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1 February 2021
The Corporate Services team held an online training session on 19th January for all staff on the use of social media. Like all civil servants, Commission staff are expected to adhere to a code which mirrors the Civil Service Code – both online and offline (for further information on Commission guidance visit the links below)....
8 January 2021
Seonaid Webb MBE In our fifth blog in this series, Seonaid Webb MBE – Deputy Director, Head of Secondary Legislation, Constitution and Borders Directorate, DEFRA and Deputy Disability Champion – talks about her experience of working in the Civil Service. About Seonaid Seonaid has been a civil servant for 17 years and is currently a...
14 December 2020
The REACH – Senior Disability Network has recently published a series of interviews as part of their ‘Empowering Disabled Staff into Senior Grades’ workshop series. Please see below links to all six interviews: Ben Merrick Seonaid Webb Stuart Armstrong Shaun Gallagher Jeanette Rosenberg Stephen Braviner Roman
8 December 2020
Nagesh Reddy In our fourth blog in this series, Nagesh Reddy, Portfolio Director – DWP Change Delivery, talks about his experience of working in the Civil Service. About Nagesh Nagesh was appointed Portfolio Director – DWP Change Delivery in January 2020. In that role, Nagesh leads a range of programmes spanning change, transformation and delivery...
4 November 2020
In our third blog in this series, Ben Merrick, Director, Overseas Territories Directorate, HM Commissioner for the British Indian Ocean Territory and HM Commissioner for the British Antarctic Territory, talks about his experience of working in the Civil Service. About Ben Ben was appointed Director of Overseas Territories at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in August...
27 October 2020
The online event on Wednesday 7th October was aimed specifically at candidates for Senior Civil Service roles who have a disability. The event was chaired by the Chief Executive of the Civil Service Commission, Peter Lawrence OBE, alongside two independent Civil Service Commissioners, Jan Cameron and June Milligan and the Commission Disability Advisor, John Knight...
23 October 2020
The Art of the Possible – supporting the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy The drive to increase the diversity of the Civil Service is keenly shared by the Commission. As the regulator, we’re there to provide assurance that appointments are made fairly and on merit, so internal levers to increase diversity such as talent...
20 October 2020
In the second blog in this series, John Knight CBE, who advises the Commission Board on disability, talks about his own experience and what more he thinks can be done to attract and support disabled candidates into senior Civil Service roles. About John John Knight’s career has spanned the voluntary and statutory sectors including the...
22 September 2020
The Commission is running an online open event on 7 October 2020 aimed specifically at candidates for senior roles in the Civil Service who have a disability. Last year, 6% of applicants reported having a disability in recruitment competitions chaired by Commissioners, although it is estimated that 18% of the working-age population in Britain are disabled as defined...
22 September 2020
In the first of a series of articles about disability and working in the Civil Service, Alistair Watters, Director Grenfell Site and Programme at MCHLG, talks about his own experience in both the private and public sector and what needs to happen to build candidates’ confidence that their disability won’t count against them. About Alistair...