**Location: **Westminster or home-based

Contract :  Fixed term from 1 April 2026 until 31 March 2027 (maternity cover)

Salary : £46,089 ( Including London Weighting) 

About us

The Local Government Association (LGA) is the national membership body for local authorities. We work on behalf of our member councils to support, promote and improve local government.   We are a politically led, cross-party organisation that works on behalf of councils to ensure local government has a strong, credible voice with national government. We influence and set the political agenda on the issues that matter to councils to help them deliver local solutions to national problems.  
We also provide councils with the tools and resources to respond to challenges present and emerging, and support improvement across the sector.

We value diversity and encourage applications from all sections of the community to this high-profile role.

About the role

This role is an exciting opportunity to be a part of our graduate programme, Impact: the Local Government Graduate Programme. Our mission is to recruit graduates from a wide range of backgrounds into local councils where they can shape the delivery of key projects and services that can improve local communities for generations. This role involves being the first point of contact for candidates, managing our recruitment systems and processes. This includes our applicant tracking system, candidate communications, equality and diversity reporting. This role involves developing expertise in our applicant tracking system, managing sensitive information, providing clear and friendly advice to candidates, and resourcing the recruitment team with the information they need to make strategic decisions.

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Job Description

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About you 

To thrive in this role, you will have an eye for detail and skill in learning and managing systems and processes. You’ll be committed to treating people with respect and providing a high level of service both internally and externally. Equality and diversity will be really important to you, as will efficiency and attention to detail. You’ll be keen to support a wider team and eager to learn from mistakes so the team can grow together in best practice. You adapt well to learning new systems and processes.

You must have the right to work in the UK, the LGA are unfortunately unable to offer sponsorship visas. Evidence for the right to work in the UK will be requested at the interview stage. 

 To apply

If you would like to be considered for the role, please complete the online form and include a supporting statement detailing how you meet the criteria for the role before the closing date.

We are specifically assessing candidates against the following criteria:

1.     Experience working collaboratively with a range of stakeholders to meet key deadlines.

2.     A solutions-focussed mentality, with the ability to adapt under pressure.

3.     To understand and model best practice in managing confidential or sensitive information.

4.     Demonstrable experience of working with large volumes of data or information and handling it in a sensitive manner.

5.     To have a demonstrable commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion

6.    To have experience effectively using systems, such as an applicant tracking system, and large-scale process, ideally within a recruitment environment.

Closing Date:        Friday 20 March at 12 noon.

Interview Date:      Interviews will be virtual.  

We use anonymous recruitment, which is the practice of hiding candidates’ identities. This process involves removing any identifying information from candidates’ applications which includes names.

At the LGA we celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees where everyone is treated with dignity and respect. Our recruitment decisions are based on fair, open competition, with appointment on merit.  

***The LGA are proud to be awarded a “Disability Confident Leader”.  Please contact us via ***Recruitment@local.gov.ukif you require a reasonable adjustment, which is a change to the format or conditions of the recruitment process to accommodate any disability-related needs you may have.

Our benefits

• LGA annual leave entitlement is 29 days, rising to 31 days after three years’ service and to 33 days after five years’ service, plus all UK public holidays (pro rata for fixed term and part time contracts).*

• Flexible & agile working – office-based staff are required to work in the LGA’s London office two days per week as a minimum, subject to business need and this may vary significantly between different roles and from week to week.

• Future development – face-to-face and virtual courses are scheduled in line with developmental goals

• The LGA offers 24/7 access to a free, confidential employee assistance programme managed by Health Assured. This service is also available for Dependants.

• Family friendly policies

For more of LGA’s benefits and working with us, please view our webpage https://www.local.gov.uk/benefits-and-working-lga

Our values & behaviours

Our Values and Behaviours are there to give us an understanding of who we are as an organisation and who we want to be. They are a framework to help us understand: 

• how we work with each other

• how we work with our members and stakeholders

• our expectations for ourselves and each other

Our values are: 

Collaboration – We value collaboration, to pursue shared goals by encouraging and utilising diverse perspectives and working with internal and external colleagues across the organisation.

Inclusion – We value inclusion, where everyone feels valued, understood, and supported to contribute meaningfully.

Ambition – We value ambition, reflecting our desire to achieve best possible outcomes for local government, communities, and individuals.

Respect – We value respect, to ensure fairness, recognition, and shared accountability.