the core of the centre’s problem: its lack of understanding of the huge untapped potentia...

BUSINESS

Is it time for insourcing by default?

By Mo Baines | 13 June 2023

Is it time for a new era of public service value? Mo Baines looks at the value of insourcing and ...

ELECTIONS

Officers' skills will be tested post-elections

By Mo Baines | 16 May 2023

Mo Baines says 'as most horse-trading nears to an end, in those councils left with no overall con...

SOCIAL CARE

Retention – a top priority for the sector

By Steve Wilson | 02 May 2023

Commercial director of Commercial Services Group Steve Wilson looks at the capacity issues facing...

DATA

Oflog is likely to keep meeting serious opposition

By Mo Baines | 21 March 2023

The fear within the Oflog proposals is that this will become just another box-ticking exercise - ...

BUSINESS

Give councils the core role in local public accounts committees

By Mo Baines | 25 January 2023

If the aims of the Public Procurement Bill are to become a reality, isn't it time to give local ...

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frederica-diamanta

Executive Director, Place and Customer

up to £179,404 per annum

Shape the Future of Essex. Drive climate action. Deliver for our communities.Essex is on the government's Priority Programme for Local Government Ref Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Practice Leader - Leaving Care Service

PO6 - £54,267 to £57,402

Our Leaving Care Service is fully established and operates within a lively and thriving workplace Apply for this job

Royal Borough of Greenwich

Houses in Multiple Occupation Team Leader

PO6 - £54,267 to £57,402

Are you passionate about making homes safer and better for people? Apply for this job

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