5 November 2024 | Titanic Hotel, Liverpool
2024 Shortlist
Back office hero
Shortlist
- 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
Back office heroes
Shortlist
- 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
Best equality, diversity and inclusion employer
Shortlist
- 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
Best innovation in recruitment
Shortlist
- 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
Best Innovation in retention
Shortlist
- 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
Best next generation employer
Shortlist
- 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
Best place to work
Shortlist
- 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
Best wellbeing innovation
Shortlist
- 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!
Equality, diversity and inclusion champion
Shortlist
- 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
Graduate of the year
Shortlist
- 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
Head of Service of the year
Shortlist
- 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
Smart working
Shortlist
- 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
Workforce innovator
Shortlist
- 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