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IMPROVEMENT

'Ambitious plans' rest on better engagement

By Dan Peters | 22 May 2019

North Lanarkshire Council needs to better involve and engage with residents and staff to achieve ...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Delay to Northamptonshire reorganisation welcomed

By Dan Peters | 14 May 2019

Council leaders have welcomed the year-long delay to plans to create two new unitaries in Northam...

MANAGEMENT

Do no evil 

By Blair McPherson | 14 May 2019

Defining integrity is easy, says Blair Mcpherson. The difficult part is applying it in a complex ...

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ASSOCIATION

Senior officer capacity call

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2019

Stroud DC should expand its senior officer capacity as soon as it can to help chief executive Kat...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Elvery: Improving children's outcomes is top priority after Ofsted blow

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2019

West Sussex CC’s boss Nathan Elvery has said improving outcomes for the most vulnerable children ...

WHITEHALL

EXCLUSIVE: Fight for oversight

By EXCLUSIVE by Heather Jameson | 09 May 2019

Brokenshire moves to impose fresh conditions on ‘top slice’ cash

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Inspectors criticise council's pace of improvement

By Dan Peters | 08 May 2019

The overall pace of improvement in Reading Council’s children’s services has ‘not been sufficient...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Making progress in Powys

By Dan Peters | 16 April 2019

An inspection revealing child protection processes at Powys CC were not good enough came as a ‘h...

FINANCE

Doubts over new taxes to fund Commonwealth Games

By Martin Ford | 15 April 2019

New forms of tax are unlikely to fill a £40m hole in funding for the Commonwealth Games budget, c...

FINANCE

Travelling on the long road to improvement

By Heather Jameson | 09 April 2019

After the big developments of the past week – with the improvement team finishing its interventio...

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frederica-diamanta

Head of Democratic Services, Elections & Monitoring Officer

Grade 12 £67,236 – £71,223 plus £3000pa Statutory Officer Allowance

Premium jobWe are looking for an accomplished and proactive leader for our vacant post of Head of Democratic Services & Elections Apply for this job

Harborough District Council

Strategic Director, Corporate Services

c£162,000 per annum, more for an exceptional candidate

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC

Director of Human Resources

£119,466 - £131,207

Bradford is at an extraordinary moment of transformation Apply for this job

City of Bradford MDC