Skills management

21 May 2013 | Last updated Wednesday 3 April 2013 at 16:38 |

Skills for the information age are different from traditional skills. Gaps are identified and filled

Learning

In an effort to make “Learning” more focused on the specific needs of our membership, we have reviewed our course offerings and launched a completely new programme for the next 12 months. The new programme offers a wider range of course, at more locations, and with more detail provided on each, to help you judge better who to nominate for the course, and the likely benefits to be achieved from it.

| Tags: Applications focused on business need, Baseline performance information, Benchmarking, Benefits realisation, Business continuity, Business process improvement, Capacity to deliver, Change management, Cloud computing, Commissioning and managing services, Configuration based on lean systems, Continuous improvement, Corporate CRMS, Corporate wide ERDMS, Customer service strategies, Enterprise resource planning, Environment, Governance, Home and smart working strategy, ICT and information management strategies, Information architectures, Information assurance, Information audit, Information sharing, Integration front to back, KPIs, Leadership, Lean systems, Mobile working technologies, Performance management, Project and programme management, Shared services approaches, Skills management, Strategy to implement vision, Transactional web and intranet, Understanding customer needs, Vision for the future, Willing to change, Willingness to partner, Workflow systems

Brochures

Our latest brochures detailing the services we offer are available as downloads below. If you would prefer a printed copy, please contact us.

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11 attachments | Tags: interims, Skills management, Interim management

ICT professionalism

An organisation is only as good as its people. People are assets and, properly nurtured and motivated, will become even greater assets to the organisation. Put into the wrong place or treated badly, they have the potential to become a powerful negative influence.

| Tags: Skills management, Professionalism

"Skills for the ‘information age’ are different from traditional skills. Gaps are identified and filled"

| Tags: Skills management, Recruitment support

Council of the Future

Review of IT organisation structures

Client name:

City of York Council

Socitm Consulting was appointed by the City of York Council (CYC) to review existing IT technology, structures and governance arrangements. Our remit was to identify a more efficient and cost effective service. In addition, a planned move to the new corporate centre headquarters in the future needed consideration, as this would place additional pressure on the already overstretched IT department.

| Tags: Capacity to deliver, English unitaries, Skills management, Yorkshire and Humber, ITIL/ICT services management, Professionalism

Interim Systems Centre Manager

Client name:

Warwickshire County Council

Warwickshire County Council maintained effective management of its Systems Centre through a major departmental restructure thanks to expert interim management support from Socitm Consulting. As a result of our management expertise, the Council was able to maintain continuity in staff management and business processes during a complex transitional period.

| Tags: Capacity to deliver, Shire counties, Skills management, West Midlands, Interim management

Career graded framework review

Client name:

London Borough of Waltham Forest

The London Borough of Waltham Forest now has a clear ICT Career Grade Framework, fully integrated with the existing wider corporate procedures, following a Socitm Consulting review. Our expertise in organisational ICT career structures and pathways enabled us to design an integrated ICT career framework best able to deliver the Council’s ICT strategy and assist in its drive to improve the delivery of customer services whilst encouraging the career development of the ICT staff.

| Tags: London, London borough, Skills management, Professionalism

Recruitment and e-government support

Client name:

South Bedfordshire District Council

The project issues
The Improvement and Development Agency secured funding from the ODPM for capacity support to South Bedfordshire's e government programme, including recruitment of an e-government Programme Manager, a Knowledge Manager and an Intranet development officer. Additional recruitment assistance was given in the appointment of an interim Head of IT.

During initial investigations it was apparent that additional help with e-government issues would assist the Council in their implementation.

| Tags: East, Shire districts, Skills management, E-enablement and integration, Recruitment support

Technical Manager recruitment support

Client name:

Scarborough Borough Council

The project issues
Scarborough Borough Council wished to recruit a Technical Manager.

They required a consultant with technical expertise to challenge the candidates' knowledge in certain areas such as Novell networking.

The Socitm Consulting solution
We reviewed material provided by the Council on the scope of the post including IT Section structure, Tech Manager's Person Spec and Job Description and a PowerPoint presentation of the Council's current infrastructure and a proposed plan for moving it forward.

| Tags: Shire districts, Skills management, Yorkshire and Humber, Recruitment support