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UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
There was a short-lived experiment in creating Extended Ministerial Offices which brought together the traditional private offices, special advisers and external appointees so as to provide a much wider range of support functions. The relevant Cabinet Office guidance is here. Further background to this somewhat controversial development ishere.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICEUK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Dismissal:- Permanent Secretaries. It is a firm rule that ministers cannot dismiss civil servants that displease them or offer unwelcome advice (but see comment below). If a minister cannot stand a particular official, the latter is usually moved to a different job. Much more detail is here.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Armed Services. The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether 'a chap' was likely to know which fork to use!).UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
There was a short-lived experiment in creating Extended Ministerial Offices which brought together the traditional private offices, special advisers and external appointees so as to provide a much wider range of support functions. The relevant Cabinet Office guidance is here. Further background to this somewhat controversial development ishere.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICEUK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Dismissal:- Permanent Secretaries. It is a firm rule that ministers cannot dismiss civil servants that displease them or offer unwelcome advice (but see comment below). If a minister cannot stand a particular official, the latter is usually moved to a different job. Much more detail is here.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Armed Services. The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether 'a chap' was likely to know which fork to use!).UK CIVIL SERVICE
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Understanding the Civil Service. This website provides a thorough introduction to the duties, responsibilities and working practices of Whitehall officials. It also contains detailed information about civil service numbers, pay, pensions etc. as well as a detailed history of civil service reform and a great deal of advice for new recruits.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Civil servants are those who are employed by ' the Crown '. The “Crown” fulfils the same role at the national level that the “State” fulfils on the international plane. The Executive (the government of the day) represents the Crown/State. The Crown and State endure; governments come and go.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Then, in 2016, the SSRB reported that ' public sector pay, for full-time employees, at the 98th percentile in 2015 was approximately 18% lower than in the private sector, at around £90,000 compared to 110,000 '. Further detail is in annual SSRB reports. A more detailed comparison of civil service and private sector pay is in Hay's 2005Pay
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The UK Civil Service - Online Library. This is a list of official publications and other interesting material on this website, together with a list of books written by civil servants describing their work. Please do not hesitate to email Martin Stanley if you cannot find the document that you need, or if you have an interesting document whichUK CIVIL SERVICE
But 'jobs for life' disappeared many years ago. There have been dramatic reductions in total civil service numbers. Only c.16% of all civil servants retire at or above their normal retirement age. Over 60% resign to follow other careers etc. And even in the higher paid and older Senior Civil Service, only between 22 and 31% of thoseleaving
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Be proactive, therefore, in adding skills as necessary. Our three duties are as follows: Civil servants give advice to Ministers before they make policy decisions. We must give them private, honest, informed advice and we are expected to face them with the truth even when it turns up in an inconvenient form. The Civil Service Code saysthat the
UK CIVIL SERVICE = SKILL If a speech reads well, especially to colleagues, it will sound stilted and boring. We naturally speak in 2-3 second bursts. We write using longer sentences. You should simply pick up a pen or sit at your keyboard, put your speech structure on the table in front of you, and start writing or typing.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Deadlines. Close Of Play (often abbreviated to “cop”):- The deadline is vaguely at the end of the day – resulting in several more e-mails to establish exactly what the actual deadline is. Also strengthens the fraternity against non-cricketing colleagues. In the New Year: by Easter. In the Spring: by 30 June.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Daphne Park. Nothing about ‘Queen of Spies’ Daphne Park was ever ordinary. Her unconventional upbringing shielded her from British prejudices, and she never felt disadvantaged by her gender or her lack of money. During her career she was a clandestine senior controller in MI6 in Hanoi, Moscow, the Congo, and Zambia.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Jacqueline Hope-Wallace CBE, who recently turned 100, built a successful career in the civil service at a time when women were a rarity in its upper echelons. She recalls the highlights of 40 years in Whitehall. "I was born in 1909, and went to the local school in Wimbledon Common. My father was in the civil service: the CharityCommission.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
