What is asked from a council taking part in Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme.
In order to attract top talent and ensure you get the best fit for your authority, we ask councils to:
- promote the programme to raise the profile of the programme locally and attract a diverse and talented pool of candidates
- conduct a local interview at the end of the recruitment process, as although at this stage candidates will have been through a rigorous series of assessments, we want to give you the opportunity to ensure they are the best fit for your council
- nominate a member of staff to be the Placement Coordinator for the programme
- organise a minimum of three placements for each graduate management trainee over the two years (four for the finance stream)
- employ graduate management trainees on a minimum two-year fixed term contract
- pay national management trainee salaries at national local government spinal column point (SCP) 20 (currently £32,597 excluding London weighting)
- pay the LGA a one-off fee of £3,500 per appointed graduate which covers the bespoke multi-stage recruitment, plus the whole learning and development programme.
Here at the LGA we will:
- annually subsidise the programme on behalf of councils in England
- market the programme to high-calibre graduates across the UK
- assess candidates’ suitability through a rigorous and established multi-stage recruitment process
- support councils to access and market themselves to candidates
- organise a national programme of learning, development and networking.