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FINANCE
Auditor blames backlog on staff 'capacity'
By Martin Ford | 01 February 2022
External auditors have blamed ‘staff capacity’ at Isle of Anglesey CC for a three-year backlog of...
FINANCE
'Roaring Twenties' could end up as a whimper
By Paul O’Brien | 01 February 2022
'As with the 1920s, today's economic and political landscape is strewn with messy public policy i...
REORGANISATION
We all need a steady and clear programme for the unitary journey
By Lawrence Conway | 01 February 2022
South Lakeland DC will be abolished and its functions transferred to one of Cumbria's two new uni...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Celebrating those helping to keep us safe
By Cllr Richard Roberts | 01 February 2022
Hertfordshire is proposing to use the adult care precept to increase pay for those working in car...
FINANCE
Staff shortages 'clear and present danger'
By Martin Ford | 31 January 2022
The extent of widespread workforce disruption has been discussed by senior members of the Local G...
FINANCE
Blaenau Gwent receives damning report in public interest
By Martin Ford | 28 January 2022
Auditors said oversight of the council's waste company was ‘inadequate’ for more than a decade.
HUMAN RESOURCES
The year of the candidate
By Ben Cox | 26 January 2022
Ben Cox shares Penna’s data and insights on the executive talent market in 2021, and looks at wha...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Supporting staff through crises
By David Bibby | 26 January 2022
David Bibby explains how leisure and cultural centre provider Everyone Active has been working wi...
WHITEHALL
Reasons for director's dismissal emerge
By Mark Conrad | 24 January 2022
A former rising star at South Somerset DC was dismissed after allegedly using furloughed council ...
HUMAN RESOURCES
Hello 2022
By Neil Lupin | 19 January 2022
Neil Lupin takes a look at what this year brings for the sector, and assesses the immediate futur...
Chief Executive
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- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
- Rayner orders review of local government reorganisation
- The local government reorganisation reset changes the recruitment brief
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
Chief Executive
£205,749 to £224,986
Premium jobNorth Yorkshire Council is seeking an exceptional leader to become our next Chief Executive. Apply for this job
Chief Executive
£competitive
We are looking for an exceptional senior leader with a strong record of leading change Apply for this job
Assistant Director Finance & Governance and Deputy Section 151 Officer
up to £121,526 + a monthly car allowance of £200 per month + fringe allowance of £753 per annum
You will lead a broad and influential portfolio including finance, revenues and benefits, procurement, audit, risk, insurance and corporate fraud. Apply for this job
- More grief ahead as reorganisation is plunged into chaos
- Rayner orders review of local government reorganisation
- The local government reorganisation reset changes the recruitment brief
- Future Forum Midlands: Civil servants dismiss timetable speculation for LGR review
- Future Forum Midlands: Two councils using agentic AI for citizen contact
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