Change: Maximising the chances of success
REORGANISATION

Change: Maximising the chances of success

By Graeme McDonald | 15 April 2025

Your employees and the culture you create with them will decide if change is a success or failure, says Graeme McDonald.

FINANCE

A chance to step back and reflect on funding reform

By Jon Rowney | 04 April 2025

The sector needs a way of raising concerns when funding settlements are out of step with its purp...

PERFORMANCE

St Helens peer challenge expected to conclude council has 'transformed'

By Ann McGauran | 01 April 2025

St Helens MBC’s corporate peer challenge is expected to conclude the council has been ‘transforme...

GOVERNANCE

Birmingham's post Oracle scrutiny portal 'should help to better understand risks'

By Ann McGauran | 20 March 2025

A new online information site for scrutiny teams at Birmingham City Council should lead to a bett...

FINANCE

Could greater acceptance of risk be what the public sector needs?

By Iain Murray | 04 March 2025

An environment in which courage and empowerment to take risk is matched with the transparency and...

EMERGENCY PLANNING

The success of Martyn's Law hinges on collective efforts

By Nathan Emmerich | 03 February 2025

Nathan Emmerich explains Martyn’s Law’s two-tiered system of requirements for venues to ensure th...

WORKFORCE

Violence against staff: No easy answers

By Claire Kober | 17 December 2024

A robust risk management approach to dealing with violence against frontline staff is essential, ...

DATA

Harnessing AI's full potential

By Joanna Bouloux | 17 December 2024

Councils are increasingly using AI, and while there are many risks this should not deter them fro...

FINANCE

Balancing the golden triangle

By By Adele Taylor | 23 October 2024

Adele Taylor says: 'We need to ensure we are investing at the right level to gain the financial c...

FINANCE

The art of squeezing better benefits from annual accounts

By Jonathan Flowers | 20 August 2024

Jonathan Flowers sets out the three things annual accounts need to provide assurance on, and says...

AI

AI – progress to a local government future

By Paul Marinko | 16 July 2024

Following a discussion last year on what AI promised for the councils of the future, The MJ and P...

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Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council

frederica-diamanta

Team Manager - Locality

£55,979.00, Grade 13

Wakefield Children’s Services have been rated by Ofsted as GOOD with outstanding leadership. Apply for this job

Wakefield Council

Executive Director – Adult Social Care, Health & Wellbeing

£131,208 (Hay 1)

Lead with Purpose. Build on Excellence. Shape the Future of Health and Wellbeing in Sefton. Apply for this job

Sefton Borough Council

Strategic Finance Business Partners (five roles)

up to £80k

Nottingham is a bold, vibrant, and exciting Core City at the heart of the UK, alive with potential and ambition. Apply for this job

Nottingham City Council