DFID People Survey 2009

DFID People Survey 2009

In October 2009 over 340,000 staff from 96 government organisations completed Britain’s largest-ever employee engagement survey.

For the first time all Government departments asked the same questions of all their staff. The results allow departments to compare themselves across the entire organisation and, by sharing the same system, reduced costs by around 35 per cent.

The primary purpose of the survey was measure how engaged employees are with their work. Sir Gus O’Donnell, Head of the Home Civil Service said:

Improving engagement is crucial to delivering better quality public services and better value to the taxpayer and will be one of the key leadership challenges the Civil Service faces in the next decade.

The average employee engagement index score for the Civil Service is 58 per cent. In DFID the index score is 72 per cent.

DFID also scored very well on:

• I am interested in my work (96 per cent positive)
• I have a clear understanding of DFID’s purpose (95 per cent positive)
• I understand how my work contributes to DFIDs  objectives (91 per cent positive)
• I have the skills I need to do my job effectively (89 per cent positive)
• I am proud to tell others I am part of DFID (85 per cent positive).

As noted on the Civil Service website the majority of departments need to focus on leadership and change management and DFID is no different.

In line with other government departments DFID is publishing its results.