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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

Every day, we help millions of people to make journeys across London: By Tube, bus, tram, car, bike – and more. People don’t associate us with journeys by river, on foot or via the air, but we help with that, too. Getting people to where they need to go has been our business for over 100 years, and it shows. We’re leaders in our field, and no other city’s transport system is quite as recognisable: Red buses, black taxis, Tube trains and roundels have become icons in their own right. Our main job is to keep the city moving, working and growing but to do that, we have to listen. Constant improvements across the network are fuelled by feedback and comments from customers, as well as work within communities, representative groups, businesses and other London transport stakeholders. But our progress also depends on technology and data. With the future at our fingertips, we’ve already used it to revolutionise travel payments (think Oyster and contactless payment cards), and improved travel information. Tech and data is essential, not just to our future, but to others’: third parties use our data to power apps and services vital to customer journeys. So what’s next? As well as continuing to deliver Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan’s strategy and commitments on transport, our programme of capital investments is still one of the largest. We launched the Elizabeth line, we’re modernising services and stations and making travel safer for all.

We are a cultural charity, a National Lottery distributor, and the UK's lead organisation for film and the moving image. Funded by the UK Government. Our mission is: • To support creativity and actively seek out the next generation of UK storytellers • To grow and care for the BFI National Archive, the world’s largest film and television archive • To offer the widest range of UK and international moving image culture through our programmes and festivals—delivered online and in venue • To use our knowledge to educate and deepen public appreciation and understanding of film and the moving image • To work with Government and industry to ensure the continued growth of the UK’s screen industries Founded in 1933, the BFI is a registered charity governed by Royal Charter. The BFI Board of Governors is chaired by Jay Hunt.