Local Authority Governance professional of the future – your views welcomed

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I have just launched a consultation process both within and outside ADSO on the ‘Local Authority Governance professional of the future’. Please see

here for the discussion paper

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. It’s important that we identify the skills and knowledge required by governance staff in local councils in the years to come and look at how ADSO can provide the necessary training and support. So please read the paper and let us have your views. We are also involving partner organisations in the process to get an external perspective. This includes Lawyers in Local Government. Society of Local Council Clerks, Association of Electoral Administrators and the Centre for Public Scrutiny. Please don’t leave it to others to shape the future – have your say on this very important issue.

The IIMC Brussels Symposium took place this week and ADSO was well represented. We sponsored 10 members and I know that they did ADSO proud. I suspect a few glasses of the renowned Belgian beer was consumed in the process. Wayne our Director of Comms will be reporting back in the coming weeks.

Do you want to be professionally qualified? If so, places are now available on the new ADSO diploma. Our qualifications are increasingly being recognised by local authorities and having the diploma on your CV will not only increase your knowledge and skills but will also enhance your career prospects. Details are on the website and please contact Sue Keogh if you are interested (sue.keogh@adso.co.uk).

Conference bookings are going really well and the rooms at the Hilton are running out. Book your place before it’s too late.

One response to “Local Authority Governance professional of the future – your views welcomed”

  1. Wayne
    In relation to the invitation to submit views on the ‘LA Governance professional of the future’, some of the skills I’m finding are increasingly required include :
    – technological competence to use webcasting systems
    – networking skills to maintain liaison with authors and other responsible professionals when there is increasingly fast turnover of staff and use of short-term interims and consultants, along with the need to liaise with colleagues in externalised services and services shared with other authorities
    – maintaining core governance standards when coordinating decision-making between increasingly fragmented structures including shared services, arms-length organisations and Council-owned trading companies – often with different cultures from those of the LA.
    – the interface with the governance of commissioning of services

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