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Attracting fresh and diverse talent efficiently and affordably while promoting the local government sector as a great place to work is the aim of LGtalent.com, a new portal just launched for the IDeA’s online talent management services.

Developed by top web-based talent management technology providers, JGP (publishers of jobsgopublic.com), and managed by the IDeA, the portal provides a comprehensive guide to all you need to know about working in local government.

Services include access to thousands of local government job vacancies as well as information on the diverse roles on offer, a graduate talent pool for local employers to access and links into the national graduate development programme.

Martin Horton, Director of Services North and Midlands, IDeA, said: “LGtalent.com provides a cost effective, candidate friendly service and a coordinated, holistic approach to addressing sector skills shortages. By creating a strong collective brand we can promote local government as an employer of choice and attract and retain talent by, among other things, clearly defining potential career paths within the sector”.

The main challenges in today’s tough recruitment market that LGtalent.com will help to combat are: -

• Attracting a diverse workforce by using new channels to reach young, BME and disabled people who are all currently under represented
• Efficiency by streamlining the recruitment process to reduce cost and time per hire and improving service delivery
• Improving sector reputation by creating a strong collective brand to attract talent from outside the sector
• Attracting and retaining talent through a first class recruitment experience and the creation of talent pools of good, yet currently unsuccessful, candidates
• Delivering on the Government’s e-efficiency agenda through e-recruitment

Some of the benefits for potential employees include access to more than 1500 UK local government jobs weekly, information on more than 200 local government careers, advice on the recruitment process plus easy to use searches and online applications. For graduates wanting to join the talent pool it also provides a unique opportunity to promote their skills and experience.

For potential employers the chance to access an easy to use database of potential candidates, vacancies viewed by 100,000 jobseekers monthly, at a fraction of the cost and time of traditional recruitment processes and a strong collective brand.

JGP’s founder Richard Tyrie said: “By working collaboratively local councils can direct vital resources into attracting and retaining talent and collectively building the reputation of local government as the number one career choice”.

For more information, please contact JGP’s Haylee Corfield on 020 7923 5643 or haylee.corfield@jgp.co.uk

Notes to editors

• The Improvement and Development Agency (IDeA) works for local government improvement so councils can serve people and places better. Using experienced councillors and senior officers - known as peers - who support and challenge councils to improve themselves. This enables councils to share good practice through the national Beacons Scheme, regional local government networks and communities of practice. The IDeA Leadership Academy programme helps councillors become better leaders who can balance the diverse demands of people living in the same community.

• The IDeA promotes the development of local government’s management and workforce. They advise councils on improving customer service and value for money and help councils work through local partnerships to tackle difficult problems such as crime and poor public health. The IDeA is owned by the Local Government Association and belongs to local government. Together they lead local government improvement.

• LGtalent.com is part of a suite of products and services from the IDeA to support local authorities, which sit within the overarching framework of the Local Government Workforce Strategy, and address issues such as organisational development, people management, leadership development and talent management. Find out more at www.idea.gov.uk and www.communities.idea.gov.uk

• JGP has been working with the public and not-for-profit sectors helping them access wider and more diverse sources of jobseekers since 1998, with the fourth generation of the Jobsgopublic network attracting more than 600,000 jobseekers a month and listing more than 50,000 vacancies a year.

• Starting life as a “jobs board”, JGP now provides web-based talent management solutions that help organisations attract, hire, develop and retain talented people at a fraction of the cost of using paper-driven processes and print-media advertising.

• Since 1999, JGP has provided these services to more than 1000 public sector employers - the majority in local government.

• Delivered in the spirit of collaboration and to support public sector agendas, JGP’s solutions promote efficiency, diversity, social inclusion, to enable citizen-centric self-service, to support work in regards the Data Protection Act, the DDA and web accessibility obligations, e-government principles and e-GIF requirements.

• JGP’s technology enables organisations to operate faster, more transparently and much more affordably.