Specialising in local government recruitment

Welcome to counciljobsdirect.co.uk. We offer an easy non-nonsense approach towards finding employment in the council of your choice. There are 393 local authorities up and down the United Kingdom all offering employment opportunities. Together they employ over a million people. However, the sheer number of individual council websites makes it an arduous task to trawl and capture that next job up the ladder or indeed entry into council employment. You could miss out on a crucial opportunity even in the next local authority.

The only site that contains a directory of ALL 393 councils

Counciljobsdirect provides instant access to the ‘council vacancies’ pages so you can immediately identify and, hopefully, apply for that job that you want. We do not want you to waste valuable time in accessing the various recruitment sites that require laborious searching. We take you there direct. We wish you every good luck in searching and securing employment. Remember opportunity is everywhere and we open the door to job opportunity.

The only site for searching higher executive positions

Higher Executive Council Recruitment – sourcing high calibre candidates

One of the salient features of executive council positions is the mobility of senior officers. The career path can traverse a number of different local authorities to obtain vital experience and status. To make this path much easier for aspirant council officers, we will feature higher executive council positions that are advertised by individual local authorities. This site will take you straight to the vacancy.

Sourcing high calibre candidates for local authorities

Counciljobsdirect  acts in the interests of local authorities in the drive to recruit the best possible candidate. Even if that person is located hundreds of miles away.
The site provides an invaluable opportunity for local authorities to get their advertisements on the web and to address a national and international audience of potential applicants.

“pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work”  : Aristotle