Articles tagged with Alex Chisholm on Civil Service World

14 Sep 2021 HR

Hybrid working is here to stay, Chisholm says

Remote work and teleconferencing also create "great opportunities" to save taxpayers money, civil service boss tells MPs

15 Jun 2021

Forward operations: Alex Chisholm sets out the future for civil service reform

Alex Chisholm has had a busy first year as civil service chief operating officer. Now the UK is looking towards its recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic, he tells Beckie Smith about his priorities for the months ahead, and how the plans for civil service reform are shaping up

19 May 2021 Coronavirus

Covid will ‘reset’ attitudes to contingency planning, Chisholm tells MPs

Cabinet Office perm sec says there is “no question” government’s pandemic response could have been better

'No return to normal': civil service must take risks and become more creative, cab sec and COO say

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23 Mar 2021 Civil Service Reform

'No return to normal': civil service must take risks and become more creative, cab sec and COO say

Message to officials says "using data smarter" and adopting fresh ideas should also be among civil service's focuses post-pandemic

09 Mar 2021 Brexit

Civil service COO details department staffing plans for next phase of Brexit

Alex Chisholm tells MPs Border Force needs 2,000 extra staff while Defra is funding training for 500 new Port Health Authority officials

22 Jan 2021 Civil Service Reform

Cabinet secretary and civil service COO ‘need more power’, think tank says

Institute for Government argues Whitehall also requires a strong new central delivery unit

13 Jan 2021 Civil Service Reform

Civil service COO and Cabinet Office perm sec role should be split, says Maude

Reforming ex-minister tells MPs he believes “head of civil service” post should alternate between cabinet secretary and COO

04 Jan 2021

'This year has been a tremendous reminder of the importance of the union': civil service COO Alex Chisholm reflects on 2020

2020 was a year unlike any other, with the coronavirus pandemic upending the work of government and changing how we live our daily lives. Senior figures from across the civil service tell us how the unprecedented 12 months affected them, and look ahead to 2021

25 Nov 2020 Brexit

Border disruption 'inevitable' after Brexit transition ends, Chisholm warns

"Will everybody do everything they need to do, exactly in the right way without any hitch... I don’t expect that will be the case,” COO says

03 Nov 2020 Civil Service Reform

Chisholm pledges to curb use of consultants with plan to bolster in-house skills

Lord Agnew "makes a really good point" about the need to increase specialist skills in the civil service and rely less on consultants, COO says

26 Oct 2020 Civil Service Reform

Chisholm ‘open’ to the idea of creating a centralised civil service HR function

Cabinet Office perm sec tells MPs he would be very willing to look into the case for a comms-style reorganisation of departmental personnel teams

09 Oct 2020 Brexit

‘Civil service morale is high’ Chisholm tells MPs

Chief operating officer says he expects 2020 People Survey to reflect ‘sense of pride and achievement’ felt by staff dealing with Covid-19 response and Brexit

01 Oct 2020 Leadership

‘Help us shape the future’: Chisholm urges officials to complete People Survey

2020 poll of civil servants includes questions on the impact of Covid-19

30 Sep 2020 Civil Service Reform

Chisholm says Covid-19 will accelerate civil service’s shift away from Whitehall

Cabinet Office perm sec tells MPs continued remote working will see more people based at the same office, but not there at the same time

21 Jul 2020 Civil Service Reform

Civil servants invited to air frustrations as Chisholm reveals 'prospectus for reform'

"This is a call to join a movement, not a top-down initiative," COO tells officials

16 Jun 2020 Economics

PAC chair 'dumbstruck' as perm secs admit lack of economic planning for a pandemic

Economic support packages designed "as we have gone along", Sir Tom Scholar tells MPs

15 May 2020 Civil Service Reform

‘I don’t believe change comes from issuing orders to people’ – civil service COO Alex Chisholm on reform plans, pay challenges and Covid-19

As he starts a new job as Cabinet Office permanent secretary and civil service chief operating officer, Alex Chisholm talks to Suzannah Brecknell about his priorities for reform across government and what he’s learnt from an eventful stint leading the business department

30 Mar 2020 HR

Chisholm named civil service chief operating officer to lead new reform drive

BEIS perm sec will move to become Cabinet Office perm sec as he takes on roles held by John Manzoni

20 Dec 2018 Leadership

BEIS perm sec Alex Chisholm reflects on a year implementing the industrial strategy and honouring the memory of Jeremy Heywood

With the end of 2018 fast approaching, we asked the UK's top civil servants to look back at the year, outline their goals for 2019 – and tell us who would turn on their town’s Christmas lights.

27 Feb 2017 Energy & Environment

BEIS perm sec responds after staff raise concerns over new department's identity

After the merger of DECC and BIS, the new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's permanent secretary Alex Chisholm tells CSW that his department's low ranking for "organisational objectives and purpose" will be addressed in the next Civil Service People Survey

27 Feb 2017 Brexit

Interview: BEIS perm sec Alex Chisholm on merging DECC and BIS, the Industrial Strategy, and the Brexit challenge

Nine days after his appointment as permanent secretary of the Department of Energy & Climate Change, Alex Chisholm suddenly found himself running the newly-formed Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Here he talks merging ministries, Brexit and championing both business and consumers with Sam Macrory