WHITEHALL

Call for ethical standards in outsourced services

By Dan Peters | 10 May 2018

The independent Committee on Standards in Public Life has criticised the lack of ‘real progress’ ...

WHITEHALL

Brokenshire announces Northamptonshire commissioners

By Mark Conrad | 09 May 2018

New local government secretary James Brokenshire has announced the two commissioners appointed to...

WHITEHALL

Northants to have improvement board

By Mark Conrad | 02 May 2018

Northamptonshire CC will establish an improvement board that will work closely with government co...

IMPROVEMENT

Getting back to benchmarking

01 May 2018

Claire Kober says understanding performance in both absolute and relative terms is really importa...

FINANCE

Improvement cash to help boost resilience

By Dan Peters | 01 May 2018

Improvement cash will be used by the sector to help councils protect their financial resilience.

HEALTH

Future Forum: Councils must heed auditor warnings

By Mark Conrad | 27 April 2018

Local government could make the same compelling case for fresh Whitehall cash as the health secto...

LEGAL

Council chief welcomes 'misleading' judgement

By Dan Peters | 25 April 2018

Tower Hamlets LBC’s chief executive has welcomed a judgement that found a Times article about a f...

COUNCILLORS

Raising the standard

By Graeme McDonald | 25 April 2018

Graeme McDonald questions whether more needs to be done to promote standards and good conduct in ...

WHITEHALL

Minister defends voter ID trial

By Mark Conrad | 24 April 2018

Cabinet Office minister Chloe Smith this week defended Government plans to trial new voter ID sys...

HUMOUR

Wanna hook up?

23 April 2018

Council press teams are used to being reactive on Twitter, but how would your local authority res...

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Service Director Infrastructure and Major Projects

Up to £103,000 per annum

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for driving infrastructure major projects to success? Apply for this job

Buckinghamshire Council

Assistant Director for Safeguarding

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Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

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Thurrock Borough Council

frederica-diamanta

Service Director Infrastructure and Major Projects

Up to £103,000 per annum

Are you a visionary leader with a passion for driving infrastructure major projects to success? Apply for this job

Buckinghamshire Council

Assistant Director for Safeguarding

£108,258

Recognised for our innovation and investment, this is a fantastic opportunity to join our leadership team Apply for this job

Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council

Director of Children’s Social Care and Early Help

Salary: £108,312 - £125,565

At Thurrock we take a whole council approach to improving the lives of our children and young people, placing them at the heart of all that we do Apply for this job

Thurrock Borough Council