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The Greater London Authority (GLA) is the strategic authority for London, working to implement the policies of the Mayor and support the London Assembly in holding the Mayor to account. We have over 1,300 staff, headquartered at City Hall in the Royal Docks. Some of us work directly for the Mayor or Assembly as part of the Mayor’s Office or Assembly Secretariat, though most colleagues work in one of the following directorates: • Chief Finance Officer’s Directorate: working with the Chief Finance Officer to deliver the GLA’s financial functions. • Communities and Skills: health, education, youth, civil society, sport, skills, employment, communities and social policy. • Good Growth: economic development, culture and creative industries, transport infrastructure, planning, regeneration, environment and energy. • Housing and Land: property, Royal Docks development, housing, investment and building safety. • Resource and Business Improvement: digital, People Function and facilities. • Strategy and Communications: resilience, public affairs and strategic partnerships, external relation and strategy, insight and intelligence. The GLA is part of the GLA Group, which includes Transport for London, the London Fire Brigade and the Mayor’s Office for Policing and Crime. We know London’s diversity is its biggest asset. That’s why we do all we can to reflect this at all levels of the organisation. We welcome applications from everyone. For new vacancies and more information about working with us please visit https://www.london.gov.uk/take-part/working-city-hall/current-vacancies

The West Midlands Combined Authority was set up in 2016. Together we are making the West Midlands the best place to live, work and visit. We’ll do this by: Making it easier and safer to travel in and around the region using derelict land to build homes. Protecting our green spaces. Making sure young people have the education and employment opportunities to make a great start in life. Working together to support our communities and build a fairer, healthier and more inclusive West Midlands. Tackling climate change through our WM2041 pledge.

Bringing together Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral to provide strategic governance and support economic growth. Working With Us We’re looking for people with the passion to deliver on our vision and help us to create a truly global and competitive city region which works for everyone. Devolution brings real powers to make policy and investment decisions that suit our own needs. We have a historic opportunity right now, with our city region growing faster than any other combined authority area, huge investment in infrastructure, and an unrivalled quality of life, with excellent cultural and leisure opportunities and affordable living costs. Yet, like all post-industrial cities, we need to work hard to ensure the benefits of growth reach everyone who lives and works here. We will invest more than £500m in the next four years, in projects which create social value and support our inclusive economy agenda, across transport, housing, skills and adult education, the social economy, business growth, innovation, land and property. Where else could you be working on projects as diverse as a £460 million investment to introduce a brand new fleet of state-of-the-art trains, a new approach to tackling homelessness, or an ambitious plan to harness the tidal power of the River Mersey and Liverpool Bay to create plentiful, predictable, renewable electricity? If you think that sounds exciting, you’re right, and we want to hear from you.