WASTE

Councils still wrestling with procurement waste problems

By Jamie Hailstone | 25 May 2016

Failure to introduce best practice around procurement is costing local authorities hundreds of mi...

ECONOMIC GROWTH

The dog that's yet to bark in the EU debate

By Michael Burton | 25 February 2016

Local government has a key role in the EU, enacting 70% of its legislation, and yet has barely fe...

FINANCE

Nottingham's streetwise winner

By Michael Burton | 22 December 2015

Nottingham City Council’s commercial and neighbourhood services won Best Council Services Team ca...

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE

Should Birmingham be broken up?

By Heather Jameson | 20 November 2015

Heather Jameson examines calls for Birmingham City Council to be shrunk into 10 smaller local aut...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Glasgow bin lorry crash driver resigns before disciplinary

By Thomas Bridge | 02 November 2015

The driver of a bin lorry that crashed into pedestrians in Glasgow last year, killing six people,...

BUSINESS

Council fights to keep waste contract details confidential

By Jamie Hailstone | 20 October 2015

Gloucestershire CC has warned a ruling forcing it to publish details of a £500m incinerator contr...

FINANCE

Council trials Britain's first monthly bin collection

By Thomas Bridge | 24 September 2015

A council has become the first in Britain to trial monthly bin collections, despite historic gove...

BUSINESS

Waste service expansion

22 September 2015

A £50,000 Rural Development Fund grant from East Lindsey DC has allowed Greenaway Green Waste Ser...

WASTE

White Van Man on . . . combined authorities

10 September 2015

Don’t ask me for the name of my local council, or what it does or what it’s for, or how it spends...

FINANCE

E.T. comes home

10 September 2015

As everyone gears up for the proverbial elephant in the room that is the forthcoming Spending Rev...

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Commissioning Manager - Design Services

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Mansfield District Council

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Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council

frederica-diamanta

Commissioning Manager - Design Services

£53,691 - £55,886 per annum (pay award pending)

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Commissioning Manager (Design Services) to join our dynamic team. Apply for this job

Mansfield District Council

Director of Housing

Up to £103,966

Salford is a city that leads with purpose, where pride runs deep and people always come first. Apply for this job

Salford City Council

Corporate Director of Wellbeing

£153k (pay award pending)

This is a career-defining opportunity to lead one of the most critical and wide-reaching roles at BCP Council Apply for this job

Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council