There was a short-lived experiment in creating Extended Ministerial Offices which brought together the traditional private offices, special advisers and external appointees so as to provide a much wider range of support functions. The relevant Cabinet Office guidance is here. Further background to this somewhat controversial development ishere.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICEUK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Dismissal:- Permanent Secretaries. It is a firm rule that ministers cannot dismiss civil servants that displease them or offer unwelcome advice (but see comment below). If a minister cannot stand a particular official, the latter is usually moved to a different job. Much more detail is here.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Armed Services. The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether 'a chap' was likely to know which fork to use!).UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
There was a short-lived experiment in creating Extended Ministerial Offices which brought together the traditional private offices, special advisers and external appointees so as to provide a much wider range of support functions. The relevant Cabinet Office guidance is here. Further background to this somewhat controversial development ishere.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICEUK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Dismissal:- Permanent Secretaries. It is a firm rule that ministers cannot dismiss civil servants that displease them or offer unwelcome advice (but see comment below). If a minister cannot stand a particular official, the latter is usually moved to a different job. Much more detail is here.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Armed Services. The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether 'a chap' was likely to know which fork to use!).UK CIVIL SERVICE
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Understanding the Civil Service. This website provides a thorough introduction to the duties, responsibilities and working practices of Whitehall officials. It also contains detailed information about civil service numbers, pay, pensions etc. as well as a detailed history of civil service reform and a great deal of advice for new recruits.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Civil servants are those who are employed by ' the Crown '. The “Crown” fulfils the same role at the national level that the “State” fulfils on the international plane. The Executive (the government of the day) represents the Crown/State. The Crown and State endure; governments come and go.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Then, in 2016, the SSRB reported that ' public sector pay, for full-time employees, at the 98th percentile in 2015 was approximately 18% lower than in the private sector, at around £90,000 compared to 110,000 '. Further detail is in annual SSRB reports. A more detailed comparison of civil service and private sector pay is in Hay's 2005Pay
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The UK Civil Service - Online Library. This is a list of official publications and other interesting material on this website, together with a list of books written by civil servants describing their work. Please do not hesitate to email Martin Stanley if you cannot find the document that you need, or if you have an interesting document whichUK CIVIL SERVICE
But 'jobs for life' disappeared many years ago. There have been dramatic reductions in total civil service numbers. Only c.16% of all civil servants retire at or above their normal retirement age. Over 60% resign to follow other careers etc. And even in the higher paid and older Senior Civil Service, only between 22 and 31% of thoseleaving
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Be proactive, therefore, in adding skills as necessary. Our three duties are as follows: Civil servants give advice to Ministers before they make policy decisions. We must give them private, honest, informed advice and we are expected to face them with the truth even when it turns up in an inconvenient form. The Civil Service Code saysthat the
UK CIVIL SERVICE = SKILL If a speech reads well, especially to colleagues, it will sound stilted and boring. We naturally speak in 2-3 second bursts. We write using longer sentences. You should simply pick up a pen or sit at your keyboard, put your speech structure on the table in front of you, and start writing or typing.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Deadlines. Close Of Play (often abbreviated to “cop”):- The deadline is vaguely at the end of the day – resulting in several more e-mails to establish exactly what the actual deadline is. Also strengthens the fraternity against non-cricketing colleagues. In the New Year: by Easter. In the Spring: by 30 June.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Daphne Park. Nothing about ‘Queen of Spies’ Daphne Park was ever ordinary. Her unconventional upbringing shielded her from British prejudices, and she never felt disadvantaged by her gender or her lack of money. During her career she was a clandestine senior controller in MI6 in Hanoi, Moscow, the Congo, and Zambia.UK CIVIL SERVICE
