New Opportunities with iShadow
Would you like to take part in a positive and engaging job shadowing experience? If so, take a look at what iShadow has to offer.
Celebration of Success
This week delegates from both the North East and Yorkshire and the Humber marked the end of their year long participation on the CS Local Modular Academy Programme at celebration events held in Newcastle and Leeds.
Secure that job
If you struggle when applying for jobs to match and demonstrate your abilities in 250 words this session could be for you. We can't obviously write the perfect competency example for you or provide any guarantees but we can give you some useful tips for writing competency examples and completing your job applications.
Volunteers needed to support graduate assessment days at Loughborough College
Young Enterprise Leicestershire are working with the Loughborough College to assist them with their graduate assessment days. The graduate assessment days are being carried out with their HE Sports students and form part of their final year assessment. They need …
Mentor Match - join the mentoring revolution
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Being a mentor, as well as a fulfilling experience, can be crucial to developing valuable skills, and being mentored can help you overcome problems, plan your career and develop capabilities. Signing up is easy and only takes a few minutes.
Final Competency Surgery (for this year)
If you would like one to one help completing a competency example for a job application please book a session in London to receive tailored, focused advice on a competency example of your choice from an experienced sifter.
Experienced Sifters Wanted!
We are looking for volunteers to share their skills and knowledge in a cross-departmental competency surgery, giving 1:1 advice to other civil servants. We would like Grade 6 to Executive Officers with sifting experience to volunteer their time to help other …
Discovering opportunities in project management
The first discovery session on project and programme management has been held at Preston’s Kirkham prison, with a diverse audience of North West civil servants taking part. Alex Scott, covering his first CS Local event, found that the knowledge the audience took away with them could be a springboard into a new career.
Devolution - what is it and why is it important?
Devolution means the transfer of some previously centralised UK powers to the Parliament and Assemblies of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. This session will be held in Bristol on the 21st November. Find out more and book your place online.
So what if you fail, sometimes you gotta fall before you fly
Greville D'Cunha recommends the ESEL academy to anyone wanting a challenge and the opportunity to show their potential and step outside their comfort zone.
Still time to apply for the Academy in Leeds
Still time to apply for the Academy in Leeds
Volunteers needed for Salisbury College
Volunteers are needed at Salisbury College to help out with employability workshops and mock interviews. Read more and find out how you can register.
Giving something back
Civil Service Local is celebrating its fifth birthday, so we’re taking a look back at some of the things our committed, inspiring people have achieved in the last five years. Becky Collins from HM Revenue and Customs tells us about her current project helping vulnerable citizens and, as someone who has been involved since the start, she explains why she keeps coming back for more…
Bournemouth holds another 'Getting the best out of Civil Service Jobs' session
Due to its popularity Civil Service Local are holding a further session of Getting the best out of Civil Service Jobs on the 4th October in Bournemouth. Read more to register
Apply Now for the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber Academy
Are you looking for ways to develop skills that can be transferred between departments? Would you like to work alongside civil servants from across departments in the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber and have the support of your own mentor? Then the 2017 Academy could be the opportunity for you.
Getting the best out of Civil Service jobs
We are running two of these sessions in Plymouth on the 4th October. Find out more and book online via Eventbrite.
Can you help others to go digital?
A different way to use your skills and your volunteering days in Newport. Find out more and who to contact if you are interested.
Attendance Management & Wellbeing
Join our second network meeting in Bristol on the 26th September.
Respect in the workplace
Inappropriate behaviour, bullying or harassment, we all know it’s wrong but what do we do about it? Find out at our next discovery session in Exeter on the 5th September and Plymouth on the 21st September. Booking is available online.
New opportunity to job shadow
Job shadowing is a great way to experience different ways of working and to connect with other departments in the area. Find out more