Susan Allott

2 weeks ago | civilserviceworld.com | Jim Dunton |Susan Allott

Two arm’s-length bodies have this week announced that their next chief executives will be job-share appointments. The Trade Remedies Authority – the UK’s post-Brexit watchdog responsible for investigating alleged unfair trading practices – has unveiled Jessica Blakely and Carmen Suarez as its job-share chief executives. They will take up post at the authority, which is an ALB of the Department for Business and Trade, on 2 June.

2 weeks ago | civilserviceworld.com | Susan Allott |Tevye Markson

It was almost 3pm on 25 April, a warm Friday afternoon, perfect for a picnic or an outdoor kickabout. But the speakers taking part in the Lords debate on a report from the Statutory Inquiries Committee, Enhancing Public Trust, were not going to let the issues at stake be kicked into the long grass. As Philip Norton put it in his opening words: "We have the potential to ensure that public inquiries more effectively meet the needs of victims and survivors and enhance public trust in the process.

1 month ago | civilserviceworld.com | Susan Allott |Jim Dunton

Maura Sullivan has been appointed as chair of the Cabinet Office Audit and Risk Committee for a term of three years. Sullivan is “a finance professional with an executive career spanning board-level CFO roles in banking, asset management and pensions”, the Cabinet Office said in a statement. Her experience includes working in “complex international organisations”, managing large teams and leading “large transformation programmes”, it added.

1 month ago | civilserviceworld.com | Tevye Markson |Susan Allott

HM Prison and Probation Service has launched a fast-track programme to recruit and train prison leaders of the future. HMPPS is searching for 35 talented individuals from diverse backgrounds for the first intake of the new three-year Future Prison Leaders Programme. The selected few will start out on the frontline as prison officers, and be fast-tracked to become a senior leader running their own prison department in year three.

1 month ago | civilserviceworld.com | Susan Allott |Tevye Markson

The government’s approach to launching independent policy reviews is too ad hoc, inefficient and inconsistent, a new Institute for Government report warns.