Jacqueline Hope-Wallace CBE, who recently turned 100, built a successful career in the civil service at a time when women were a rarity in its upper echelons. She recalls the highlights of 40 years in Whitehall. "I was born in 1909, and went to the local school in Wimbledon Common. My father was in the civil service: the CharityCommission.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The UK Civil Service - Online Library. This is a list of official publications and other interesting material on this website, together with a list of books written by civil servants describing their work. Please do not hesitate to email Martin Stanley if you cannot find the document that you need, or if you have an interesting document whichUK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The key grade is Grade 7. Grade 7s are expected to know all there is to know about their policy area, and to know all the key players, pressure groups and so on. In a well run department, you will find that senior officials listen very carefully to their Grade 7s, and tend to operate in a way which supports their Grade 7s, rather thanvice versa.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Private Offices. The civil service provides Ministers with several different types of support. As well as specialist policy teams, all departments have strategy and/or implementation units who help prepare and monitor departmental plans, always working closely with finance and human resources teams. And then there are communications teams asUK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Ministerial Correspondence. You will draft replies to a huge number of letters during your career, both for your own signature and that of others. The key thing to remember is that you should draft a letter which: provides a full and intelligent reply to the incoming correspondence, positively, persuasively, clearly and accuratelystates the
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The UK Civil Service - Online Library. This is a list of official publications and other interesting material on this website, together with a list of books written by civil servants describing their work. Please do not hesitate to email Martin Stanley if you cannot find the document that you need, or if you have an interesting document whichUK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The key grade is Grade 7. Grade 7s are expected to know all there is to know about their policy area, and to know all the key players, pressure groups and so on. In a well run department, you will find that senior officials listen very carefully to their Grade 7s, and tend to operate in a way which supports their Grade 7s, rather thanvice versa.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Private Offices. The civil service provides Ministers with several different types of support. As well as specialist policy teams, all departments have strategy and/or implementation units who help prepare and monitor departmental plans, always working closely with finance and human resources teams. And then there are communications teams asUK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Ministerial Correspondence. You will draft replies to a huge number of letters during your career, both for your own signature and that of others. The key thing to remember is that you should draft a letter which: provides a full and intelligent reply to the incoming correspondence, positively, persuasively, clearly and accuratelystates the
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Understanding the Civil Service. This website provides a thorough introduction to the duties, responsibilities and working practices of Whitehall officials. It also contains detailed information about civil service numbers, pay, pensions etc. as well as a detailed history of civil service reform and a great deal of advice for new recruits.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The key grade is Grade 7. Grade 7s are expected to know all there is to know about their policy area, and to know all the key players, pressure groups and so on. In a well run department, you will find that senior officials listen very carefully to their Grade 7s, and tend to operate in a way which supports their Grade 7s, rather thanvice versa.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Special Advisers. Special Advisers are, as their name suggests, a special type of civil servant. This web page provides introductory information and gives advice on how regular civil servants should best work with Special Advisers. Other web pages on this site provide: some statistics. There are a number of reasons why Ministers find ithelpful
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Civil Service Code says that civil servants must be appointed on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. This note provides additional practical advice in this area. The Basic Rules. It is fairly straightforward to arrange a level transfer (i.e. without asignificant
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Armed Services. The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether 'a chap' was likely to know which fork to use!).UK CIVIL SERVICE
Then, in 2016, the SSRB reported that ' public sector pay, for full-time employees, at the 98th percentile in 2015 was approximately 18% lower than in the private sector, at around £90,000 compared to 110,000 '. Further detail is in annual SSRB reports. A more detailed comparison of civil service and private sector pay is in Hay's 2005Pay
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The UK Civil Service - Humour. This Section contains various tongue-in-cheek advice about working in the UK Civil Service. But don't forget that many a true word is said in jest First, I have brought together some excellent advice from Wilfred Hyde and Giles Wilkes In Policy-Making 101. Now let's learn how to interpret thecivil servants
