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LGRC specialises in bespoke solutions for its clients, starting with an initial discussion. However, to inspire you, here is a flavour of the breadth of activities we get involved with regularly.
Remember, LGRC offers bespoke solutions. Use this list as inspiration, or better still, contact with details of the issues that need resolving. We’re flexible and well connected and love the challenges of devising, bespoke expert solutions.
LGRC is the foremost provider of locum / interim clerks in England and Wales. Our Locum Clerks are CiLCA qualified and have a secondary local council specialism, such as community engagement, governance, finance, HR – allowing us to tailor our specific locum clerk recommendation to the individual needs of the council.
LGRC is the foremost provider of locum / interim clerks in England and Wales. Many are CiLCA qualified, and with areas of specialist knowledge, allowing LGRC to recommend the perfect deputy clerk for your council.
Need professional help to organise your council’s meetings programme and venues? Assemble and distribute agendas and papers? Attend meetings and take accurate minutes and more? If your council is short of a committee clerk, get in touch with LGRC.
At some time or other, you are likely to need a locum RFO for your council, to cover a planned or unplanned interregnum period. LGRC can act quickly to temporarily fill this crucial role for you, undertaking bookkeeping, running payroll, helping recruit, and more. We have expertise in all the commonly used financial software in local councils. Our public sector chartered accountants also troubleshoot and undertake investigations.
Running a venue and need some help? Our venue managers and general managers have hands-on expertise running venues, recruiting and coaching staff teams, promoting shows, budgeting and more. For help with one-off civic events or running and programme an in-house venue, call LGRC.
Having difficulty recruiting and/or retaining staff? Experiencing general dissatisfaction with salary levels across the staff team? Maybe the council has new responsibilities/additional services requiring amended job descriptions and salaries re-evaluating?
Or perhaps, as a good employer, you’re just wanting a periodic check to ensure salaries are fair for your staff team?
Either way, get in touch with LGRC for a no-obligation discussion.
Some projects can prove both a challenging & logistical nightmare for many councils and indeed other organisations.
Are you in need of our broad range of specialist skills & support?
These could include special projects requiring a skillset that is not readily available maybe funding or sponsorship even a feasibility study. We have recently helped a council with relocating a horticultural nursery, and even a scout troop charity.
We aim to support the public sectors and associated charities with our consultants having experience in all sectors.
If any of the above sounds familiar, please don’t hesitate to get in touch with LGRC for a chat. A short term project manager could be the key to resolving your issues.
Elections next year? Need to bring newly elected councillors or perhaps appointed staff team members up to speed as quickly as possible? Maybe just a team refresher on a particular subject? LGRC can offer you affordable training modules – each module is around 2-2.5 hrs in length – so perfect for a morning, afternoon or evening session. Use them as a stand-alone training session, or in combination to build a larger programme. All delivered in person or remotely by one of our expert team. Call us to enquire.
LGRC also offers expert, individual CiLCA coaching – it’s very flexible and more affordable than you might imagine. If you’ve a staff member who needs to get through CiLCA quickly, do get in touch.
Promoted a staff member into a new position? Employed a new clerk perhaps, who needs support as she/he grows into the role? Either way, a friendly, expert mentor is ideal. LGRC will appoint a lead mentor and can involve other specialists if required. Available for remote delivery by the hour or two hours.
Is your council not quite as efficient as you’d like? Do your procedures need reviewing? Need to update systems? Can AI help? Our team have expertise to contribute from all sorts of sectors and a document library at our fingertips.
LGRC is the foremost recruiter in for local councils. Our recruiters know the sector intimately and work extremely hard to attract the best people to your position – not just clerks. We only work within the local council sector. Call us now to discuss your recruitment.
Often considered in conjunction with Job Evaluation work as job evaluations are, generally, a consequence of such reviews. Our specialist knowledge of the sector allows our specialists to support you in structuring your staffing for maximum efficiencies.
LGRC can provide a full HR support service to local councils, delivered by qualified practitioners who practice in the sector. Whatever your HR issue, contact LGRC and we can help you resolve it.
Sometimes, all a dispute or bad relations at work needs is mediation between the parties by an impartial professional. LGRC has a number of trained mediators available. A good quality mediation service can resolve issues between the parties who can be officers, councillors, officers/councillors.
If you’re concerned that something’s gone awry – maybe a governance issue, financial records, or perhaps a grievance or grievances have been raised. LGRC has a team of trained, forensic investigators available across a range of disciplines. Most importantly, all our people all come from the local council sector – so we understand and specialise in the issues and the law pertaining to local councils.
Contact us…
Phone
01404 45973
Email Address
info@lgrc.uk
Office Addresses
Main Office: 2440/2430 The Quadrant, Almondsbury, Bristol, BS32 4AQ. Northern Office: The Stables, Rose Cottage, Hackforth, Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL81NU. South West Office: Four Elms Cottage Yarcombe, Honiton, EX14 9AU
