2024 Shortlist

Back office hero

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  • Gillian Randall, Antrim and Newtownabbey BC
  • Rubie Charalmabous, Brent LBC
  • Michelle Batstone, Gravesham BC
  • Helen Richardson, Hull City Council
  • Maddi Popoola, Nottingham City Council
  • Kalbinder Benning, Redbridge LBC
  • Ste Sharples, St Helens MBC
  • Katie Kirton, Stroud DC
  • Samantha Hodson, West Berkshire Council
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Back office heroes

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  • Durham CC, The Apprenticeship Programme
  • Harrow LBC, The Waste Development Team
  • Isle of Wight Council, Learning and Development Team
  • Tamworth BC, Zero Additional Cost New Council Website
  • Tower Hamlets LBC, Business Support Team
  • Tower Hamlets LBC, Corporate Strategy & Transformation Team
  • Tower Hamlets LBC, Design and Marketing Team
  • Wakefield MDC, Wakefield Safeguarding Children Partnership
  • Walsall MBC, External Funding Team
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Best equality, diversity and inclusion employer

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  • East Hampshire DC, An inclusive office for all
  • Hackney LBC, A Fairer Hackney
  • Tower Hamlets LBC, Workforce to Reflect the Community
  • West Sussex CC, Inclusive recruitment in public health
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Best innovation in recruitment

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  • Chorley and South Ribble BCs, Chorley and South Ribble Recruitment Strategy
  • Dorset Council, Redefining recruitment at Dorset Council: towards a digital and inclusive future
  • East Sussex CC, Leadership Recruitment Initiative
  • Huntingdonshire DC, Planning Team Recruitment Campaign
  • Knowsley MBC, Social Worker Recruitment Initiative
  • Lancashire CC, ASC Workforce Strategy Implementation
  • North East Regional Employers Organisation, Make a Difference, work for your local council
  • Southampton City Council, Building the Southampton Family
  • Stockport MBC, Team Stockport: Leading the Way in Innovative Recruitment
  • West Sussex CC, Inclusive recruitment in public health
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Best Innovation in retention

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  • Hackney LBC, Parking enforcement, Hackney Parking Enforcement Insourcing and Staff Retention
  • Lancashire CC, ASC Workforce Strategy Implementation
  • Southampton City Council, Building the Southampton Family
  • West Sussex CC, Inclusive recruitment in public health
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Best next generation employer

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  • Calderdale MBC, National Graduate Development Programme - 5 National Management Trainees
  • Cambridgeshire CC, Attracting and growing our own
  • Dorset Council, Redefining recruitment at Dorset Council: towards a digital and inclusive future
  • Durham CC, 'Grow our Own’ Apprenticeship Programme
  • Knowsley MBC, Social Worker Recruitment Initiative
  • North East Regional Employers Organisation, Make a Difference, work for your local council
  • Warwickshire CC, An incubator for early talent!
  • Wealden DC
  • West Sussex CC, Inclusive recruitment in public health
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Best place to work

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  • Breckland DC, Where People Thrive
  • Lichfield DC, Being A Better Council
  • Salford City Council
  • Southampton City Council, Building the Southampton Family
  • Stockport MBC, Empowering Excellence at Stockport Council
  • Stroud DC, Building a Workplace of Choice
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Best wellbeing innovation

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  • Calderdale MBC, Wellbeing is more than just fruit on the table
  • Cambridgeshire CC, Wellbeing and support for all
  • South Cambridgeshire DC, Four-Day Week trial
  • Stockport MBC, Wellbeing Champions
  • Waltham Forest LBC
  • West Northamptonshire Council,  Virtual Walking Challenge - River Nene: Source to Sea!
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Equality, diversity and inclusion champion

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  • Rubie Charalmabous, Brent LBC
  • Nicky Everett, Calderdale MBC
  • Michelle Bramble, Kent CC
  • Ray Channer, Stockport MBC
  • Faaria Ahmad, Tower Hamlets LBC
  • Anna Finch-Smith, Tower Hamlets LBC
  • Shantelle Ross, Walsall MBC
  • Safia Khokhar, Westminster City Council
  • Jo Marsden, Westmorland and Furness Council
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Graduate of the year

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  • Olivia Rope, Breckland DC
  • Talha Ghaffar, Kent CC
  • Lucy Shayle, Knowsley MBC
  • Grace Hudson, Lichfield DC
  • Curtis Reah, Liverpool City Region CA
  • Holly Harwood, Liverpool City Region CA
  • Laura Barlow, Manchester City Council
  • Susmita Dave, Oxfordshire CC
  • Shona Galt, Redbridge LBC
  • Alexander Virtue, Sutton LBC
  • Sameehah Ahmed, Tower Hamlets LBC
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Head of Service of the year

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  • Carol Baxter, Barnet LBC
  • Andrew Kennedy, East Ayrshire Council
  • David Herrington, Gravesham BC
  • Susan Sale, Guildford BC
  • Kevin Keady, Hackney LBC
  • Tina Brinkworth, Plymouth City Council
  • Emma Pattison, Redbridge LBC
  • Martin Plant, Rochdale MBC
  • Vicki Bates, Stockport MBC
  • Tom Harding, Westminster City Council
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Smart working

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  • Barnsley MBC, Enabling Barnsley
  • Greater Manchester Business Compliance Support
  • Hackney LBC, OpenMarkets.London
  • Newham LBC, ILSS Trusted Assessors
  • Surrey CC, SWOT - Smart Working Occupational Therapy (OT)
  • Westminster City Council with Veolia, Westminster City Council and Veolia’s EAV bike fleet
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Workforce innovator

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  • Carol Baxter, Barnet LBC
  • Bradley Yakoob, Birmingham City Council
  • ‘Grow our Own’ Apprenticeship Programme, Durham CC
  • David Herrington, Gravesham BC
  • Dan O'Sullivan , Hackney LBC
  • Michael Wiktorko, Hackney LBC
  • Simon Fletcher, Lichfield DC
  • Maddi Popoola, Nottingham City Council
  • Samantha Hodson, West Berkshire Council
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