Dods has established a strong reputation for its training and development programmes through Westminster Explained and The Certificate in Public Sector Delivery.

Westminster Explained offers high quality training and development seminars for civil service and public sector employees and facilitating a high standard of performance and understanding in the policymaking and policy influencing community. Westminster Explained is also ideal for those from the private and voluntary sector who need to understand and appreciate how government and parliament works.

Key speakers from both Houses of Parliament, the civil service and European institutions, think tanks and academics, each with a profound level of experience in their particular area of expertise, provide insightful address on the political process and topical policy issues. All attendees participate in a chaired questions and answers session under Chatham House rules.

From an overview of the parliamentary process to project management in the civil service, from the workings the European Union through to the implementation of Freedom of Information and Human Rights legislation, a comprehensive seminar series provides delegates with an invaluable professional development opportunity, accentuating key skills for use in their individual government departments and public sector organisations.

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For more information about our training events and to register to attend please email guy.cleaver@westminster-explained.com or call 020 7096 2944.

The Certificate in Public Sector Delivery offers a high quality professional training programme for people working in the civil service and the public sector.

The programme is divided into six primary modules and three elective modules, which each trainee can select from a group of seven possible choices.

Each module covers a new set of skills within the context of a developing policy, providing trainees with invaluable professional development for use in their individual government departments and public sector organisations.

The trainees themselves will have the power to shape, develop and influence the policy as it evolves, working their way through from conception to completion, learning to work with a range of procedural tools.

When the course is completed, the modules will have built into a comprehensive project management procedural process. The trainees will have seen a specific project through from beginning to end and the skills which they have learnt will be directly transferable across departments and readily applicable to a broad range of real life projects.

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For more information please email simon.gillon@parlicom.com or call 020 7091 7680.

The Certificate in Managerial Skills is a modular course organised by Westminster Explained for middle level managers in the public sector.

The course will equip managers with the core skills which they need in their workplace. It will help them to operate more effectively in the discharge of their current managerial responsibilities. It will also help them to develop professionally for their own futures, and that of their teams, Departments or organisations. The course will also respond to some of the needs identified in the current Professional Skills for Government agenda.

The course comprises eight modules, chosen from a possible ten options. Some of the areas covered include distance management, communications skills, leadership and teams, coaching and developing people, project management, strategy and change management. The trainees can choose those options which they think will be of most immediate benefit to them and those which will benefit them most in their career development plans. Skills needs identified in recent or forthcoming appraisals can be incorporated as appropriate into their choices.

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For more information contact victoria.green@parlicom.com or call 020 7091 7684

The Certificate in Core Skills for EOs is a professional training programme specifically designed to develop the core skills of all Executive and Administrative Officers working within the Civil Service"

By the end of the course trainees will be equipped with the essential skills they need to fully carry out their duties within the Civil Service. It will give new entrants into the Civil Service the confidence and ability to carry out their work effectively.

The course will also offer EO/AOs a chance to network with one another, build up contacts in other Government Departments, and discuss the priorities and emerging trends in the Civil Service.

The course consists of 6 modules covering all core topics and skills required for effective working in the Civil Service. After trainees have completed their modules, they will then be set assessments and tests linked to the work that they have covered.

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For more information contact thomas.paterson@parlicom.com or call 020 7096 2933