Our post this week is a ‘Workforce News’ video podcast from our colleagues at the LGA and it features an interview with our President Sue Evans, who talks about the Apprenticeship Levy and it’s likely implications for councils. Phil Bundy, Senior Employment Law Advisor also talks about the legal aspects and impacts of the Levy.

To kick things off, Sarah Messenger who is the outgoing Head of Workforce at the LGA, reflects on her time in the role and the work that she has been involved with.  It’s a must watch!

As you will know, we recently joined forces with our friends at the LGA and SOLACE to put together a ebook called Walk Tall. It’s based on the brilliant research done by the University of Birmingham on the ’21st Century Public Servant and the book is full of inspiring and engaging stories written by people from around the country, who work across the public sector are proud to be called 21st Century Public Servants.

Our blog post this week is a short video which tells the story behind the book and in it we hear from  some of the contributors including Sarah Messenger from the LGA, Catherine Mangan (who conducted the research along with Catherine Needham) from the University of Birmingham, Steve Winterflood Chief Executive at South Staffordshire Council and Sue Hawkins at Stockport Council.  We hope that you enjoy the film and if you haven’t read the Ebook yet,  here’s a link.

As you will all know, we work very closely with Sarah Messenger and her workforce team at the LGA and recently Karen Grave one of our Vice President’s joined Sarah and Luann Donald in their latest video newsletter ‘Workforce News’. They discussed the challenges around recruitment in the public sector and what the 21st Century Public Servant will look like. The film also includes case studies from South Hams District Council around value -based recruitment and initiatives in the East of England to recruit and retain planners. It’s a must watch for all HR professionals!