The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Human Resources 26 th February 2008 Des Prichard – Strategic HR Director

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Relationship structure HR Director HR (Executive) BOARD HR (Strategic) Committee Regional Representation Employee Development Employee Relations Employee Resourcing CLGFSCLGEODCDevolved Administrations Workstream leads LGA Stakeholders

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service FORA Community Membership HR Director CFOA Board HR Executive Board HR Strategic Committee EM NI WM Scotland NE NW E SE London SW Wales Y&H Employee Relations Employee Development Employee Resourcing COSLA, DCLG, LGA, LGEO, NI Welsh Assembly, Scottish Executive Centre for Excellence CFOA HR Communication Structure

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Workstreams HR (Executive) BOARD Work Stream Heads Des Prichard Overview Future legislative impact Future Political Impact James Dalgleish & Karen Palframan Subjects including Employee Recognition and Reward Pensions Industrial Relations Employment Legislation Pay Flexibility Locus of Decision Making (National Regional or Local) Human Resources Practitioners Forum Cliff Sear & Darran Gunter Subjects including Organisational development National Leadership Programme National Learning and Development Strategy Vocational Standards and qualifications Centre of Excellence IPDS and Components Fire Service College Learning & Development Managers Forum Chris Enness & Paul Fuller Subjects including External Liaison & Marketing the F&RS National Firefighter Selection Tests Retained Recruitment Transferability Occupational Health Disability Discrimination Act Directorate HeadDes Prichard Employee RelationsEmployee Development Employee Resourcing

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Strategic Documents Business Plan 2008/09 CFOA HR StrategyNational FRS Learning and Development Strategy for England Human Resource Portfolio for each Workstream Activity Matrix = Medium term plan = Means of communicating CFOA HR work and engaging with practitioners and stakeholders (CFOA Website under construction) = Translating the Strategy and Business Plan into focussed activities that are reviewed by Executive Board and Strategic Committee (Under construction) Project Management

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service National Framework 2006/08 Workforce Development –IPDS –National Workforce Learning & Development Strategy –Centre of Excellence –Leadership

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service National Framework 2006/08 Fire and Rescue Staff –Core values –Fairness & Equality –Flexible working –Regional HR strategy recruitment, learning & development, occupational health, health & safety, sickness/ill health management, discipline

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service National Framework 2008/11 Consultation – Ended 6 th February Prevention protection and response Resilience Diversity and Workplace Governance and Improvement

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service CLG quote from National Framework 2008/11 (Consultation document) Fire and Rescue Authorities’ most important resource is their people. In order to be able to deliver services which meet the needs of the whole community Fire and Rescue Authorities need to introduce, review and maintain effective employment policies, procedures and processes so that they can: recruit people with the right skills and potential; develop them to realise that potential, support them by ensuring they are valued, treated fairly and with respect; and provide them with equality of opportunity to progress.

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service National Framework 2008/11 Chapter 3 Diversity and Workplace Achieving Equality and Diversity through leadership, service delivery, employment practice, evaluation and dissemination of good practice and accountability to achieve this vision. Core values Recruitment and retention Workforce development Training and Development Quality Assurance Workforce planning Industrial relations Competency of individuals Leadership

The Chief Fire Officers’ Association The professional voice of the UK fire and rescue service Impact of National Framework 2008/11 Expected changes in emphasis/priorities of CLG? Areas of concern for CFOA? Establishing the key messages from CFOA?