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news Civil Service people survey 2011 This is your opportunity to give your views about your role in DSG and the organisation. It is completely confidential whether completed on-line or by paper copy Your views are important and will make a difference “I am committed to addressing improvements and I cannot emphasise enough the importance of the Survey so I want to see as high a completion rate as possible to enable the Board and my management team to understand the areas of concerns and to give us the opportunity to improve.” Archie Hughes, DSG Chief Executive Paper form must be completed by Friday 7 October or complete on-line form by Friday 21 October Employment & Learning fair Exhibitors at the fair providing valuable advice and support Organised by Sarah Timmis, Learning & Development advisor and Brett Davies, Unite representative, DSG Donnington recently held an Employment & Learning fair. Fourteen exhibitors including One Telford, Job Centre Plus and a number of local colleges were on hand to provide valuable advice and support throughout the day. The event was an excellent opportunity for The Staffordshire Jobs Bus employees leaving under the Voluntary Early Release Scheme (VERS) to meet with potential employers, training providers, recruitment specialists and independent financial advisors. The day also enabled employees to ask questions to allay their fears regarding the private sector job market. The Staffordshire Jobs bus, described as a Job centre on wheels, was also exhibiting and proved successful. In addition to the fair, there are ongoing sessions with Next Steps to assist employees with preparing CVs and provide advice for attending interviews. Arrangements are also in place to provide VERS leavers with one to one financial advice sessions with Lighthouse Financial. Graham Sargent, Head of Business Stream 1 told Digest, “The event was a great success thanks to Sarah and Brett’s planning and organising. Some of our staff leaving on VERS have had long careers in the Civil Service so the future may seem daunting. It is very important that we provide support for those leaving and I believe the fair has been extremely useful and alleviates some of the concerns they may have when they leave DSG.” 6 <strong>DIGEST</strong> October/November 2011 www.dsg.mod.uk
news Partnership achieves significant gains in equipment availability DSG Colchester and its network of In Barracks Equipment Support (IBES) in Colchester, Wattisham and Woolwich has been providing support to 16 Air Assault Brigade (16 AA) for a number of years. Starting in April 2010, the IBES team provided support during pre deployment training. The team engaged with ES Branch, HQ 5 Div and 16 AA on an accepted customer demand plan and partnered with sub contractors to not only maintain the fleet but also to improve on the JAMES equipment availability during deployment to Op HERRICK. Paul Lawrence, DSG Colchester Production manager and his production teams on the ground headed up the deployment task. The demand plan during deployment received a high priority as upon returning from the operational tour, the brigade would re role as an Airborne Task Force. Despite the high expectations, the DSG team managed to honour their commitment to the supply plan, completing in excess of 1500 tasks as well as supporting other priority requirements and The DSG team with members of 16 Air Assault Brigade. In the centre L-R, Andy Hursey, Head of Colchester with Brigade Commander Brigadier Giles Hill demands during the same period. The customer was pleased with the results after the brigade returned an unprecedented availability of 72%. ES Branch, HQ 5 Div praised the admirable level of success attributed to sensible anticipation, forward planning and effective partnering and commended Phil Kent, DSG IBES Support manager and Brian Tomkinson, DSG IBES Team leader for their impressive efforts in support of the projects achievement. The Brigade Deputy Commander; Deputy Chief Of Staff; Commander ES Branch, HQ 5 Div and BEME all recognised the valuable support provided by DSG and all applauded DSG at a recent Support Review/Lessons Learnt Forum for its successful support during the brigade’s deployment to Afghanistan. In addition, Brigade Commander, Brigadier Giles Hill recently formally acknowledged the successful partnership by taking time out to meet representatives from the DSG supporting team. Likewise, recognising the support provided by the customer, in particular Major Trevor Birley, Military Customer Liaison Officer, Paul Lawrence said, “Major Birley has provided cohesion between the military and DSG and it’s a true testament of the relationship we have built up over the years. The fleet availability recorded on JAMES at the start of June was significantly above that prior to when the brigade deployed. This project has tested our capability and capacity but everyone’s hard work has paid off and resulted in success. The ES staff at 5 Div intends to use the knowledge from this as a template to build on success for other future deployments.” This project has tested our capability and capacity but everyone’s hard work has paid off and resulted in success. “ ” www.dsg.mod.uk October/November 2011 <strong>DIGEST</strong> 7
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