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Ministerial Correspondence. You will draft replies to a huge number of letters during your career, both for your own signature and that of others. The key thing to remember is that you should draft a letter which: provides a full and intelligent reply to the incoming correspondence, positively, persuasively, clearly and accuratelystates the
UK CIVIL SERVICE
needs to be trailed in a Green or White Paper. If you are embarking on this process for the first time then you should look at the voluminous written guidance, and there is also much to be said for mimicking the style and structure of letters and papers prepared previously. Collective agreement is obtained through Cabinet committees, usuallyUK CIVIL SERVICE
Deadlines. Close Of Play (often abbreviated to “cop”):- The deadline is vaguely at the end of the day – resulting in several more e-mails to establish exactly what the actual deadline is. Also strengthens the fraternity against non-cricketing colleagues. In the New Year: by Easter. In the Spring: by 30 June.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The UK Civil Service - Online Library. This is a list of official publications and other interesting material on this website, together with a list of books written by civil servants describing their work. Please do not hesitate to email Martin Stanley if you cannot find the document that you need, or if you have an interesting document whichUK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The key grade is Grade 7. Grade 7s are expected to know all there is to know about their policy area, and to know all the key players, pressure groups and so on. In a well run department, you will find that senior officials listen very carefully to their Grade 7s, and tend to operate in a way which supports their Grade 7s, rather thanvice versa.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Private Offices. The civil service provides Ministers with several different types of support. As well as specialist policy teams, all departments have strategy and/or implementation units who help prepare and monitor departmental plans, always working closely with finance and human resources teams. And then there are communications teams asUK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Ministerial Correspondence. You will draft replies to a huge number of letters during your career, both for your own signature and that of others. The key thing to remember is that you should draft a letter which: provides a full and intelligent reply to the incoming correspondence, positively, persuasively, clearly and accuratelystates the
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The UK Civil Service - Online Library. This is a list of official publications and other interesting material on this website, together with a list of books written by civil servants describing their work. Please do not hesitate to email Martin Stanley if you cannot find the document that you need, or if you have an interesting document whichUK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The key grade is Grade 7. Grade 7s are expected to know all there is to know about their policy area, and to know all the key players, pressure groups and so on. In a well run department, you will find that senior officials listen very carefully to their Grade 7s, and tend to operate in a way which supports their Grade 7s, rather thanvice versa.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Private Offices. The civil service provides Ministers with several different types of support. As well as specialist policy teams, all departments have strategy and/or implementation units who help prepare and monitor departmental plans, always working closely with finance and human resources teams. And then there are communications teams asUK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Ministerial Correspondence. You will draft replies to a huge number of letters during your career, both for your own signature and that of others. The key thing to remember is that you should draft a letter which: provides a full and intelligent reply to the incoming correspondence, positively, persuasively, clearly and accuratelystates the
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Understanding the Civil Service. This website provides a thorough introduction to the duties, responsibilities and working practices of Whitehall officials. It also contains detailed information about civil service numbers, pay, pensions etc. as well as a detailed history of civil service reform and a great deal of advice for new recruits.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The key grade is Grade 7. Grade 7s are expected to know all there is to know about their policy area, and to know all the key players, pressure groups and so on. In a well run department, you will find that senior officials listen very carefully to their Grade 7s, and tend to operate in a way which supports their Grade 7s, rather thanvice versa.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Special Advisers. Special Advisers are, as their name suggests, a special type of civil servant. This web page provides introductory information and gives advice on how regular civil servants should best work with Special Advisers. Other web pages on this site provide: some statistics. There are a number of reasons why Ministers find ithelpful
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Civil Service Code says that civil servants must be appointed on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. This note provides additional practical advice in this area. The Basic Rules. It is fairly straightforward to arrange a level transfer (i.e. without asignificant
