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HISTORIC ENVIRONMENT TRAINEESHIP SCHEME (2010) TWO YEAR WORK PLACEMENT The English Heritage Historic Environment Traineeship (HET) Scheme is a highly sought after initiative which offers up to ten two-year professional work placements within the planning and development teams. Trainee Historic Environment Managers will be based in regional offices across the country and will gain work [...] Related entries:

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Watch the film and find out more about Gerry’s job working as an emergency planning officer in a local council. Video transcript I’m Gerry Cast and I’m an emergency planning officer for London Borough of Lewisham. An emergency planning officer’s role is a wide and varied one. The wonderful thing is that the risks, the [...] Related entries:

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Watch the film and find out more about Nigel’s job as a strategic regeneration communications manager in a local council. Video transcript My name is Nigel Adams. My job title is Strategic Regeneration Communications Manager, which is a mouthful, what it basically means is; I’m responsible for the communications around what’s happening in three big [...] Related entries:

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Watch the film and find out more about Suzanne’s job as an emergency planning officer in a local council. Video transcript I think initially when I left school; I didn’t know where I was going, who I wanted to be, for me that just came with age. I’m sure a lot of people know what [...] Related entries:

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The BBC are currently running a series looking at building planning processes. It’s an interesting insight into working in Planning in a local council. You can watch the latest episode online via BBC i Player. Read more about working in planning within local government in our careers description section Related entries:Council chief goes “back to [...] Related entries:

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English Heritage launches new trainee scheme for graduates in archaeology, history, conservation, planning, urban design or environmental sciences, and/or those who have substantial practical work experience in a heritage discipline (such as archaeology, specialist planning or buildings’ history). The new initiative is for historic environment practitioners – the Historic Environment Traineeship (HET) Scheme. Up to [...] Related entries:

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GTI’s 2008 employer of choice survey for the public sector uses data gathered from over 4500 students and graduates who stated that the public sector was one of the areas, in which they were interested in working. Some general trends showed that graduates wishing to work in the public sector were: from a diverse range [...] Related entries:

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Young people are overwhelmingly healthy, sporting, community-minded and conscientious about school, says a major survey published by Ofsted, the Office for Standards in Education, Children’s Services and Skills. But it also reveals concerns about bullying, a desire for better advice on careers, sex and relationships – and claims of cigarette, alcohol and drugs use among [...] Related entries:

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protecting your community in local government consumer advice Introduction Local government consumer advisers listen, guide, support, protect and help solve problems.  They protect individuals and businesses by providing them with legal advice on all consumer matters.  They also help identify any criminal malpractice – affecting both customers and traders – and pass on cases to [...] Related entries:

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protecting your community in local government trading standards   Introduction Local government trading standards officers work to safeguard the public – they help to protect businesses and consumers from rogue traders and illegal trading practices. Trading standards officers can be found in county, unitary and metropolitan councils. Work Environment Local government trading standards officers are [...] Related entries:

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