Working part-time isn't career limiting
Having been recognised on the FT/Timewise Part-time Power List, Cabinet Office's Deborah Brooks (right) extols the benefits of job sharing.
Improving decision-making, efficiency and transparency: the GIST of better Management Information
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Civil Service Leaders
...is the fact that it is a tool that they can use as they wish - for example, some use it to monitor staff sickness absence rates, others procurement spend...
New technology creates new ways of working in the Cabinet Office
...engaging team activity. Just today at a team meeting we created a list of our top 100 stakeholders in under three minutes. Finally the new technology has enabled substantive improvements...
The opportunity to improve your leadership skills and 9 other surprising facts about joining the Reserves
If you’re thinking of taking a more adventurous turn in your life, learning new skills that will improve your employability and enhance your Civil Service career, here are 10 surprising facts about joining the Reserve Forces.
Project delivery and execution in government construction
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Programme and project delivery
...proposed or planned by central government. This allows the industry to see where projects are taking place, both in terms of region and sectors, and helps show that government is...
Managing the Cabinet Office’s only Senior Civil Service job share
Simon Case, Director General, Implementation Group at the Cabinet Office, talks about the challenges and benefits of managing an SCS job share.
Discover why life in the Reserves is special
...leaders from within, so it wasn't long before promotion brought the first of a series of stripes. Leading teams and instructing across a number of subject areas helped build my...
Behind the scenes at D5 London
...together. Teaching Children to Code We arranged a visit from 6 11-year olds from Netley Primary School in Camden, who took part in a BBC-led coding session involving a Dr....
Life in the Royal Navy Reserves
To celebrate Trafalgar Day we've dug into the archives to find out what life is like as a Royal Navy reserve, and how the skills learned in the Reserve Forces are transferrable to the Civil Service.
A tale of two women – how two part-timers became a job-split
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Diversity and inclusion, Our Civil Service
When the Government Office network was abolished, and we both applied for the same position in the newly created Local Intelligence Team in the office of Civil Society (Cabinet Office), we were offered the post on a job-share basis. We are part of a team of 9, with 1 colleague based in each of the other 7 English regions and we have an outward facing role, engaging with stakeholders from voluntary and community sector organisations, local authorities and business across the whole of the South West.