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Armed Services. The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether 'a chap' was likely to know which fork to use!).UK CIVIL SERVICE
Then, in 2016, the SSRB reported that ' public sector pay, for full-time employees, at the 98th percentile in 2015 was approximately 18% lower than in the private sector, at around £90,000 compared to 110,000 '. Further detail is in annual SSRB reports. A more detailed comparison of civil service and private sector pay is in Hay's 2005Pay
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The UK Civil Service - Humour. This Section contains various tongue-in-cheek advice about working in the UK Civil Service. But don't forget that many a true word is said in jest First, I have brought together some excellent advice from Wilfred Hyde and Giles Wilkes In Policy-Making 101. Now let's learn how to interpret thecivil servants
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Ministerial Correspondence. You will draft replies to a huge number of letters during your career, both for your own signature and that of others. The key thing to remember is that you should draft a letter which: provides a full and intelligent reply to the incoming correspondence, positively, persuasively, clearly and accuratelystates the
UK CIVIL SERVICE
needs to be trailed in a Green or White Paper. If you are embarking on this process for the first time then you should look at the voluminous written guidance, and there is also much to be said for mimicking the style and structure of letters and papers prepared previously. Collective agreement is obtained through Cabinet committees, usuallyUK CIVIL SERVICE
Deadlines. Close Of Play (often abbreviated to “cop”):- The deadline is vaguely at the end of the day – resulting in several more e-mails to establish exactly what the actual deadline is. Also strengthens the fraternity against non-cricketing colleagues. In the New Year: by Easter. In the Spring: by 30 June.UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
There was a short-lived experiment in creating Extended Ministerial Offices which brought together the traditional private offices, special advisers and external appointees so as to provide a much wider range of support functions. The relevant Cabinet Office guidance is here. Further background to this somewhat controversial development ishere.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Dismissal:- Permanent Secretaries. It is a firm rule that ministers cannot dismiss civil servants that displease them or offer unwelcome advice (but see comment below). If a minister cannot stand a particular official, the latter is usually moved to a different job. Much more detail is here.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Armed Services. The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether 'a chap' was likely to know which fork to use!).UK CIVIL SERVICE
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There was a short-lived experiment in creating Extended Ministerial Offices which brought together the traditional private offices, special advisers and external appointees so as to provide a much wider range of support functions. The relevant Cabinet Office guidance is here. Further background to this somewhat controversial development ishere.
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The person being briefed (or their Private Secretary) has to know when the meeting is taking place, how to get to it and what is to be discussed. The agenda should be agreed in advance with other participants and should, in the case of a long meeting, suggest starting times for each item. Objectives: This is the most importantpart of the brief.
UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Submissions. Your formal advice to Ministers, or requests for approvals and authorisations, will be contained in a written submission. Emails, PowerPoint presentations and conversations are excellent ways of taking discussions forward but they should never be used for important decisions. Each department has its own preferredsubmission
UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Dismissal:- Permanent Secretaries. It is a firm rule that ministers cannot dismiss civil servants that displease them or offer unwelcome advice (but see comment below). If a minister cannot stand a particular official, the latter is usually moved to a different job. Much more detail is here.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The Armed Services. The following list compares old and new civil service grades with their equivalents in the armed services. But it shouldn't be taken too seriously. Ken Graham pointed out that the list was prepared mainly for arranging travel, accommodation and messing (e.g. whether 'a chap' was likely to know which fork to use!).UK CIVIL SERVICE
UK CIVIL SERVICE
Civil servants are those who are employed by ' the Crown '. The “Crown” fulfils the same role at the national level that the “State” fulfils on the international plane. The Executive (the government of the day) represents the Crown/State. The Crown and State endure; governments come and go.UK CIVIL SERVICE
The key grade is Grade 7. Grade 7s are expected to know all there is to know about their policy area, and to know all the key players, pressure groups and so on. In a well run department, you will find that senior officials listen very carefully to their Grade 7s, and tend to operate in a way which supports their Grade 7s, rather thanvice versa.
