Transformation at LBWF ‘Punching above our weight’Althea Loderick, Director of HR & TransformationDavid Evans, Assistant Director, Transformation27/04/2012
Waltham Forest
15th most deprived borough in England
6th most deprived borough in London
Population of 243,280
One of the six host boroughs for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Home of William Morris
Birth place of David Beckham
The Context
£65m over 3 years
28% of our budget
Rising social care costs
Olympic Host Borough
Our approach
Have a plan
Be clear on priorities
Make tough decisions early
Money follows priorities
Cut by example
…and with staffing
Remove the “non-jobs”
Full roles for everyone
Multi-tasking the norm
Establish the true value of the posts
The story of our success
Ahead of the savings game
Introduced new Terms & Conditions with 100% sign up
20 successful phases removing c. 600 jobs and making £22m savings
Workforce more closely aligned to the Council’s priorities
Role of HR & Transformation
HR, OD, Transformation and ICT
All Strategy, Business and Change Management in one directorate (+ business as usual)
Forensic programme management and planning
One Infrastructure, One Contact, Shared Services, Terms and Conditions, New HR Operating Model; Complete ICT Refresh and Shaping Waltham Forest
Shaping Waltham Forest - 3 Key Themes:
Culture
Structure
Tools and Enablers
Strong Political and Corporate
Leadership
Effective Management
Efficiency and High
Performance
Engaged and Motivated
Staff
Service-delivery driven
model
Organisational Design and Discipline
Strong end to end processes
Benchmarking and partnership
Restructure toolkits
Service-driven efficient organisation design
Review and challenge post transformation
Whole Council picture
Structure
Tools and Enablers
Bureaucracy challenge – policy review
HR restructure to corporate shared service model
Terms and conditions
Self sufficient manager
Modern ICT systems and intranet self-service
Olympics preparedness
How are we winning
By being absolutely focused and determined…
Being uncompromising…
Maintaining the pace…
Having a Director of HR &Transformation on the Board!
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