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INNOVATION

Collaboration: a look at the flipside

By Greg Hayes | 06 September 2023

To foster the innovation required, leaders must strike the right balance between collaboration an...

RECRUITMENT

Addressing the great local government recruitment crisis

By George Agyemang | 15 August 2023

Penna’s George Agyemang and Halton BC chief executive Stephen Young look at the current state of ...

RECRUITMENT

Good interim managers provide immediate stability

By Matt Jones | 08 August 2023

Senior consultant at Penna Matt Jones says knowing why you need an interim, what they will achiev...

BUSINESS

Capita chief to stand down

By Heather Jameson | 01 August 2023

Capita chief executive Jon Lewis will step down at the end of the year in the wake of two serious...

RECRUITMENT

The Government's review of public sector productivity comes with risks

By Roger Russell | 26 July 2023

The Government has ordered a review of public sector productivity. Penna's Roger Russell says tha...

CLIMATE CHANGE

Zeroing in on achieving net zero

By Justin Galliford | 10 July 2023

Justin Galliford is concerned that net zero has been underestimated

PAY

It's not all about the money…

By Martin Tucker | 04 July 2023

Sometimes it feels as if we are fishing in an ever-diminishing pool of local government talent, s...

HUMAN RESOURCES

Embedding EDI cultures holistically

By Amin Aziz and Sapna Sharma | 27 June 2023

We must move away from equality, diversity and inclusion feeling like a tick-box exercise and foc...

SOCIAL CARE

Find and hire care workers online in hours

27 June 2023

Curam is a tech platform connecting Direct Payment recipients with self-employed PAs, and it is t...

RECRUITMENT

Taking Pride of (work)place

By Zeynep Livatyali-Esen | 20 June 2023

Advancing LGBTQIA+ equality and inclusion in local government is an important step if we are to s...

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frederica-diamanta

Chief Executive

up to £165,000

Premium jobEbbsfleet is one of the UK’s most ambitious regeneration projects, a 21st-century Garden City Apply for this job

Ebbsfleet Development Corporation

Assistant Director Strategy & Community Regeneration

£100,592 - £106,591 per annum

Premium jobNewcastle is a city fast gaining a reputation for its innovation and progress. Apply for this job

Newcastle City Council

Service Manager – Commercial Development

Up to £57,800 plus relocation package up to £8,000

We have two exciting opportunities to join our forward-thinking team. Apply for this job

Ashfield District Council