1. Hampshire County Council Corporate Services Transformation Programme Schools Forum – 9 July 2012 Carolyn Williamson Director of Corporate Resources

2. Corporate Services Review County Council engaged private sector consultants to work with us to review our core corporate services functions Objective to: –Reduce costs –Improve services –Create strategic capacity –Develop an operating model as a platform for the future. The vision is to create a single integrated Corporate Services function including: –Strategic & Business Development –Policy, Governance and Procurement –Corporate Resources

3. Corporate Resources Redesign of all corporate resources to create a single integrated entity Creation of an Integrated Business Centre (IBC) as an entirely new transactional function The IBC will be designed to use best practice processes with a focus on both efficiency and customer services Strategic advice and support will be provided via business partners drawing on specialist HR, Finance and IT staff and knowledge bases

4. Transformation Plans Private Sector Partner selected to bring the best of the private sector whilst allowing us to retain our Public Sector ethos Embarking on a significant transformation programme Essential that we communicate, consult and engage with our partners during this period of change Services for schools are already among the most efficient May be potential opportunities for extending or further developing services to Schools and Academies

5. Engagement Mechanism Full engagement via workshops during design phase Schools forum delegate engagement to a small representative group Specific presentations to more technical staff post design phase Update presentation(s) to subsequent Schools forum meetings