Choose Havering is the Council’s commitment to creating an organisation that is the best it can be and asks employees to pledge to make positive choices every day, so we can achieve all our ambitions.
It is also the Council’s commitment to breaking down the barriers that stifle your thinking and limit your growth.
We need to be a forward-thinking Council full of curious people ready to collaborate, innovate and talk about ideas.
We need to be an organisation that stands for equality, stands up against discrimination and upholds our values of integrity, creativity, ambition and respect.
Choose Havering is about doing our best every day for the borough and its residents.
The Choose Havering Pledge
The Council’s pledge to you
Rapid progress
- We want all our staff to be thirsty for growth and motivated in their roles.
- We commit to giving everyone unrestricted learning, clear objectives, and a range of career development opportunities.
Work matters
- We want all our staff to find purpose in their work at Havering Council.
- We will invest in ensuring everyone has access to a Corporate Learning Offer tailored to their needs.
Bright future
- We see that the individuals in our workforce have bags of potential and the ability to thrive.
- We will create more professional development opportunities for everyone who wants to progress their career at Havering Council.
Work/life balance
- We understand the importance of staff wellbeing and how it can be supported through flexible working.
- Our management policies and frameworks will be fit for the future, accessible to all and will put your health and wellbeing first.
Active listening
- We know that consistent quality of communication is essential to a well-functioning modern organisation.
- We will keep the lines of communication flowing and ensure there is a two-way dialogue between the organisation and staff.
Embrace cultures
- We believe every member of staff should be a team player and be treated as equals by all.
- We will allow all staff regardless of status, role, or level to be able to have their voices heard.
Modern workplace
- We understand that a place of work is not just where you go to work each day.
- We will support a flexible mind-set and provide you with cutting edge equipment and new technology to help you do your job.
Radical thinking
- We want to help staff make bold moves and achieve new levels of innovation and creativity.
- A new and supportive people strategy developed with input from Trade Unions will help you feel empowered to think differently.
Your pledge to Havering Council
- Choose to invest in yourself and your career, to be ambitious, get out of your comfort zone and never stop learning
- Choose to be curious and creative in your thinking to help the Council become bolder and more innovative
- Choose to be accountable every day, and to hold others to account if they’re not acting with integrity
- Choose to make your voice heard and communicate tactfully and respectfully so that we can move forward together
- Choose to be a team player and be someone your colleagues can rely on, whether they’ve worked with you for 10 years or 10 minutes
- Choose to treat all people equally, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion or any other characteristics that defines a group
- Choose to put yourself forward, be a role model and set the standard high for your colleagues
- Choose to work with technology and software that helps you do your job well
- Choose to put residents first, and to actively involve them in how our services are designed and run
- Choose to believe great things can happen as long as we all work together
Are you in?
Please sign the online pledge.