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A great place to work

A range of blogs illustrating the theme of the same name, one of the four supporting pillars of the vision of 'A Brilliant Civil Service'.

The strapline for this theme is: "A brilliant Civil Service - a great place to work. It will continue to be inclusive, flexible, modern and connected, sitting at the heart of a wider public service. In everything we do we will encourage openness, challenge, innovation and excellence."

The three other pillars of the vision are: Improved outcomes; Effective leaders; Skilled people.

Migraine Awareness Week 6-12 September: Coping with more migraines during Covid

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Each year Civil Service HR colleagues and I partner with the Migraine Trust to mark Migraine Awareness Week 6-12 September to help promote greater awareness of migraines. I feel it important to share what those like me who suffer this …

The Civil Service Workforce Plan - A Brilliant Civil Service, realised

Prior to the last parliament, The Civil Service Board (CSB) established three broad priorities for the Civil Service: Improving the commercial capability of the Civil Service Ensuring that the Civil Service is world leading in terms of digital transformation Improving …

Workplace Adjustment Stories: Bushra's story

Bushra, who works in HMRC is sharing her story on how she has learned to work effectively with what has been a difficult journey through sight loss. Bushra’s story is an important one for us to remember. Whilst many of …

How will you, how should I, how will we shape our future together?

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Earlier this year Clare Moriarty, former Permanent Secretary, launched Leadership in Action, setting out eight attributes of great leadership. At the time of the launch COVID-19 had started to have an impact on UK society; little did we know that …

Achieving Impact Through Innovation

Introduction from Rupert McNeil I am thrilled that the Civil Service Job Share Finder has won the ENEI 'Impact through Innovation' Award. This is the third innovation themed award win for the site since it was launched in 2015! COVID-19 …

‘Guess Who’s Coming to Network?’

The Civil Service Race Forum (CSRF) is a collaborative group of BAME Staff Networks across the Civil Service (CS), Non-departmental Public Bodies (NDPB) and Arms-Lengths Bodies (ALB) working towards advancing and advocating diversity, inclusion and equality. CSRF has more than 40 …