We are seeking up to three Senior Regional Advisers to work across three different geographical regions (North West, West Midlands and East of England). These posts are great opportunities for candidates who are passionate and knowledgeable about local government and want to be personally involved in supporting improvement in councils at a time of significant change, challenge and opportunitiy in the sector and at the LGA.

Working closely with the respective Principal Advisers and other regional colleagues, as Senior Regional Adviser you will act as a key interface between the LGA and local authorities. You will need to be on the front foot, developing and maintaining relationships, partnerships and networks across the regions, and designing and delivering leadership and practical improvement support in councils. This work will include providing high quality scoping and diagnostic work to develop appropriate solutions and interventions for local authorities, and delivering or commissioning peer reviews and peer support to increase efficiency, build capacity and support improvement in local authorities.

You will also be a key building block in our multi disciplinary way of working across the LGA, ensuring that the learning and knowledge you gain from working with our councils is used to great effect not only for our improvement work, but equally to inform our policy development and lobbying work as well.

Your success will be determined by your ability to understand and respond to the highly challenging, politically sensitive and high-profile local government environment in order to manage complexities and risk, and successfully maintain a positive reputation for the LGA with its member authorities.

About you

• You have a comprehensive understanding of the issues facing local government and the wider public sector

•You have experience of working at a senior, strategic level in local government and can show evidence of being confident and credible in working with leading members, chief executives and senior officers

•You will be able to hit the ground running, using your abilities and experience to effectively manage and maintain relationships with individual local authorities, networks and groupings of authorities and to ensure effective delivery of projects and programmes to support sector-led improvement