Jane Martin (public servant)
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Jane Elizabeth Martin {{Post-nominals/GBR|CBE}} is a British public servant, who has served as Local Government Ombudsman and as a member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.
Education
Martin has a Ph.D. in educational administration and has studied public leadership at Warwick Business School.{{cite web |title=New Ombudsman appointed |url=https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2010/jan/new-ombudsman-appointed |website= |publisher=Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman |access-date=29 November 2021 |date=15 January 2010}}
Career
Martin's career has included research on school administration at the University of Birmingham, School of Education, a post as a local education officer, work with the Improvement and Development Agency for local government, appointment as the first executive director of the Centre for Public Scrutiny in 2003, and in 2007 the role of deputy chief executive of the Local Better Regulation Office.
She served as a Local Government Ombudsman (one of two post-holders) for a seven-year term from 2010{{cite news |last1=Martin |first1=Jane |title=Lessons from the Ombudsman |url=https://www.themj.co.uk/Lessons-from-the-Ombudsman/206186# |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=The MJ |date=29 November 2016 |quote=As I come to the end of my seven-year term of office}}{{cite news |last1=Agbonlahor |first1=Winnie |title=Interview: Julie Mellor and Jane Martin |url=https://www.civilserviceworld.com/in-depth/article/interview-julie-mellor-and-jane-martin |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=Civil Service World |date=19 November 2014 |language=en}}{{cite web |title=Annual Report and Accounts demonstrates Local Government Ombudsman is 'Equipped for the Future' |url=https://www.lgo.org.uk/information-centre/news/2016/jul/annual-report-and-accounts-demonstrates-local-government-ombudsman-is-equipped-for-the-future |website= |publisher=Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman |access-date=29 November 2021 |date=14 July 2016}} and was appointed to a five-year term, from 1 January 2017, as an independent member of the Committee on Standards in Public Life.{{cite web |title=Dr Jane Martin CBE |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/people/jane-martin |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Committee on Standards for Public Life |access-date=29 November 2021 |language=en}}
{{As of |November 2021}} she is a lay member of the board of the Legal Ombudsman.{{cite web |title=Jane Martin |url=https://www.legalombudsman.org.uk/who-we-are/our-people/our-board/jane-martin/ |website=Legal Ombudsman |access-date=29 November 2021}}
Recognition
Martin was appointed CBE in the 2017 New Year Honours "For services to administrative justice and transparency in local government."{{cite news |last1=Dudman |first1=Jane |title=Local government, fire and police chiefs honoured in 2017 New Year honours list |url=https://www.theguardian.com/public-leaders-network/2016/dec/30/local-government-fire-police-chiefs-2017-new-year-honours-list |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=The Guardian |date=30 December 2016 |language=en}}{{London Gazette |issue=61803 |date=31 December 2016 |page=N9 |supp=y }}
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