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Lessons from private and public sector leadership crossover
LEADERSHIP

Lessons from private and public sector leadership crossover

By Jes Ladva | 04 November 2025

Ensuring a leadership flow between the private and public sectors is one way to maximise the value of talent. Odgers recently held a round table with The MJ bringing together local authority chief ...

REORGANISATION

Reorganisation contracts reach £3.4m

By Martin Ford | 04 September 2025

Councils have awarded contracts worth £3.4m since the start of the year as part of local governme...

PRIVATE SECTOR

Jones: Private sector to examine Whitehall efficiency

13 January 2025

Private sector ‘experts’ could be drafted into the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Gov...

SEND

Bumper profits for SEN private providers

By Paul Marinko | 02 January 2025

Revenue at privately-run special schools has reportedly soared as councils continue to battle to ...

RECRUITMENT

How to partner with the right recruiter

By Philip Foster | 04 June 2024

Philip Foster offers some practical advice to local authorities on how to partner with the right ...

LEISURE

Procuring an Active Wellbeing Partnership

By Duncan Wood-Allum | 23 April 2024

Pivoting from traditional leisure services to focusing on active wellbeing can help build the lon...

LEGAL

Future Forum: Call for councils to be 'brave' in contract negotiations

By Paul Marinko | 21 March 2024

Councils need to be ‘braver’ and ‘bolder’ in their conversations with private service providers, ...

PLANNING

Commission proposes plan for private sector to unblock planning system

By Paul Marinko | 29 February 2024

A report has called for the private sector to invest in a ‘pipeline fund’ aimed at clearing the p...

LEISURE

Preparing for procuring a new leisure partnership – key learning

31 January 2024

Leading consultancy SLC shares insights from recent successful leisure services procurement exerc...

PEOPLE

Penna announces new managing director

By Martin Ford | 24 November 2023

Kathryn Kempster will take the reins from Julie Towers, who will step down as managing director n...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

Saying goodbye to Local Enterprise Partnerships

By Abdool Kara | 26 August 2023

As we prepare to scrap Local Enterprise Partnerships, Abdool Kara asks what will we do next to dr...

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Talent Acquisition Lead (Manger)

Band I SCP 44-47 (£55,609 - £59,025 per annum)

Ready to shape the future of talent acquisition in local government and make a real impact? Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council

Principal Lawyer - Children and/or Adult Safeguarding

£51,356 - £56,494

Do you want to make a difference to local people? Apply for this job

Kirklees Metropolitan Council

Industrial Relations and HR Policy Manager

£54,495 - £57,864

What You’ll Do This is a unique opportunity to step into a strategic role at the heart of industrial relations. As Industrial Relations & HR Polic... Apply for this job

Oxfordshire County Council