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Public Sector Recruitment Services

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Our Public Sector team brings over 100 years of combined experience in delivering recruitment solutions tailored to the unique needs of public sector organisations. With deep market expertise, we provide high-calibre candidates for interim, fixed-term, and permanent roles, as well as recruitment solutions for specialist consultancy projects that fall outside of IR35.

Macildowie currently supports over 250 Public Sector clients, including Unitary, District, and Borough Councils, Central Government organisations and Departments, Charities and Not-for-Profit organisations, NHS Trusts, ICSs, and CSUs, as well as Universities, Colleges, Multi-Academy Trusts, and Schools.

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Why choose Macildowie?

Personalised

It starts with a meeting. We want to take time to build our understanding of your business, your areas of focus, potential pain points and consult on the process. Clients we work with are ones that fully buy into the process and trust us to deliver.

Pricing

We have different levels of pricing structure, we will tailor this to suit your needs and work together that find a solution that everyone walks away feeling good about.

Process

Our process is always a consultative one, it’s important that we have full engagement with you throughout. We will draw a map of the process at the beginning with defined success milestones for us all to work towards.

Our consultants specialise by sector. They carry a wealth of knowledge and understanding of the nuances, government initiatives, pressures and challenges associated with each. This allows us to act as trusted advisors to our customers, offer advice and guidance on recruitment processes, share sector specific trends and consult on the best possible solution. We also pride ourselves on the exceptional knowledge of candidates with whom our consultants have worked for over 20 years. This also allows us access to passive candidates who are not actively looking but will consider a move for the right role.
Our national remit ensures that you have the widest pool of potential individuals to consider, especially with location no longer a factor due to new remote working technologies. Our client can swiftly secure us as their preferred recruitment partner via a direct call-off process through the national LGRP framework or via a local mini-tender with the all the associated reassurances and guarantees.
Both new and loyal public sector clients come to us via our national frameworks for interim support because we have an outstanding reputation in placing interim candidates.  This is why we are so dedicated to building on our already extensive pool of loyal, consistent and trusted candidates.  Many of these work with us on an exclusive and ongoing interim basis, moving, through us, from one successfully completed assignment to another. 
We pipeline candidates in Business Operations, Procurement & Commissioning, Project & Programme Management, Transformation, Marcoms, HR,  Regeneration & Economic Development, Democratic Services, Business Intelligence and Executive roles. 
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I have worked with Simon and Margarita from Macildowie for a number of years and have always found them responsive, proactive and engaging. 
Richard Wyles – Deputy Chief Executive/CFO, South Kesteven District Council
Melton Borough Council have enjoyed a long and successful relationship with Macildowie’s Public Sector Recruitment team. Their collaborative, supportive and consultative approach has ensured that the authority have appointed to 14 posts within Finance and Procurement over the past three years.
David Scott, Assistant Director for Resources. Melton Borough Council
Finance Officers at Leicester City Council have found Macildowie to be extremely helpful - for example, in providing market intelligence, helping to shape our requirements, and sourcing candidates. Increasingly, we have sought support for permanent roles in addition to shorter term agency cover.
Colin Sharpe, Head of Finance. Leicester City Council

One of the key differences about my experience with Macildowie was that they offered me help and support before I knew whether my board proposal to recruit would be given the go ahead.

Carol-Ann Martin, HR Manager, Healthnet Homecare

I would fully recommend Macildowie for their bespoke targeted service.  If you have never worked with them before give them a go and let them show you some brilliant candidates.

Ellis Rooney, Site Finance Manager, Pepsico

I would advise anyone recruiting to have the conversation with Macildowie first to see what’s on offer and how they do it differently.

Carol-Ann Martin, HR Manager, Healthnet Homecare

    Our Public Sector Team

    Our team is made up of expert consultants with a wealth of experience of recruiting in the professional disciplines that they spearhead.

    Jodie Sharpe

    Recruitment Consultant

    Public Sector
    Nationwide
    All Salaries

    0115 947 0200
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    Simon Lydon

    Associate Director – Public Sector, NFP and Charities

    Public Sector
    Nationwide
    All Salaries

    0115 947 0200
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    Peter Newman

    Business Manager

    Public Sector & Not for Profit
    Nationwide
    All Salaries

    0115 947 0200
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    Margarita Fedoseyeva

    Managing Director

    Public Sector (Local Gov)
    Nationwide
    All Salaries

    0115 947 0200
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    Amy Bridge

    Recruitment Consultant

    Public Sector
    Nationwide
    Salaries to £60k

    0115 947 0200
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    Richard Gelder

    Associate Director

    Public Sector
    Nationwide
    All Salaries

    0115 947 0200
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    Macildowie's Specialist Teams

    Our teams of specialist consultants allow us a deep & wide industry and discipline knowledge.
    However niche the talent you need, challenge Macildowie to find it.

    Property and Asset Management

    Housing Management

    AI & Tech

    Data Analytics

    Public Sector Specialism

    Clerical Finance Specialism

    Not For Profit Specialism

    Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics Specialism

    Office & Commercial Support Specialism

    Sales & Marketing Specialism

      Events

      Macildowie host a number of sector specific events for clients covering the challenges organisations face on a regular basis and run forums to share what has worked in today’s fast-changing economic, technological and social environment. We run forums where the discussion topics are tabled and led by the members of the network. These provide our clients with a Peer to Peer community where best practice and market insights are shared.
      15th May 2025

      Macildowie’s Transactional Finance Connect: Exploring the Future of E-Invoicing

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      19th November 2024

      Sorry, But You’re Over Experienced

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      3rd September 2025

      CPO Connect - The Future of Performance

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