Penval’s portfolio continues to grow as our experience of working in different environments gives us that important edge which only comes from engaging in today’s issues with today’s people in today’s partnerships and consortia. Carrying out work involving public sector and third sector partnership and co-operation is where we have been recently, and we know that is where you will be from now on.
Working in the public sector today is all about working with:
- communities of interest and geography,
- voluntary organisations,
- elected members and partners.
That’s no different to yesterday we hear some say! Well we’ll have to disagree! Previously, although partnership was important, public sector could be benevolent, doing ‘to’ and ‘for’ rather than ‘with’.
Now its different -
- you need to listen,
- to understand,
- to be co-operative,
- share information,
- let go of responsibility,
- rely on others not employed by you to do the job.
Bottom line – its trying to deliver the same outcomes with less resources.
If this is going to work and you, your clients/citizens are going to receive the service they expect, or, more challengingly start providing the service themselves, there is a whole raft of negotiating, consulting, considering, delegating, recruiting, motivating, exploring, enthusing, quality controlling to be done by your staff who haven’t previously had to have the skills needed to do this.
