Reforming and transforming
REORGANISATION

Reforming and transforming

By Heather Jameson | 24 April 2025

As councils rush towards reorganisation, what are the lessons from past redesigns? Heather Jameson reports from a webinar hosted by Penna, CIPFA and The MJ – and Dorset Council and Bournemouth, Ch...

RECRUITMENT

AI is here: what do we do with it?

By Kate Wilson | 24 April 2025

Kate Wilson offers some recent experiences to assess the current value of AI in recruitment – and...

PAY

Pay offer for council employees announced

By Martin Ford | 23 April 2025

National Employers have made an offer of a 3.2% pay increase for council employees from 1 April 2...

WORKFORCE

GMB: Local government workforce cut by 600,000

By William Eichler | 22 April 2025

Local authorities across England and Wales have lost almost 600,000 members of staff since 2012, ...

RECRUITMENT

The benefits of investing in leadership

By Steve Wilson | 17 April 2025

Steve Wilson discusses the state of leadership development within the sector and highlights the n...

RECRUITMENT

Culture eats governance for breakfast

By Rachael Morris | 17 April 2025

Are we just paying lip service to good governance? The culture of an organisation needs to suppor...

PAY

Union announces strike ballot over pay

By Martin Ford | 16 April 2025

Scottish council workers are to be balloted over strike action in response to what a union has de...

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...

WASTE

Striking Brum bin workers reject pay offer

By William Eichler | 15 April 2025

Refuse collection workers in Birmingham have rejected the city council’s latest pay offer in the ...

INDUSTRIAL ACTION

Military planners sent to Brum amid bin strikes

By William Eichler | 14 April 2025

Military planners have been called in to help tackle the backlog of rubbish in Birmingham that ha...

FINANCE

Scottish councils reject shared service proposal

By Martin Ford | 10 April 2025

Three councils in Scotland have rejected a shared service proposal after concluding it would not ...

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Assistant Director of Place Operations

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Bury Council

Head of Community Safety and Prevention (1-year Fixed-Term)

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MOPAC

Public Health Principal - Health Inequalities and Healthy Life Expectancy

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North East Lincolnshire Council

frederica-diamanta

Assistant Director of Place Operations

to £115,452

Bury is a proud and prosperous borough Apply for this job

Bury Council

Head of Community Safety and Prevention (1-year Fixed-Term)

£77,325.00 - £86,802.00 per annum

Do you have a passion for supporting communities? Apply for this job

MOPAC

Public Health Principal - Health Inequalities and Healthy Life Expectancy

LGE01 - £56,215

Do you have a passion for improving health outcomes for local people? Apply for this job

North East Lincolnshire Council