We have an exciting range of opportunities for aspiring leaders across the Civil Service to develop their skills through three- and six month placement opportunities with the Charity!
The Charity for Civil Servants was established by civil servants in 1886 and its success has always been rooted in its strong relationship with the Civil Service and individual civil servants. The Charity has always been most successful when it can count upon the experience and commitment of the Civil Service’s people.
The Charity is at the start of an exciting strategic growth journey to ensure that it can support more individuals across the Civil Service community, as well as responding to new challenges facing colleagues in our community. At the same time, the Charity has a range of challenges to ensure that its approaches – in help provision, in fundraising, in communications – are fit for today’s and tomorrow’s Civil Service environment. All of these – and many other – programmes would benefit significantly from the input and support of individual civil servants.
Endorsed by Government People Group, these opportunities offer a range of exciting project-based development opportunities for emerging leaders. Importantly, these opportunities would enable individuals to gain valuable insights into the charitable sector, at a time when government is looking to work much more closely in the delivery of its missions with the third sector. Over time, we would hope to be able to second Charity staff to similar Civil Service opportunities.
Key features of this new secondment programme include:
It is important to note that it is expected that participants’ salaries will be covered by their employer for the duration of the secondment, with any additional expenses (travel, etc) to be covered by the Charity. You will therefore need to secure the agreement of your department to participate in the programme.
We will agree timings, and any other logistical issues, of all placements with successful candidates and their managers.
Whilst individuals would be expected to attend the Charity’s offices in Cheam, Surrey (SM3) from time-to-time, we are open to hybrid/remote arrangements.
If you are interested, you will need to provide a short letter of application setting out your interest in the specific role, what you hope to gain from the opportunity and how this will benefit your development and your team. This should be no more than two sides of A4 with a max. of 500 words per section. Please also provide your CV.
Your application will need to be supported by your Line Manager and your HR team.
To apply or for more information, please contact Victoria Black, at Victoria.black@cfcs.org.uk
Closing date for applications is 31 August after which informal interviews will take place.
We can currently offer the following projects to secondees:
