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A unique Council that has secured the UK's first devolution deal for a rural County! We deliver services to more than half a million local people and to over five million visitors a year. *Cornwall - The Place: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/work-and-volunteer-for-us/cornwall-the-place/ With its beautiful beaches, stunning countryside and superb community spirit, Cornwall is a great place to live. *Cornwall - Our Offer: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/work-and-volunteer-for-us/our-offer/ With a competitive employee reward package that attracts, retains and motivates our employees; open plan working environments in most offices, good business systems and a can do culture where talented people thrive, Cornwall Council is a great place to work. *Cornwall - Our Job of the Week: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/joboftheweek *Cornwall - What we do and how we work: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/jobs-and-careers/work-and-volunteer-for-us/what-we-do-and-how-we-work/ Services: Care for the elderly, children’s safeguarding, libraries, road maintenance, fire and rescue service, recycling, parks, street cleaning, countryside management, social housing, town planning, tourism support and trading standards. We deliver these services through our employees who work directly for the Council and through our many other Council owned companies and organisations; CORMAC, Cornwall Housing, Tempus Leisure, Newquay Airport and Cornwall Development Company. We also have close links with Cornwall’s health organisations, colleges and universities and work closely with the police, town and parish councils and the voluntary sector. *Cornwall - Council and Democracy: http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/council-and-democracy/ We have 123 elected councillors and as Cornwall is such a large rural area, our councillors and the towns and parishes they represent are grouped into 19 community networks, which are the focus of our local community work.

Devon County Council is a local authority in the south west of the United Kingdom serving a population of over 750,000. It has an annual budget of approximately £1.3 billion and employs thousands of staff. Devon County Council provides a range of services across the county including education, social care, highways, waste and recycling, economic regeneration, library services (via Libraries Unlimited), registration services, transport and a range of support services including finance, ICT, legal support and personnel.

South Hams District Council and West Devon Borough Council are local authorities delivering a wide range of services for residents and businesses across south west Devon. Working together since 2007, we have undertaken an exciting transformation programme that’s changed the way we deliver our services. Great progress has been made in bringing together an agile workforce of case managers, specialists and locality officers who deliver services through new streamlined processes. In a shared service partnership, we bring cost effective and customer focused services to residents and businesses across the South Hams and West Devon, including waste & recycling, planning, housing, environmental health and community services. From beautiful moorland to tranquil beaches, town life to country living, South Hams and West Devon are great places to live and work.