{"id":7314,"date":"2023-08-07T11:20:57","date_gmt":"2023-08-07T10:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=7314"},"modified":"2023-08-07T11:21:28","modified_gmt":"2023-08-07T10:21:28","slug":"south-kesteven-district-council-recognised-as-a-great-place-to-work","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=7314","title":{"rendered":"South Kesteven District Council recognised as a great place to work"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_7315\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/South-kEVESTON.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7315\" class=\"wp-image-7315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/South-kEVESTON-1024x574.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/South-kEVESTON-1024x574.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/South-kEVESTON-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/South-kEVESTON-768x430.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/South-kEVESTON-150x84.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/South-kEVESTON-400x224.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-7315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SKDC HR team<\/p><\/div>\n<p>South Kesteven District Council (SKDC) has been named as a finalist in two categories of a national awards scheme that highlights great places to work.<\/p>\n<p>The Personnel Today Awards 2023 recognise excellence in Human Resources and Learning and Development and SKDC is a national finalist for Employee Experience and Excellence in Public Service HR.<\/p>\n<p>The judges were looking for examples of innovation and achievement; teamwork; leadership; and effective use of resources, that bring tangible benefits.<\/p>\n<p>Cllr Rhea Rayside, SKDC\u2019s Cabinet Member for People and Communities, said: \u201cI am proud to be part of a Council that places its people at the forefront of the organisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe firmly believe that our success as a Council is intrinsically linked to the wellbeing and development of our employees. Our engaged and motivated teams not only enhance the quality of our services but also reinforce the strong bond we have with the community we serve.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Head of HR at the Council, Fran Beckitt, said: \u201cBeing shortlisted for these awards is great recognition of the focus we have had on building a great place to work.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAcross the Council we have dedicated teams and leaders who strive to create an inclusive and supportive environment for our staff and, as such, we have seen incredible developments in our working environment, wellbeing provision and employee experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The overall winners will be announced in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p id=\"caption-attachment-7315\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SKDC HR team<\/p>\n<p>South Kesteven District Council (SKDC) has been named as a finalist in two categories of a national awards scheme that highlights great places to work.<\/p>\n<p>The Personnel Today Awards 2023 recognise excellence in Human Resources and Learning and Development and SKDC is a national finalist for Employee Experience and Excellence <\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=7314\">South Kesteven District Council recognised as a great place to work<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1310,2],"tags":[3620,543,3619,25,26,264,1736,3618,3617,416,422,3616],"class_list":["post-7314","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-local-authority-councils","tag-award","tag-council","tag-employee-experience-and-excellence-in-public-service-hr","tag-government-public-sector-journal","tag-gpsj","tag-gpsj-magazine","tag-hr","tag-human-resources-and-learning","tag-personnel-today-awards-2023","tag-public-sector-journal","tag-public-sector-magazine","tag-south-kesteven-district-council","odd"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>South Kesteven District Council recognised as a great place to work - Government &amp; Public Sector Journal<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gpsj.co.uk\/?p=7314\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"South Kesteven District Council recognised as a great place to work - Government &amp; Public Sector Journal\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"SKDC HR team South Kesteven District Council (SKDC) has been named as a finalist in two categories of a national awards scheme that highlights great places to work. 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