EUMETSAT Annual Report 2021

EUMETSAT ANNUAL REPORT 2021
MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION
NEW POLICIES AND WORK PRACTICES
EUMETSAT’s Ethics Officer, a newly established post, began
on 1 August 2021. Shortly afterward, the policy on reporting of
wrongdoing was communicated to employees.
The EUMETSAT core values continued to be communicated
throughout EUMETSAT with a dedicated e-learning training
programme and workshops. More than 130 reporting officers
have undertaken training on the core values through full-day
workshops with a focus on empowerment. Training for the
remaining staff population began later in the year.
A new post-pandemic teleworking policy was adopted but its
introduction was delayed due to the covid onsite presence restrictions.
A new service was implemented to support EUMETSAT’s direct
recruitment efforts. This new service has enabled EUMETSAT
to apply a more targeted candidate-sourcing strategy to
recruitment, rather than relying on passive advertising, and will
enable a more proactive approach in attracting specific skills
whilst actively addressing our gender and nationality imbalances.
EUMETSAT provides covid self-testing kits to those working onsite
“
As well as supporting and guiding people through the process
of reporting wrongdoing, a key part of my role is to assist and
provide advice to the organisation and employees on ethics and
standards of conduct. Helping people examine their options and
provide guidance to assist them in identifying and managing
ethical issues is hugely rewarding.
”
Denise Griffey, EUMETSAT Ethics Officer and Learning and Development Officer
The implementation of a digital personnel filing system
continued. The software system was successfully deployed to
the Human Resources (HR) division and conversion of existing
paper-based archives began. In addition, the digitalisation and
automation of certain basic HR processes began, such as the
contract renewal process and staff claims for the education
allowance. This was a first step in a broader multi-year plan to
digitalise and automate all HR processes.
STAFF SURVEY
The 2021 Staff Survey was conducted online on 6-24 September.
A record participation rate of more than 90% was achieved.
Results showed solid improvement on the 2018 results, albeit
from a rather low level and with still significant room for
improvement. The results of the survey were communicated and
action planning at various levels within the organisation began.
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