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Be proactive, therefore, in adding skills as necessary. Our three duties are as follows: Civil servants give advice to Ministers before they make policy decisions. We must give them private, honest, informed advice and we are expected to face them with the truth even when it turns up in an inconvenient form. The Civil Service Code saysthat the
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More recently, and over the longer term, civil service pay seems to track changes in the wider economy reasonably well. The most junior officials are currently paid around 50% to 60% of average UK salary, compared with around 40% to 70% in 1986. The equivalent figures for Executive Officers and their equivalents are 80-90% compared with60-110%
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The Cabinet Minutes Style Guide offers excellent advice. Here are some extracts - advice which you should follow whenever you are writing any meeting note: Err on the side of inclusion of detail. Current records are fuller and more detailed than in the past. This is a conscious choice. Do not write the Minute verbatim. UNDERSTANDING THE UK CIVIL SERVICE Civil Service History. Rulers have always needed civil servants - and especially tax collectors. ("And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.") They also needed filing clerks! "For all his flaws, King John was an assiduous administrator. He was very keen on filing, and it is the filing system that seems to have originated in hisUK CIVIL SERVICE
But 'jobs for life' disappeared many years ago. There have been dramatic reductions in total civil service numbers. Only c.16% of all civil servants retire at or above their normal retirement age. Over 60% resign to follow other careers etc. And even in the higher paid and older Senior Civil Service, only between 22 and 31% of thoseleaving
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The UK Civil Service - Humour. This Section contains various tongue-in-cheek advice about working in the UK Civil Service. But don't forget that many a true word is said in jest First, I have brought together some excellent advice from Wilfred Hyde and Giles Wilkes In Policy-Making 101. Now let's learn how to interpret thecivil servants
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Human Rights law is now an intrinsic part of UK administrative law, so don't read this web page without also reading this web page and The Judge Over Your Shoulder. Human rights are rights that individuals have against the state. They relate to aspects of people’s lives that states cannot interfere with. There is, sadly, no human right tofood.
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Innovation requires officials who know the systems they are advising on. But many ministers - particularly nowadays - do not like to work with expert officials who know more than they do, and they do not like to be out-shone by exciting, achieving and innovative officials. Rapid ministerial turnover doesn't help, either.* Home (current)
* Facts & Stats
* Impartiality, Accountability etc.* Skills
* Civil Service Reform * Understanding Government * Resources & Contact UNDERSTANDING THE CIVIL SERVICE This website provides a thorough introduction to the duties, responsibilities and working practices of Whitehall officials. It also contains detailed information about civil service numbers, pay, pensions etc. as well as a detailed history of civil service reform and a great deal of advice for new recruits. Other sections focus on specific subjects such as Women Civil Servants, Special Advisers and Ministerial Directions.
Scroll down this page to access all areas of the site. There is also a comprehensive online library. And you might like to use this search facility:-Search
Those interested in other aspects of government might like to investigate other Understanding Government websites which look at policy making , 'speaking truthto power ', and
regulation .
FACTS & STATS
This part of the website provides essential factual information about the UK Civil Service accessed through the links below. Whilst reading these web pages, please bear in mind that the UK Civil Service is much more narrowly defined than in most other countries. Only 1.3% of all employees (8% of public sector employees) are civil servants.DEFINITIONS
* What is a Civil Servant? * The Various Types of Minister * Civil Service Grades & Roles * Armed Forces - Equivalent RanksSTATISTICS
* Civil Service Numbers* Other Statistics
INTERNATIONAL
* An International PerspectivePAY, PENSIONS ETC.
