Camden – An employer of choice

Becoming a truly inclusive organisation is one of Camden’s key workforce priorities.

We want Camden Council to be a great place to work and an organisation that we have pride in. A vital part of this is ensuring we are a truly inclusive organisation that encourages diversity in all respects, including diversity of thinking.

What matters to us?

Everyone is able to be their best self at work: being who they are, being listened to, valued and respected.

People who work here reflect the diversity of Camden and understand the place and our communities.

Knowing that everyone of us has biases: but we work to understand, challenge and evolve from them.

Valuing and celebrating difference and how that adds to our culture.

That we are all responsible for calling out anything that is not right, doesn’t support these values and needs to be stopped.

Not tolerating any form of discrimination, victimisation, harassment or bullying.

How I Imagine the future of HR….. Blog by Jo Brown, Director of People and Inclusion

The first thing I imagine is that we are more relational or Human Centred.  In this environment, everyone can fearlessly voice their ideas (employee activism is something we welcome at Camden!) and feel confident we are working in their best interests.

We will focus on trust and less rules and procedures. Treating people as adults means that yes, we will all need to take more responsibility for decisions, but these will be more aligned to human need and circumstance.

And in this re-imagined world, what do I think our values as a service would be, but then I realised we have already answered this as a service (and it feels exactly right).  We said we would work with:

• Empathy and compassion – we will understand the feelings and emotions as well as viewpoints of those around us and react with compassion,
• Humility – don’t assume we know best and always be curious to learn more,
• Integrity – always ensure there is coherence between these values and our actions.