Issue - meetings

Cabinet Member: Community & Corporate Services

Forward Plan Ref: 2023/360

Contact: Cherie Cuthbertson – Director of Workforce and OD,

Cherie.cuthbertson@oxfordshire.gov.uk

Report by Executive Director of Resources and Section 151 Officer (CA9)

1.               The Cabinet is RECOMMENDED to approve “Our People and Culture Strategy” annexed to this report outlining four priority areas of focus:

1. Attracting, recruiting, and retaining talented people
2. Enabling our people to thrive and perform.
3. Enabling our people to grow an evolve for the future.
4. Enabling our people to lead and transform for the future.

2.               The Cabinet is asked to note the programme in place to support the delivery of the strategy.

Recommendations approved.

Cabinet had before it a report introducing the  “Our People and Culture Strategy” which set out the vision for developing  and maintaining high performing, innovative, highly engaged, and agile teams, employing the best people, and reflecting the communities that the Council served. The strategy referred to the importance of nurturing  an environment that supported diversity, equality, and inclusion, and allowed all  employees to bring their whole selves to work to deliver great services for our Oxfordshire residents.

The strategy focused on four priorities:

(a)            Attracting, recruiting, and retaining talented people

(b)            Enabling our people to thrive and perform.

(c)             Enabling our people to grow an evolve for the future.

(d)            Enabling our people to lead and transform for the future.

Councillor Neil Fawcett, Cabinet Member for Community and Corporate Services, presented the report.

The Director of Workforce and Organisational Development then referred to the four priorities set out in the strategy.  In response to questions, she explained the reasoning for the KPI measurements in the strategy and that these would be subject to further development. She confirmed that monitoring of statistics on maternity leave returners would be included within the performance monitoring statistics.

The Chair welcomed the report and noted the ambitious objectives during the initial year. 

RESOLVED to 

a)    approve the “Our People and Culture Strategy” annexed to the report outlining four priority areas of focus:

1. Attracting, recruiting, and retaining talented people
2. Enabling our people to thrive and perform.
3. Enabling our people to grow an evolve for the future.
4. Enabling our people to lead and transform for the future.

b)    note the programme in place to support the delivery of the strategy.