The longest established mainstream Interim Management provider in the UK.

Our Mission is to provide outstanding flexible management resources to all our clients.

A specialist service from Russam GMS to find the right expertise for challenging assignments.

During times of increasing pressure to deliver in an efficient and effective manner you can rely on the support of an organisation that clearly understands the key issues facing local government.

Local Government Focus

The Russam GMS local government practIce focus is on the key issues affecting most authorities:

• Finance
• Adults and Childrens Social Services
• Transformation
• Regeneration
• Estates and Corporate Services
• Education

We have the resources available to support initiatives in all of these key areas with Interim Management professionals who will fit in with the existing teams and accelerate the pace of change.

Capability Statement

Please read our Capability Statement here, a PDF version suitable for printing can also be downloaded here.

Interim Manager puts plans in place to handle pandemic flu outbreak at Essex County Council

According to a National Risk Register, Pandemic flu is the gravest threat to UK security as it could claim up to 750,000 lives. The government has made it a priority to ensure that local authorities around the UK can respond to an outbreak and protect vulnerable people in their communities.

As one of the largest counties in the UK with a population of nearly 2m people, Essex is considered at high risk if an outbreak occurred.

Lacking the skills internally to put together a flu planning programme, Essex called in experienced Interim, Roger Gatford to put in place a county-wide continuity plan to help the council respond and deliver essential services in such an event.

This complex programme involved creating action and contingency plans for up to 60 different departments in the County Council, ranging from adult and children’s social care, through to education and transport in order to determine their response to an outbreak.

Thanks to Roger, the council now has a draft plan in place which will become part of the UK national response.

To find out how Roger created his contingency programme, please click here.