Our Senior Civil Service leadership event will be held on Friday 5 th July, and co-hosted by Sue Gray, Permanent Secretary, Department of Finance and Richard Pengelly, Permanent Secretary, of Department of Health and Chief Executive of Health and Social Care NI.
This event provides an opportunity for us all to come together around our common purpose of leading in the Civil Service and to allow us to consider the political and strategic challenges ahead and how we will build our...More
For those of you who attended the Senior Civil Service Leadership Event at CAFRE Greenmount Campus on Friday 5th July 2019, we are keen to hear your feedback on this event.
Please complete this short questionnaire to assist us in continuing to deliver high quality events.
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You recently attended the Making a Difference Awards event on 27 June. We hope you enjoyed the event. At this stage we would appreciate your feedback on the event as this will enable us to assess whether the event met its objectives and will let us plan future events. We will be evaluating the Awards Scheme at a later date.
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The Department of Health (DoH) is responsible for leading and co-ordinating action on Northern Ireland’s substance misuse strategy on a regional and local basis.
The current strategy – the New Strategic Direction for Alcohol & Drugs Phase 2 (NSD Phase 2) – was published and endorsed by the former NI Executive in 2012.
The NSD Phase 2 was recently reviewed, and a report has been published which looks at its outcomes, outputs, and...More
A project has been establied to identify possible enhancements to HPRM (TRIM). The primary objectives of the project are to increase staff usage and improve user experience, to ensure records are effectively managed in HPRM.
This survey will take 5 to 10 minutes to complete.
The survey is in several sections:
Your experience – Usability;
Your experience – Performance;
Possible HPRM improvements; ...More
As part of the overall evaluation of the NICS Women’s Mentoring Circle DP Pilot we are seeking your views as a first time Mentor. It is important that we gather your assessment in terms of how the process worked for you as a Mentor and in doing so this will help improve and influence how we move this development opportunity on for all subsequent programmes. This evaluation should take no more than 10 minutes to complete.
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You are invited to a Senior Civil Service Leadership Forum event on Friday 4th October 2019 at Girdwood Community Hub, Belfast.
This event will build upon the previous SCS Leadership Forum held at Greenmount, which aimed to bring colleagues together to connect and share.
Highlighted at the event in July, and echoed in feedback, was the need and desire to come together as a senior team for more regular, open and honest conversations. Also highlighted was the...More
In May 2019, the Department of Finance announced plans to undertake a full and comprehensive review of business rates in Northern Ireland.
It is of strategic importance for government to ensure that the business rating system is fit for purpose in order to fund Northern Ireland’s key services, both at regional and district level.
The system, together with the suite of support measures, need to be positioned to respond to changing marketplaces and local economic conditions, and...More
Innovations in Improving Efficiencies on Lamb Finishing Farms
Monday 25th November - Wednesday 27th November 2019
Registration close on 15th November 2019 at 4PM.
The trip will investigate how new technologies can improve efficiencies on Northern Ireland Sheep Programme (NISP) lamb finishing units with the overall aim of finishing lambs within the desired market specification resulting in increased profitability.
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You recently attended the H&S recognition event on 13 November. We hope you enjoyed the event. At this stage we would appreciate your feedback on the event as this will enable us to assess whether the event met its objectives and will let us plan future events.
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This short survey is seeking your views on our pilot Making a Difference Awards scheme. Your feedback will only take a few minutes. Some questions are specifically for those of you who participated in the scheme, but we are also seeking the views of those of you who didn't participate on this occasion.
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Forest service, an Agency of the department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs has provided an opinion on the following project in respect of the Environmental Impact Assessment (Forestry) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 (as amended).
Reference - ERA19/20-18
Project Type - Deforestation
Location - West Tullyhona, Florencecourt
Grid Reference - H 160 343
Area - 0.52 hectares
Project Description - Removal of conifer/ broadleaf woodland
Opinion -...More
Our Dignity & Diversity survey highlighted that certain workplace behaviours adversely affect colleagues. To help us address these issues we are keen to find out what these specific behaviours are.
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You attended the Working with Ministers workshop on 24 January 2020. We hope you found the workshop informative and useful. We would appreciate your feedback on the workshop as this will enable us to assess whether it met its objectives and will also inform the structure and content of future Working with Ministers sessions.
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It is a fundamental premise of a civilised society that everyone should have the right to live in a healthy environment, with access to sufficient and appropriate environmental resources for a healthy life. Northern Ireland’s environment is its most important asset and it is crucial to each and every one of us. It is one of the main reasons people from other countries and regions visit, bringing money into the local economy and raising our profile around the world. It affects our...More
You attended the Working with Ministers workshop on 31 January 2020. We hope you found the workshop informative and useful. We would appreciate your feedback on the workshop as this will enable us to assess whether it met its objectives and will also inform the structure and content of future Working with Ministers sessions.
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During these challenging and unprecedented times it is crucial for everyone to stay connected and stay informed. To help with this the Covid-19 communications team has set up a number of Webex Events to provide staff with direct access to senior management to hear their updates and ask questions of them. However we acknowledge that this may not be the preferred form of communication for all DAERA staff and may not suit others due to a variety of reasons. To help us improve our communications...More
Dear Colleagues,
As you know things have been very different for the past 8 weeks and we are now at a stage where we are starting to think about recovery. I would be grateful if you could take a little time to complete the questionnaire at the link below by Monday afternoon (18 May).
Once returned, Peter will collate and we will go through responses at SMT – Proposing that we bring SMT forward to 21 st May. Once we have time to consider responses we will agree a number of...More
The Human Resource Consultancy Services (HRCS) branch, in the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), produces a range of HR related statistics on staff within the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS). These statistics include an annual publication on Sickness Absence (see link below).
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Following your attendance at our virtual webinar we would really love if you could complete the following short survey.
It should only take about 5 minutes to complete.
All answers are anonymous. Data collected will be held in line with GDPR and the Northern Health and Social Care Trust privacy policy.
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Following your attendance at our virtual webinar we would really love if you could complete the following short survey.
It should only take about 5 minutes to complete.
All answers are anonymous. Data collected will be held in line with GDPR and the Northern Health and Social Care Trust privacy policy.
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