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10 May 2022
It is five years since I got the call to tell me my application to become a Civil Service Commissioner was successful – and what a five years it has been. As I arrived the Commission had just agreed some strategic enablers: With so much there I cared about; I couldn’t have felt more at...
10 May 2022
First Commissioner, Baroness Gisela Stuart of Edgbaston talks about the role of a Commissioner:
27 April 2022
Eighteen departments and agencies have made it onto the shortlist for the Commissioners’ first ever ‘Mark of Excellence’. The new ‘Mark of Excellence’ will be awarded to recruitment campaigns that demonstrate outstanding innovation and commitment in the recruitment of diverse candidates across all grades into the Civil Service. The judging panel, led by Natalie Campbell...
14 February 2022
People often ask me, ‘what made you want to become a Civil Service Commissioner?’ Nearly five years on my answer today is slightly different from Day One on the job. I am a public servant and social entrepreneur in equal measure, I have a sense of duty and an overwhelming desire to do what I...
8 February 2022
The next Civil Service Commission diversity event will take place via Zoom on Wednesday 23rd February, 2.00 – 3.30pm. Do you aspire to reach the Senior Civil Service but have no idea about the route to get there? Do you think your non-traditional background means you won’t be successful in applying for roles in the...
7 February 2022
It has been a real privilege to serve as the interim First Civil Service Commissioner since September 2021, when Ian Watmore completed his fixed five-year term, and the Government started the open competition to recruit the next First Civil Service Commissioner. The Commission has had an exceptionally busy few months, with the arrival of four...
1 February 2022
The Civil Service Commission is launching a ‘Commissioners’ Mark of Excellence’ to showcase outstanding innovation and commitment in the recruitment of diverse candidates across all grades into the Civil Service. The award will champion diversity in its broadest sense, supporting the Government’s priority of ‘levelling up’ and the Civil Service reform agenda of an innovative...
10 January 2022
Tell us a little about yourself and your career background? I studied an Economics and Accountancy degree at University with vague thoughts of becoming an accountant, however I had started to become fascinated by the emerging possibilities for computing and so, when I left University, I was very excited to join ICL, a large UK-based...
15 December 2021
Tell us a little about yourself and your career background? I was born and educated in Belfast and was the first in my family to remain in education after the age of fourteen. I enlisted in the Ulster Defence Regiment as soon as I turned eighteen and was subsequently commissioned, commanding a rifle platoon for...
1 December 2021
This is the first blog in a new series of posts that will be introducing our newly appointed Commissioners. Tell us a little about yourself and your career background? I joined in the civil service in 1979, having left school earlier that year to work on a farm. I started as a clerical officer and...