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LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Standards bearers

By Heather Jameson | 30 January 2019

The local standards regime for councils has faced allegations that it is insufficiently robust. W...

MANAGEMENT

A council's culture eats its strategies for breakfast, dinner and tea

By Donna Hall | 29 January 2019

Rip up all those wordy strategies that hardly anyone even reads. They just don’t work, says Donna...

CORE CITIES

When it comes to our cities there are reasons to be cheerful

By Cllr Judith Blake | 16 January 2019

There is little doubt that 2019 will be an historic and turbulent year, but there are some great ...

CULTURE

Cambridge brings service in-house from struggling charity

By Martin Ford | 24 December 2018

Cambridge City Council is to bring its cultural events service back in-house, after the charity C...

DEPARTMENT FOR LEVELLING UP, HOUSING AND COMMUNITIES

Empowerment is a team effort

By Linzi Roberts-Egan | 12 December 2018

As the first London Borough of Culture, and one of five integration pilot areas, Waltham Forest L...

WHITEHALL

Scrutiny can reduce Government intervention risk - Kerslake

By Dan Peters | 04 December 2018

Rishi Sunak has called for scrutiny to receive a ‘strong commitment from the top’ of councils ami...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

'New beginning' for Bristol after 'significant void'

By Dan Peters | 09 November 2018

Bristol City Council (BCC) ‘lost a year’ due to inertia caused by a lack of officer leadership, L...

CULTURE

Who do you think you are?

07 November 2018

Never mind the Budget, the hot news was the Spice Girls reunion tour. Which got Diary thinking…

CULTURE

A bit of northern flavour

07 November 2018

Diary applauds Channel 4’s plan to move its HQ to Leeds, which has been welcomed warmly by many i...

CULTURE

When Waltham Forest joined the culture club

By Cllr Clare Coghill | 29 May 2018

Waltham Forest has been named as the first-ever London Borough of Culture for 2019, an accolade w...

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Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

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Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

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Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

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Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Corporate Director – Adults & Health

£176,061 – £196,002

Lead Change. Shape Lives. Be Part of Something New. Apply for this job

Newham London Borough Council

Assistant Director, People

£89,116 - £104,843 per annum

Experience the best of both worlds with our flexible hybrid working arrangements. Apply for this job

Essex County Council

Executive Director (Children’s Services)

up to £137,831

Are you an experienced and inspirational leader of Children’s Services? Apply for this job

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council