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BUSINESS

Executives' big bonuses give ALEOs bad reputation

By Mark Whitehead | 02 June 2016

Arm’s-length bodies created by councils in Scotland have been warned over the size of salaries an...

HUMOUR

Call of the wild

25 May 2016

As Dr Doolittle should have asked, has local government ever bored a wild boar, chatted to a croc...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Hopkins to head new council company

25 May 2016

Sunderland City Council has appointed Alex Hopkins as chief executive of a new company being esta...

PLANNING

Queen's Speech 2016: MPs to reassert power over peers

By Dan Peters | 18 May 2016

The power of MPs in the House of Commons could be strengthened under plans announced in today’s Q...

CHILDREN'S SERVICES

Meeting will report on Edinburgh's PPP schools 'building scandal'

By Dan Peters | 11 May 2016

An urgent update report on Edinburgh City Council’s public private partnership (PPP) school build...

FINANCE

Payments to supervise elections rapped

By Jamie Hailstone | 04 May 2016

Scottish chief executives have admitted the current system of payments for overseeing elections i...

CHIEF EXECUTIVES

Council chief to retire

04 May 2016

Inverclyde Council chief executive John Mundell is to retire later this year after a decade at th...

WHITEHALL

Call for taskforce to tackle crisis-hit Scots authorities

By Dan Peters | 04 May 2016

A taskforce could be launched to grapple with the financial situation facing Scotland’s in-crisis...

LEGAL

Council rapped over lack of training

By Dan Peters | 29 April 2016

A Scottish council has been rapped by a regulator for repeatedly failing to train staff around da...

WHITEHALL

PPP councils should 're-examine contracts'

By Dan Peters | 18 April 2016

Local authorities tied into Public Private Partnerships (PPP) should re-examine their contracts a...

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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

Chief Executive and Head of Paid Service

£Competitive

Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority (HEYCA) represents a bold new chapter in the region’s history. Apply for this job

Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority

Finance Business Partner – Housing & HRA

Band I, SCP 44 - 47 (£53,885 - £57,195) per annum

If so, we are looking to recruit a Finance Business Partner who will report to the Head of Business Partnering for this area. Apply for this job

Sandwell Metropolitan Borough Council