Lead Adviser

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Job description

The roles

We are looking for two Lead Advisers to join the Workforce team to provide support to the Senior Advisers and to deliver our support offers to councils and other clients. These roles will be at the forefront of delivering specific projects and would work across the three main areas of the team: commercial and grant funded support, policy and collective bargaining. Experience of the key sectors in which the LGA works would be an advantage and an understanding of employment law, HR practice or project management is central to these positions.

While the LGA is based in Westminster, many of the workforce team are based at home, travelling for the role as necessary.

The requirements

• Knowledge of the sectors with which the LGA works is key as is experience of stakeholder management and positive working with commercial clients and the civil service
• Detailed understanding of (and experience of working in) one or more of:
  • employment law
  • industrial relations
  • HR/OD delivery
• Experience of working within local government/Fire and Rescue Services/Trade Unions

Line management experience and budget management skills

To apply

If you would like to be considered for the role, please complete the online form and include a supporting statement detailing how you meet the criteria of the role before the closing date.

Before applying for any internal vacancy, LGA employees should discuss the opportunity with their current line manager.

Closing Date: 5pm, 25 October 2024.

Interview Date: 4, 6 and 7 November 2024.

As a Disability Confident Leader, the LGA values diversity and encourages applications from all sections of the community

About us
The LGA is the national voice of local government. We work with councils to support, promote and improve local government.

We are a politically led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We aim to influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils, so they are able to deliver local solutions to national problems. The LGA provides a range of practical support to enable councils to exploit the opportunities that 'sector-led improvement' provides. There has never been a more exciting time to work for us.

The Workforce Team delivers direct guidance and support to councils, schools, fire authorities and other organisations on a wide range of matters pertaining to the two million employees in the sector as well as representing the employers in more than a dozen national collective bargaining frameworks. We also generate income through bespoke commercial/consultancy activity and engage in policy and lobbying work on behalf of LGA members on workforce matters such as workforce capacity, funding, equality and diversity, social care reform and employment law.

To find out more information about what it's like to work at the LGA, please visit and for information on Equality and Diversity at the LGA, please visit

You must have the right to work in the UK, the LGA are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage.

At the LGA we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit. The LGA are proud to be awarded a "Disability Confident Leader". If you are require an reasonable adjustment, which is a change to the format or conditions of the recruitment process to accommodate any disability-related needs you may have. Please contact us via

Our benefits:

• LGA annual leave entitlement is 29 days, rising to 31 days after three years' service and to 33 days after five years' service, plus all UK public holidays (pro rata for fixed term and part time contracts).
• Flexible & agile working - office-based staff are required to work in the LGA's London office two days per week as a minimum, subject to business need and this may vary significantly between different roles and from week to week.
• Future development - face-to-face and virtual courses are scheduled in line with developmental goals
• The LGA offers 24/7 access to a free, confidential employee assistance programme managed by Health Assured. This service is also available for Dependants.
• Family friendly policies
• Eligibility for the Local Government Pension Scheme in the list of benefits
• Pay award pending

For more of LGA's benefits and working with us, please view our webpage

Our values & behaviours

Our Values and Behaviours are there to give us an understanding of who we are as an organisation and who we want to be. They are a framework to help us understand:

• how we work with each other
• how we work with our members and stakeholders
• our expectations for ourselves and each other

Our values are:

• Inclusive - We ensure that our work is inclusive of all voices.
• Ambitious - We are ambitious for councils and their communities and are committed to striving for excellence in all that we do to support our colleagues, our membership and the sector to deliver the best possible outcomes.
• Collaborative - We bring together the expertise and skills needed, working as one team.

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