Achieving Excellence Through People Local Government Staff Commission for Northern Ireland Adrian E. Kerr Chief Executive 3 November 2010

Achieving Excellence Through People CURRENT SITUATION Speculation on way forward ICE programme Business Services Organisation (BSO) 11 council model

Achieving Excellence Through People INTERIM ARRANGEMENTS Improvement, Collaboration & Efficiency Exploring Options & Developing Business Cases: –HR Team (Lead – David McCammick) Input from Staff Commission Officers, PPMA, Trade Unions, Change Managers –Working Groups established: eLearning & Elected Member development HR Delivery Models Occupational Health Services HR Systems Performance Approaches & Systems Pay & Grading systems Recruitment issues

Achieving Excellence Through People IMPROVEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT SUB- GROUP (LGTG) Pilots undertaken on the following areas: –Organisational Readiness for OD –Management and Operational Team Development –Leadership Development –Developing a Competency Framework –Coaching for Performance

Achieving Excellence Through People IDENTIFIED STRATEGIC HR OBJECTIVES The Talent Agenda Creating a Performance Culture Developing Leadership Capability Creating a Learning Sector Managing the Employment Relationship

Achieving Excellence Through People Creating a People Strategy for Local Government Talent Agenda Vision Scope Benefits Sectoral approach Courage Performance Redefine and reposition HR to be more strategic Establish a model of good practice Establish business case for above Common systems Trade union engagement

Achieving Excellence Through People Creating a People Strategy for Local Government (cont.) Developing Leadership Capability Uniqueness of the political environment Let leaders lead, the right to lead Develop the support systems to support leaders (example coaching) Establish expectations, measurements and accountability Creating a Learning Sector Develop a L&D Strategy (collaboratively) Honest conversations with stakeholders Develop leadership brand for sector Sector wide stocktake Review LGTG in 3 years and evaluate all of the above

Achieving Excellence Through People Creating a People Strategy for Local Government (cont.) Managing the Employment Relationship Maintain centralism Expertise driven (Keep elected members engaged) Fewer people involved Effective secretarial support Aim for highly flexible model Target new arrangements for end of financial year

Achieving Excellence Through People LGSC UPDATE New Commission Staffing Structure New Commission - Chairman and Members from 1 December 2010 g Director of Talent & Development Organisation Development & Design Learning & Development Deputising in absence of Chief Executive Director of Equality & DiversityRecruitment & Selection Diversity Chief Executive Recruitment Director of People StrategiesEmployee Relations People/HR Strategy Senior AdvisorSupport across professional team Lead on special projects

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