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UNIONS

Union demands talks over equal pay claims

By Dan Peters | 10 June 2024

A trade union has today written to Brighton & Hove City Council requesting talks as the authority...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Council workers' incomes 'cut to the bone,' warns union

By William Eichler | 29 May 2024

Unite has recommended its members reject the latest local government pay offer for England, Wales...

PAY

Recruitment needs a radical rethink

By Sarah Longlands | 28 May 2024

A new approach matching people from disadvantaged communities with careers is bearing fruit in Bi...

WHITEHALL

General Election: Pay transparency legislation falls

By Martin Ford | 28 May 2024

Key council-related legislation – including fresh transparency over senior pay – failed to make i...

PAY

Union recommends pay offer rejection

By Dan Peters | 23 May 2024

Trade union Unison has today recommended council staff in England, Wales and Northern Ireland rej...

FINANCE

Will the lights go out locally?

17 May 2024

Max Mosley examines the perfect storm that destroyed local government finances and looks at what ...

PAY

Chiefs offered 2.5% pay increase

By Dan Peters | 16 May 2024

Local government employers have proposed a 2.5% pay rise to council chief executives and senior o...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Oracle project costs soar from £3m to £40m

By Martin Ford | 09 May 2024

The budget for replacing an IT system with Oracle has ballooned from £2.6m to almost £40m, counci...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Wages below 2008 levels in two-thirds of council areas

By William Eichler | 29 April 2024

Real wages are still below 2008 levels in nearly two-thirds of UK local authority areas, TUC anal...

FINANCE

'No appetite' for Scottish equal pay unit

By Mark Conrad | 23 April 2024

Scottish Government ministers are unlikely to establish a national equal pay unit despite calls f...

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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