Chief Minister’s Office
Ministerial Decision Report
RESTRUCTURING PROVISION BID - LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Purpose of Report
To enable the Chief Minister to accept revenue budget transfers totalling £1,540,000 for the period 2017 – 2019 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) with indicative funding being £560,000 for 2017, £490,000 for 2018 and £490,000 for 2019, together with one temporary FTE to support the activities.
Background
The first phase of Public Sector reform focused on preparing the organisation for the challenges that significant reform required.
A business case was prepared in October 2015 to secure funding for transformational leadership for 2016.
The next phase of reform has been accelerated by the changing financial climate in the period 2015 to 2019.
The leadership development project will support and develop the behaviours and skills required of leaders and managers to lead the change and deliver on the following key PSR objectives:
- Reducing Government expenditure
- Providing a modern workplace
- Digital service delivery for both customers and internally within government
- A modern and flexible workforce
- And service delivery which is smaller, simpler and more efficient.
Following a discussion with the States of Jersey Leadership Board, it was suggested by the board members that a bid be submitted to the Restructuring Provision to secure additional funding for the remaining MTFP2 period (2017 – 2019).
The funding was agreed by the Council of Ministers on 08th February 2017 in support of the Public Sector Reform Programme – Leadership Development.
Recommendation
The Chief Minister accepted a non-recurring total budget transfer of £1,540,000 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure to fund Leadership Development within the Public Sector Reform Programme, with indicative funding being £560,000 for 2017, £490,000 for 2018 and £490,000 for 2019.
Reasons for Decision
At the beginning of the Reform programme, the requirement for the Corporate Management Board (CMB) and Council of Ministers (COM) to work closer together as a leadership team was acknowledged. To support this approach CMB and COM have had regular strategic sessions and workshops during 2015 and 2016.
Executive leadership development has now been delivered to CMB and next in-line for development are senior managers.
The next phase of leadership development is required to address practical leadership skills for senior and middle managers to specifically drive performance and initiate, drive and sustain change.
Resource Implications
The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £1,540,000 during the Medium Term Financial Plan (2017 – 2019), with indicative funding of £560,000 for 2017, £490,000 for 2018 and £490,000 for 2019. The Restructuring Provision revenue head of expenditure to decrease by an identical amount, and the temporary FTE in CMD to increase by one.
This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017 – 2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.