Recruitment Training
Building stronger planning teams through skills-led recruitment
Practical training to help HR managers overcome barriers to build the resilient planning teams our places need.
Local government has never been more important to the future of our places.
However, with fewer resources and growing recruitment challenges, many teams are finding it increasingly difficult to attract the skilled people they need.
Our Recruitment and Skills Report 2025 highlighted that over half of local authorities have no recruitment budget; more than a third of roles take four+ months to fill and one in ten recruitment attempts fails — yet the ambition to create thriving, sustainable, and equitable places remains as strong as ever.
That’s why we have launched a new recruitment training course - designed to help HR and hiring managers attract, engage, and hire skilled professionals, even in challenging circumstances.
Building on our experience recruiting built environment professionals into the public sector, this course shares practical tools and insights to help teams grow their capacity and strengthen the future of placemaking.
Why choose us?
Understand challenges
We know the challenges that public sector hiring and HR officers face. With 1 in 10 recruitments failing completely, we want to support a new approach.
What do we do?
Recruit people
Through our Associate Programme, we have worked closely with nearly 100 public sector organisations to help them build the capacity of their workforce.
What is our approach?
Improve processes
We take a unique skills-based approach to recruitment, which focuses on transferable skills and fostering a long-term culture.
Details
Our training course will address common barriers in recruitment within planning and placemaking teams. It will promote skills-led hiring practices that can help build a strong and resilient workforce.
Attendees will learn about our broad skills approach, discover what works through real case studies, and gain practical budget insights.
The sessions will be two hours long, taking place from 12:00 to 14:00 GMT. Each session will cover the following topics:
- An introduction to Public Practice and our recruitment insights
- The major recruitment challenges facing planning teams
- A short exercise on identifying blockers in recruitment
- How a skills-led approach can widen the pipeline
- Examples of effective job descriptions and templates
- Case studies from our Associate Programme
- Funding insights and practical advice for teams
Who is this for?
HR managers
This course is designed for public sector HR and recruitment officers, supporting workforce hiring and planning for planning and placemaking teams.
What will I gain?
Learn a new approach
We will share case studies from our Associates to introduce you to our tried and tested skills-led approach to hiring.
What's the format?
Live online delivery
This course is free. It will be delivered as a webinar through Zoom.
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