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Championing gender diversity

Posted by: Sir Simon Fraser, Posted on: 26 January 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, Diversity and inclusion
Melanie Dawes

Sir Simon Fraser welcomes Melanie Dawes to her new roles as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Communities and Local Government and as gender champion for the Civil Service.

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The Way We Work Awards

Posted by: Smarter Working team and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 23 January 2015 - Categories: Smarter working
TW3 Award Winners

This week we celebrated those departments who have successfully put into place large-scale smarter working practices with the inaugural TW3 Awards.

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Transforming the way we work

Posted by: Smarter Working team and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 22 January 2015 - Categories: Smarter working
Smarter Working logo

What does 'transforming the way we work' mean to civil servants? The Smarter Working team shine a light on their work of the last 18 months.

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The importance of your self-assessment return

Posted by: Lin Homer and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 22 January 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Infographic showing the % of women vs men who have returned their tax self-assessment

Lin Homer looks at the extraordinary things the money collected by self-assessment funds across the government.

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Delivering the Project Delivery Profession

Posted by: Tim Banfield, Posted on: 21 January 2015 - Categories: Programme and project delivery
Picture of Kanban wall at GDS

Tim Banfield, Acting Government Head of Project Delivery Profession, describes the benefits of creating a strong profession.

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2015: A year of transition

Posted by: Sir Mark Sedwill and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 21 January 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders
Home Office Permanent Secretary Mark Sedwill

The Home Office Permanent Secretary, Mark Sedwill, looks at the wider pressures we face in 2015 and what his department will be focusing on this year.

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Courses to improve your project delivery skills

Posted by: CS Learning and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 20 January 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Learning, Programme and project delivery
Posters in Cabinet Office advertising Project Delivery week

Delivering successful projects and programmes is one of the 4 priority capability areas set out in the Civil Service Reform plan. Some skills are already in place at expert and...

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The benefits of the High Potential Secondment Programme

Posted by: Sir Jeremy Heywood, Cabinet Secretary and Head of the Civil Service and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 20 January 2015 - Categories: Civil Service Leaders, More skilled
Sir Jeremy talking at the event

...Plan as we know that civil servants can learn a lot from spending time in the private sector and that the Civil Service can really benefit from bringing in some...

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#AskCivilService: Richard Hill talks volunteering

Posted by: Russell Barnes, Posted on: 16 January 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service

What are the benefits of volunteering and where's best to begin? Civil Service Local south West & Wales' Richard Hill, who won this year's Civil Service Volunteering Award, took to...

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5 ways to find the right volunteering opportunity for you

Posted by: Ed Pikett, Charlotte Tucker and Russell Barnes, Posted on: 16 January 2015 - Categories: Our Civil Service
Civil Service Local North West staff at the Brandon Trust

...us is entitled to at least 1 day of special leave to spend supporting a community activity that matters to you. Why volunteer? Volunteering can provide a great development opportunity...

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