* Civil Service Pay
* Senior Civil Service Pay * Civil Service Pensions * Can Civil Servants be Dismissed? IMPARTIALITY, ACCOUNTABILITY & ALL THAT Civil servants work within a constitutional framework known as THE WESTMINSTER MODEL which requires them to be politically impartial whilst being principally accountable only to Ministers within the current government. They also work within a wide range of ETHICAL AND OTHER CONSTRAINTS which are taken very seriously by both senior staff and the wider public. This includes an ethical code which requires officials to be honest, impartial, challenging and collaborative. One of their key skills, therefore, is to achieve their objectives whilst observing both the letter and the spirit of their various obligations. This section of the website goes into more detail, and provides practical advice and explanation. ETHICS & THE WESTMINSTER MODEL * Civil Service Ethics in only 700 words * The Westminster Model: The Role of Civil Servants within the UK Constitution * Criticisms of, and recent developments in, relations between ministers and officials* Integrity
* Political (and other) Impartiality * Civil Service Code SPEAKING TRUTH TO POWER * Must Officials always Obey Orders?* Ministers' Duties
* Has it Become More Difficult to Challenge Ministers?PRACTICAL ADVICE
* Recruitment & Promotion* Sponsorship
* Judicial Review
* Human Rights
* Transparency & Freedom of Information* Data Protection
* General Elections
* Commenting on Ministers' PoliciesSKILLS
This part of the website summarises what every Whitehall official needs to know. Once you have assimilated this material, I recommend that you then read Christopher Jary's Working with Ministers which covers similar ground in more depth. SUPPORTING MINISTERS * Working with Ministers - Key Advice * Giving Advice to Ministers* Submissions
* Briefing Ministers & Senior Officials * Ministerial Correspondence* Speech Writing
* Parliamentary Business * Navigating Whitehall & Gaining Collective Agreement
* Policy-Making 101
COMMUNICATION SKILLS * Effective Communication * Effective Consultation- opens
within Policy-Making website * Ministerial Correspondence* Speech Writing
* Notes of Meetings
* Working with the MediaOTHER SKILLS
* Managing Public Money* Handling Crises
* Innovation, Risk and Departmentalitis * Working with Devolved Administrations * Handling Lobbies & Lobbyists CIVIL SERVICE REFORM Societies fail if their governments are ineffective, and governments are ineffective if their civil servants are ineffective. The modern civil service is undoubtedly much more efficient than its predecessors, but the quality of policy making, and support for Ministers, is generally reckoned to be patchy. There has been no serious review of the fundamental relationship between Parliament, Ministers and civil servants for over 100 years. These web pages explore these issues in great depth.THE PROBLEM
* Overview
* A Changing Society * Government Blunders (and worse) * Civil Service Weaknesses * Permanent Secretaries' ObjectivesATTEMPTED SOLUTIONS
* Ministers' Attempts at Reform ,* Politicisation
* Civil Service Reform Syndrome * Efficiency Programs * Possible Future DevelopmentsDETAILED HISTORY
* Timeline & Index
* Latest Developments OTHER INTERESTING INFORMATION PRIVATE OFFICES, SPECIAL ADVISERS & DIRECTIONS* Private Offices
* Special Advisers
* Ministerial Directions WOMEN IN THE CIVIL SERVICE* Introduction
* A Brief History
* Current Issues
* Women Diplomats
* Impressive, Ground-Breaking Individuals HISTORY, HUMOUR, QUOTATIONS ETC. * Some Interesting History * Some Interesting Characters * How to Speak 'Mandarin' * How (not) to Cut Staff* Useful Quotations
* Other Miscellaneous Content ABOUT, RESOURCES & CONTACT Further information ABOUT this website, and CONTACT information, ishere
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There is an extensive on-line reference library here . The same page also lists books written by civil servants describing their work. The Institute for Government website has lots more detail andanalysis.
My blog is here and a link to my Twitter feed is in the footer below. The third edition of _HOW TO BE A CIVIL SERVANT_ was published in 2016. Click on the image on the left and enter the code CIVILSERVANTUK to buy the book for only £9.99 - £3 off the recommended price. Spotted something wrong? Please do drop me an email if you spot anything that is out-of-date, or any other errors, typos or faulty links.Details
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