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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...
24 September 2021
The Civil Service Commission is an independent statutory body that oversees appointments to the Civil Service, ensuring that they are made on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. Commissioners also promote and hear appeals brought under the Civil Service Code. The new Commissioners come from both private and public sector backgrounds and...
20 September 2021
Rosie Glazebrook has been appointed as the interim First Civil Service Commissioner while the Cabinet Office completes the appointment process for Ian Watmore’s successor. The First Civil Service Commissioner leads the Civil Service Commission, which regulates appointments to the Civil Service and hears appeals from civil servants under the Civil Service Code. The First Commissioner also chairs the recruitment...
21 July 2021
PRESS NOTICE 21 July 2021 Civil Service Commission – annual report and accounts 2020 – 2021 The independent Civil Service Commission, which regulates Civil Service appointments to provide assurance that they are made on merit after fair and open competition, published its annual report for 2020 – 21 today. The annual report contains a range...
14 July 2021
Naheed Hussain In our eighth blog in this series, Naheed Hussain, Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor – Legal Development – CPS, talks about her experience of working in the Civil Service. About Naheed Naheed is a Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor (DCCP) in CPS headquarters. She leads the Team that is responsible for the delivery of legal training to...
19 March 2021
Jolyon Thomson OBE In our seventh blog in this series, Jolyon Thomson OBE, Deputy Director – International and Trade, talks about his experience of working in the Civil Service. About Jolyon Jolyon has been a Government lawyer for 25 years, primarily working on international and EU law in Defra’s areas of responsibility. He is currently...
10 March 2021
Civil Service Commissioner Jane Burgess has recorded a very short zoom presentation on how ministers can and should be involved in recruitment to the Civil Service, in line with the Commission’s Recruitment Principles. “I hope this helps to explain how ministers can be involved in a fair, open and merit-based process under the Recruitment Principles.”...
5 February 2021
On 15th January the Commission held an online session with over 100 recruitment managers and team leaders across the Civil Service on working with the Recruitment Principles. The Commission’s Recruitment Principles document is the key source for departments and agencies making appointments. They set out the Commission’s interpretation of the statutory requirement of appointment on merit on...
4 February 2021
Jason Ghaboos In our sixth blog in this series, Jason Ghaboos, Deputy Director – Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion, talks about his experience of working in the Civil Service. About Jason Jason was appointed as Deputy Director, Civil Service Diversity & Inclusion in June 2020. In that role, Jason leads the Inclusive Practice team, working...