The DFID Executive Management Committee is chaired by the Permanent Secretary. Its membership includes the four Directors-General and the non-Executive Directors. The non-Executive Directors provide an external perspective on DFID's work, while knowing and understanding DFID as an organisation.
The Executive Management Committee provides strategic direction to the management of DFID's operations, staff and financial systems, within the parameters of policies set by and in consultation with the Secretary of State.
The main focus of the Committee’s work is monitoring DFID's performance, and ensuring DFID's financial resources and staff are allocated and managed effectively. To do so, the Committee meets every month that the Departmental Board does not meet, with an agenda typically containing around four items.
DFID staff can feed in comments on the papers either through the author of the paper or through their Director-General. From time to time, the Committee may hold an informal consultation with staff on a specific agenda item, prior to the meeting.
The Executive Management Committee is supported by these Sub-Committees:
The purpose of the Committee is to support the effective delivery of the DFID Business Plan policy commitments. It provides direction on key policy and cross-cutting issues across DFID; promotes synergy between central, regional, and multilateral activities to improve delivery; monitors policy implementation; and drives lesson-learning to ensure DFID delivery continues to improve. Its members include: Director Policy, Director Research and Evidence & Chief Scientific Adviser, Chief Economist, Regional Directors, Director Value for Money and Director Prosperity from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. The Committee meets about once a month.
The purpose of the Committee is to ensure DFID is a financially sound and efficient organisation which makes full and effective use of resources in support of the DFID Business Plan; and to advise the Accounting Officer on the adequacy of risk, control and governance processes in DFID. It plays a key role in supporting DFID’s reputation for excellent financial and risk management. It has 4 non-executive members and meets 5 times a year.
The Committee’s role is to ensure that DFID investments represent good value for money for UK taxpayers and that clear systems exist to take strategic financial decisions on the basis of evidence. It does this through looking at strategic investment decisions and resource allocation priorities, at the balance of the investment portfolio in aggregate, and at the adequacy and implementation of investment appraisal systems. It also advises the Executive Management Committee on developing DFID’s organisational culture and capability on value for money. Its members include: the other Directors-General, Director Value for Money, Director Research and Evidence & Chief Scientific Adviser, Chief Economist, a representative from Her Majesty’s Treasury and 3 non-executive members. It meets quarterly.
The Security Committee is responsible for monitoring the adequacy and effectiveness of all aspects of DFID’s security globally. Its primary focus is on people security, but it also focuses on all aspects of physical, personnel, information security or health and safety. Its members include: Director-General, Conflict, Security and Humanitarian, Director Human Resources, Security and Facilities, Regional Directors and Deputy Directors, Deputy Director Business Solutions, and the Director Security & Estates Department from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office. It meets quarterly.
The Senior Leadership Committee leads and manages Senior Civil Service (SCS) posts and staffing in support of DFID’s drive for efficiency, change, results and value for money. The Committee’s main role is to: consider SCS posts and staffing at an early stage, assessing the people implications for strategy, policy and organisational change; oversee talent management - including succession planning and personal development - for the SCS; and manage the SCS pay and performance reward strategy for SCS in DFID. Its members include the Directors-General, Director Human Resources, Security and Facilities, and the two Non-Executive Directors. It meets monthly.
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