Local Government

For many years, Manpower has been a leading provider of RPO, HR services and recruitment solutions to the UK’s Public sector. This legacy means that we are strongly positioned to deliver full end to end resourcing solutions which reduce our customers’ time to hire, reduce costs, reengineer processes and improve the quality of retained talent. 

Right now, we are providing over half of all Local Authorities in the UK with access to a single, centralised recruitment solution, or modular elements of RPO, and are successfully filling over 14,000 positions across all the roles you will find in Local Government – including specialist care work, high-quality technical, professional and managerial positions.  

We continue to work hard to understand the issues facing Local Government, and what all parties need to do to jointly overcome them. We help our customers to manage the following key considerations when developing their resourcing strategy: 

• Skill shortages in key skill workers 
• Increased centralisation of budgets and recruitment activity
• Technological advances to improve the speed and transparency of transactions 
• Joined up Government driving aggregation and collaboration 
• Rapid response to the changing world of work
• Brand management and diverse attraction strategies

MSTAR Framework
Manpower is also an approved provider in all six of the ‘lots’ in the MSTAR framework, which covers the spectrum of recruitment needs for local authorities - allowing cost savings when agreeing new temporary worker contracts by opting into a national arrangement. Click here for more information about the MSTAR framework.

Testimonials

Through our extensive experience, we have become experts in understanding the unique culture, requirements and working processes of Local Authorities. Here are just some of the things these clients have said about working with us:

“The measure of an agency is how well and how quickly they deal with clients’ needs. Our requirements have been varied, ranging from short-term holiday and sickness cover to up to three-year durations on large scheme contracts. I have no hesitation in recommending Manpower to any company that needs a flexible approach to labour supply or converting temporary staff to full-term contracts. They take the trouble out of the process and deliver what is a very competitive service.”
Harry Lee, Operational Manager
Durham City Council Property Services

“We selected Manpower from over 70 organisations. They were competitive in terms of their margin, innovative in their delivery and had the track record and experience in Local Government that we were looking for. Their ethical stance, in offering all their temporary staff full contracts of employment and protecting the Council from potential legislative issues, was also important. Within the first six weeks, Manpower were fulfilling over 97% of our requirements in administration, blue collar, professional and care positions – including filling over 2,500 care worker shifts. We’re delighted that this contract was recently renewed for a further four years.”
Contract Manager,
South East-based County Council

“To provide first-class services, we must recruit well-trained, motivated and customer-focused staff. Manpower can make this happen – letting us concentrate on providing top quality community services. Manpower offer innovation, the ability to provide long-term change programmes, and the best savings. Their Public sector and labour market knowledge, partnership management experience and management information systems are key to our recruitment success.”
Director of People and Property, 
County Council based in the Northern Home Counties

“The service level Manpower provide is first class. The staff supplied to us have been very flexible and have fitted in very well in our close-knit team. The office support are in regular contact with us to ensure everything runs efficiently. Our local branch arranged a site visit so we could put faces to the team – a nice personal touch, which very much helps develop a better working relationship.”
Steve Gore, Engineering Service Manager
Tendring District Council

“Manpower’s tailored approach to our business and dedication to finding the right candidate was a breath of fresh air. I’ve personally appreciated their continued evaluation of the candidate’s skills and possible identification of further training needs. And I know the candidate herself appreciated the added support from Manpower. I would have no hesitation in recommending Manpower to colleagues and other organisations.”
Karen O’Donnell, Governance Officer and PA to the Chief Executive
South Liverpool Housing Group