South East Employers

Mark and SEE provided outstanding support during our recent Independent Remuneration Panel review. Their expertise and steady guidance gave us confidence in the robustness of the work and ensured the process ran smoothly from start to finish.

SEE’s mediation service was exceptional. The mediator was professional, empathetic, and instrumental in achieving a positive resolution. Employees praised her supportive approach, and the process provided valuable insights for HR. Overall, a highly effective and valuable alternative to formal procedures.

I think these Menopause Cafe sessions are wonderful in helping us feel we are not alone in this horrible time and helping us find out what will make it easier for us.

SEE ran our Independent Review Panel for review of our cllrs’ allowances. I was delighted they spent time with me to gain an understanding of our community councillor model & how it impacts on the time councillors spend fulfilling their role. SEE were flexible, pragmatic & politically aware. They produced a great quality report as a result.

Risk Management Training

This was a lively course which took a potentially dry subject and delivered it with energy, enthusiasm and fun!

Genuine, practical examples of risk management in practice. Both Ruth and Kirsty know what they are talking about!

Our experience of having South East Employers run our all-staff survey was really positive. Their understanding of the public sector and sensitivity to the unique challenges of local government, meant that their comprehensive report gave meaningful insights which will be instrumental in shaping our organisational development initiatives.

Please pass on my thanks to Jess and the team for the excellent training this evening. It was incredibly useful and the high quality of the training really appreciated – and Jess’s calm in the face of some disruption.

The SEE Equality, Diversity and Inclusion session was engaging and thought-provoking. It encouraged me to reflect on my own experiences and practices, and those of my authority. I gained a good understanding of what would benefit from change and how to improve the culture and practice of my organisation.

The Chairing Skills course provided to Councillors of varying experience was engaging and provided new insights to all. In organising, Mark was incredibly engaging and tailored the programme to the Council’s governance setup and took onboard requests from Democratic Services to aid how we deliver our committee services.

I was initially reluctant to joining the SEGWARP meetings, yet another round table group … But have found them to be very useful in gathering information from people with near identical issues. I now network of contacts which I can draw on between meetings. I would encourage anyone thinking of joining to seriously consider the benefits in can bring you & your organisation.

I have been attending the SEGWARP for several years now and have gained invaluable knowledge from attending these sessions. I now have contacts at the NCSC and SEROCU that I can contact for advice and guidance. I highly recommend joining the SEGWARP and renew my annual membership as a matter of course.

We have found SEGWARP invaluable – it’s cost effective and brings all the alerts we need to be aware of into one place, as well as being assured of the source and relevance of the information. In these times of staff and budget cuts resulting in lack of time to keep up with important IT security changes/risks, the network meetings are an excellent way of sharing knowledge and experiences as well as keeping up with current and future areas of concern. The ‘closed’ group is particularly useful for discussing concerns and identifying lessons learned from other LAs.

We consider the advisory notices received from SEGWARP an essential process within the Council’s overall Security Governance framework as it provides early alerting and a summary of important security alerts in an easily understood and prioritised form which the Council’s ICT Outsourced supplier also finds extremely useful in ensuring Security Compliance is maintained. We would encourage others to include SEGWARP as part of their own Security Governance processes.