Lewisham Council is the largest employer in
the Borough, with 8,100 staff providing a wide
range of services to 250,000 people. We put
service to the public first; respect all people
and all communities, invest in employees and
are open, honest and fair in all we do.
Lewisham has been successfully involved
with the National Graduate Development
Programme since the scheme's inception
in 2002. Since 2002, Lewisham has hosted
two or three National Management Trainees
(NMT's) each year, bringing the total to 25,
and probably has the highest retention rate
nationally at 82% currently.
In Lewisham, the scheme is organised as
follows:
Year 1 - Three x four month placements
linked to front-line service development
Year 2 - A six month placement based at
the corporate centre, working on a range of
strategic, cross-cutting projects
Year 3 - A one year placement within a service
area which takes each National Management
Trainee beyond their traineeship and positions
them to take advantage of management career
opportunities in the Council.
We negotiate with heads of service across
the Council to place NMT's in one-year
placements, at an increased salary, in areas
which will enhance their longer term career
options and choices, and these roles are
designed to enable the NMT's to gain a more
in-depth grounding in one or more service
areas and position them for their next step
up. Examples of one-year placements have
included:-
Casework Team Manager – Regeneration
Policy and Project Officer - Local Strategic
Partnership Team – Resources
Project Manager – Integrated Youth Support
Service – CYP
Programme Management & Property Support
Officer - Regeneration
We continue to provide support and advice
to trainees once the traineeship finishes. Extrainees
are very much involved with the
continuing development of the Scheme in
Lewisham, in particular the annual recruitment
process. Many of the ex-trainees are now
senior managers within the organisation and
in some cases manage either current or other
ex-trainees in project placements or full time
roles.
Lewisham is a 4 star Council with Equality
Standard 5 rating, we are home to some of
the capital's most exciting and innovative
organisations - the award winning Laban
contemporary dance conservatoire, Deptford
Albany and Horniman Museum. Lewisham
is undergoing its biggest transformation since
Victorian times, with unparalleled public
and private investment meaning significant
regeneration and renewal.
We expect employees to work hard to provide
services which respond to community needs
and views as well as providing a fair, courteous
and responsive service whilst getting things
done efficiently, making the best use of
resources and acting as ambassadors for the
Council. We aim for excellence which means
we expect all employees to view change
positively, focussing on suggestions and
solutions for improvements
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