PPMA
Public Sector People Managers’ Association (click here to go to the PPMA website) The PPMA serves and represents the professional interests of members working across the HR/OD professions within the Public Sector. The Association, formerly known as SOCPO, influences and contributes to the development of public policy and legislation in this respect, constantly advocating the need for higher standards of people management and development to further enhance the delivery of public services. Back to Opportunities home click here
Changing Behaviour in the Public Sector
The public sector is facing an unprecedented period of declining resources and growing demands for their services. This has resulted in dramatic changes to organisational structures requiring new ways of working. While the configuration of the boxes may have changed, the people within those boxes may still be clinging to the behaviours that have worked for them in the past. ... More »
“So, what do you want to be when you grow up?”
In 2007, I was asked to talk to a group of ‘employability teachers’ in London about what is was like working for local government and the skills and abilities we were looking for from our employees. The intention was two-fold: firstly, to equip the teachers with sufficient information about the sector so that they could better advise their students on career choices and secondly, I wanted to dispel some of the myths I knew were in the minds of young people concerning what it is like working in the public sector and thus encourage them to consider a future working with us (or at least consider the possibility of engaging with us at some level!)... More »
Treasury retreats over public sector pensions reforms
The first week of February has seen the government retreat over reforms to public sector pensions, saying it will not have proposals ready until the summer rather than pressing ahead with planned higher contributions in the March budget.... More »
Mediation Skills Can Decrease the Harmful Effects of Redundancy in the Public Sector
With the prediction that anything up to half a million public sector jobs will be lost as a result of the Government’s spending cuts, a large part of the UK public sector workforce is faced with an uncertain future. Redundancy raises a number of challenging issues to employers and employees alike and quite often leads to workplace conflict, which in times of economic uncertainty can become protracted and difficult.... More »
Does recruiting through Social Media engage communities or build barriers?
Recruiting through Social Media is an increasingly powerful (and cost-effective) medium for organisations in all sectors. From an equality perspective, the question is straightforward: is social media an inclusive medium, or an innately 'exclusive' -and potentially discriminatory - channel?... More »