We aim to map the various elements that provide assurance of the performance of local government and to demonstrate how they all fit together. We hope that this framework will be useful both for councils and the public.
The National Employers have made a full and final offer to the Officers’ Side in response to the Officers’ Side’s pay and conditions claim for 2022 and a final pay offer for 2023.
The 'continuous improvement' element of the local government chief executive role involves learning and curiosity, innovation, service re-design, digital and artifiical intelligence, performance, impact and results.
The 'public ethics' element of the local government chief executive role involves ethical principles, ethical cultures, fairness, services, practices and dealing with violations.
The 'resource management' element of the local government chief executive role involves budgeting, savings, investment, asset management, financial risk and prudence.
The 'managerial leadership' element of the local government chief executive role involves leadership, direction, culture, risk, control and safeguarding, teamwork and collaboration.
The 'good governance' element of the local government chief executive role involves unified powers, being reasoned and reasonable, openness, advice, independence and citizenship.
The 'politics and the political interface' element of the local government chief executive role involves impartiality, guiding, politics, political parties, tiers of government, interface and overlaps.
The 'core' element of the local government chief executive role involves coordination, management, staffing, advising the council, elections and dealing with emergencies.
