Newsletter for Local Authority Partners Issue 8

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Newsletter for Local Authority Partners

Issue 8  |  August 2020

Welcome to the latest in a series of newsletters to keep you up to date with Census 2021 developments.

These newsletters are one of the ways we’ll support you to plan and deliver a successful census.

What’s in this issue?

  • Census jobs – recruitment update
  • Address index – key dates update
  • Final date for Addressing workshop (15 September 2020) – places available now!
  • Census Support Centres – phase 2 recruitment
  • Personalised Communication Toolkits to help you to promote the census
  • Using the Census Brand to promote Census 2021 jobs and activities
  • Census Education Programme – update
  • Linking Census 2021 with Valuation Office Agency Data
  • Future workshops to prepare you for Census 2021

Census Jobs - Recruitment Update

As part of our phased approach to Census 2021 recruitment for field staff, our first vacancies to go live were for our community engagement roles. Thank you for helping to promote these roles in your local areas.

The recruitment for community advisers closes on 28 August 2020.  For details on all census field force vacancies please visit www.censusjobs.co.uk

Anyone who is interested in census jobs can find out about other roles and register their interest using this link:  https://censusjobs.co.uk/the-roles/

They will receive an email confirmation of their registration and instructions on what to do next.

Things to do now

Book your place now for our final Addressing the Census workshop on 15 September 2020

Keep your address index up to date

Work with us and GeoPlace to ensure that your address register is as accurate a possible.

Check that your Council is talking to ONS about supplying Council Tax data

Council Tax data is a key element of Census 2021. Supplying ONS with Council Tax data is now high priority.

Appoint your Census Liaison Manager (CLM) and Assistant Census Liaison Manager (ACLM) 

98% of councils have already nominated their census contacts.  It’s not too late - please get in touch with us at 2021Census.LA.Liaison@ons.gov.uk  and we’ll be pleased to share suggested job role descriptions with you.

If your CLM or ACLM leave, remember to let us know who has taken over so that we can still keep your council updated with Census 2021 developments.