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Graduate Opportunities
Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme
Impact is a fast-track graduate programme for bright and passionate individuals who want to make a difference while excelling in their own careers. It offers the chance to work directly with communities, but also to influence policies and plans at a senior level. All while earning a graduate salary and completing a council-specific Leadership and Management Qualification.
The big issues facing our communities – whether It be climate change, housing or the cost of living crisis – can seem insurmountable at times for individuals who want to make a difference. But these issues are at the core of local councils’ work. Council’s combine the passion and expertise of hundreds and thousands of dedicated public servants, working to improve everyday life for people in their communities, now and for the future.
If you want to make a measurable, tangible difference, you couldn’t ask for a better place to start.
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Pathways to Planning
The built environment of homes, workplaces, parks, and roads which makes up our communities is constantly adapting and growing. Planners are responsible for managing this evolutionary process. They consider everything from big picture factors like climate change, to individual needs for affordable and accessible housing to determine what is built, how it is built and who it is built for.
Pathways to Planning equips talented individuals to fast track their career as a planner in local government. Graduates work full-time within the planning team for a minimum of three years, learning on the job and studying part-time on a fully-funded postgraduate course.
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