Connecting people to give something back
John Pendlebury tried hard to progress in his career for many years – without success. Then he met Gemma Harris through People Connections, and things started to look up . . . .
Back to school for Jude
From One Academy to another.......back to school for Jude as she takes up a secondment with a educational Academy following her experience at the CS Local Academy.
Building Capability in Project and Programme Management
Civil Service Local is working with HMRC and DWP to promote two Programme and Project Management Events in the centre of Newcastle on 18 May 2015. The first will be of interest to civil servants considering future or potential roles in delivering projects. The second is for existing PPM professionals, and counts towards CPD (Continuing Professional Development).
Planning your next career step
Find out about a forthcoming event on 29 April in Newcastle to help you focus your career development outside of London
Exchange to Change team host their first Snapshot session
From an original idea about job swapping back at the Academy in 2012, the Exchange to Change project has evolved to offer a range of development opportunities. The latest was a Snapshot Session at the Liverpool Civil and Family Court on the 24th March which focused on Competency Writing.
How Civil Service Local helped me progress
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Suzan Adeniji from DWP in Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire talks about how Civil Service Local has helped her progress her career. Read here to find out how.
Discover mentoring in Sheffield
Civil Service Learning are running two mentoring master classes in Sheffield for civil servants interested in finding out more about being a mentor or mentee.
The thrill of going off-script
“There is no script and no process’. These words could be unsettling to civil servants, accustomed as we are to plans, procedures, standard work instructions and the like. But the idea of working without the usual restrictions can also be liberating, as I found out on my first day with Civil Service Local.
Continuous Improvement Development Day
We recently brought together Civil Servants from across the North East, Yorkshire and the Humber to a Continous Improvement Development Day in Stockton. Read more about the day here
Learning about learning
Learning and development is something we hear a lot about, and we're always being told to make the most of our minimum five days' learning. But how do we do that? I went to a discovery session in Salford to find out.
Discover the Operational Delivery Profession
Would you like to discover more about the how the Operational Delivery Profession can support you in your career and help you to deliver a more effective service to the public? Read more here
Volunteering from Southampton to London
In London and in Southampton we are building links with charities to offer interview practice sessions to help people improve thee employability skills. In London Crisis need volunteers for an event on Monday 30 March. In both London and around the Solent we are bulding a list of volunteers for future events.
Discovery Session on Managing Change
Discovery Session: Managing Change. Come along to our session on Thursday 26th March at Land Registry, Peterborough and get thinking about how you and your colleagues can handle change more effectively.
Shadowing and the Operational Delivery Qualification
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Victoria's and Ty's stories help us to see the benefits that can result of both Job Shadowing in itself and how it can contribute towards the Operational Deliver Qualification helping us to improve our customer service, knowledge of the wider civil service and our personal development.
The Incredible Day!
The Incredibles held an event with government departments and Age UK coming together to share knowledge and information. Participants also had the chance to see some of the services offered by Age UK.
Inspire our young people to work
A new and exciting primary school project is about to start which needs your help. We need volunteers to go out to schools and give an inspirational talk about work.
Equality and Diversity in the Midlands
The first meeting of the Midlands cross-departmental Equality and Diversity network will be held on Monday 16 March. This will give staff the opportunity to share ideas and discuss common issues.
Parliament explained to staff in Nottingham
Clare Mullin of the Parliamentary Outreach Service gave a very interesting talk to staff in Nottingham about the workings of Parliament.
Networking and Learning
Would you like to be part of a cross departmental learning and development network. Find out more here
Discover: Operational Delivery
Our session will introduce you to the largest profession across government and the tools and products it has available to help you recognise and develop the professional skills you already have; help you identify some of the skills you are going to need in the future and highlight ways in which you can develop these.