High levels of engagement in the civil service according to Employee Engagement Survey
From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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From Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
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In September 2015 the civil service carried out the first ever Employee Engagement Survey. This is one of the key actions in the Civil Service Renewal Plan. The survey asked civil servants 112 questions about their views on working in the civil service.
Over 15,500 Irish civil servants worldwide took part, providing their views on areas like employee engagement, wellbeing, coping with change and commitment to the organisation. today (28 January 2016) the results of the survey have been published by the Civil Service Management Board.
The results are positive as overall employee engagement is high at 70% and civil servants are highly engaged, competent and resilient employees.
This result compares well internationally. The vast majority of staff feel skilful at work, confident in their abilities and that the work they do is important in serving the public and the state.
The results also highlight a number of challenges for us as an organisation, for example: leadership, career development and organisational support are areas that require focused attention.
The survey provides valuable information to leaders within the civil service to effect change based on sound analysis.
This survey is a key action in the Civil Service Renewal Plan to continually improve and progress through a period of transformational change.
This milestone highlights the pace of progress in implementing the Civil Service Renewal Plan and clearly demonstrates that the civil service is serious about improving how it does business to better serve the Irish people.
Within the first year of the Civil Service Renewal Plan, there has been major progress made in implementing the 25 actions in the renewal plan. These include: