Number of civil servants in the East South East and London - 152, 290
This breaks down into 21,160 (East), 39,470 (South East) and 91,660 (London).
Number of departments and agencies in the East South East and London - 79.
The East South East and London is a huge geographic area covering from the Norfolk coast to the Isle of Wight, with Greater London at its centre. Whilst London contains the majority of our civil servants, there is a distribution across the whole of the region, with significant pockets of staff in places such as Southampton/Portsmouth, Dover, Hastings, Reading, Milton Keynes, Cambridge, Peterborough, Norwich, Ipswich and Southend.
Our CS Local team delivers cross departmental induction, leadership academies and learning/networking events. The blog page below will show you the latest events open for booking, alongside other reports and stories which we think will be of value to you.
We also run cross departmental networks for those who work in, or are passionate about, continuous improvement; engagement and wellbeing; environmental issues; social mobility, diversity and inclusion and citizen outreach. If you wish to join one of the networks, please email the team mailbox.
The East South East and London CS Local Team is led by Ian Barton and can be contacted on their team mailbox - cslocalesel@cabinetoffice.gov.uk
Inspired by their time at the 2016 ESEL Junior Leader’s Academy the Hurricane family wanted to help other potential leaders and came up with the idea of a ‘Civil Service Leadership Ladder’ for their project.
The Skills Service are looking for mentors from the business community in the Peterborough, Rutland, Fenland, King's Lynn and West Norfolk area to become positive role models for students.
Civil Service Local is pleased to announce an opportunity for civil servants in the east, south east and London to join our latest cross-departmental Academy programme for junior grades.
We are looking for volunteers to carry out mock interviews at the Ken Stimpson Community School in Peterborough on 10 May.
Volunteers are sought for the next phase of the Jubilee Riverside clean-up in Slough, which takes place on Thursday 20 April.
We all know there are many ways of learning and The Home Office Sikh Association (HO Sikh) in collaboration with Border Force Heathrow colleagues have, for the second year running volunteered their time to help develop the aspirations of a group of students.
We are the Harrier family and were some of the lucky people who attended the CS Local East, South East and London Academy last year.
The Brandon Trust in South East London support adults with learning disabilities and autism and they need volunteers to help on their allotment which provides a safe space for the people they support to experience nature, get some fresh air and exercise and take time out to relax.
When I heard about the CS Local Academy it was completely out of my comfort zone. The prospect of a 4-day residential course, plus the childcare and planning involved, scared me massively; I questioned ‘was it even worth it?’
The Charity for Civil Servants has recently been talking to people about effective budgeting, offering financial capability information as well as emergency help and debt advice. If you want to make informed decisions about your finances, and understand the risks and benefits of particular options, the Charity’s website has top tips to help you
We are looking for experienced sifters to volunteer their services for our next competency surgery at RAF Wyton, Cambridgeshire in May.
Are you passionate about books/literacy/equal opportunities/social justice and looking for a way to give back directly to your local community? This could be the project for you.
Civil Service Local will be holding another popular competency surgery, this time at RAF Honington in Suffolk on 2 March 2017.
Can you help share your departments examples of best practice
Join the cross-departmental 'discovery day' taking place at HMRC Durrington Bridge House in Worthing, West Sussex on 24 January. Visit the market stall and learn about the different government departments in the area, or join a Civil Service Local Awareness Raising session.
Calling all civil servants in the Slough area. Come and volunteer to get involved in the riverside community clean-up organised by the Environment Agency on 2 February.
We’ve all had that moment, when you realise a presentation’s not going down quite as well as you hoped. Along with a small group of civil servants from across Whitehall, I spent 15 minutes or so enthusiastically talking about our work, what the civil service is, and the exciting range of jobs it offers.
Why not make 2017 the year you make the most of your development days and give something back to your community by volunteering to take part in our Inspiring Young People programme in the London area.
We currently have a number of schools across London waiting for you to join one of our project teams.
If you are grade AA-EO looking to reach your full potential but don’t know where to start and interested in learning about other government departments then the Junior Leaders Networking Event in London is a fantastic opportunity for you.
An opportunity in Colchester to brush up your interviewing skills helping to equip ex-armed forces personnel with the tools they need to get into a civilian job.
