Tamara Finkelstein

@Defragovuk Permanent Secretary. Defra Race Sponsor. Senior Sponsor of Civil Service Jewish Network. Head of Cross Government Policy Profession. Tweets my own.

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@debra_author @Gen2GenUK @HHSHaringey You did an exceptional presentation at @DefraGovUK for which many thanks. In the room and online totalled around 700 people.

[Natural England @NaturalEngland]

As the year draws to a close, we’re taking a moment to reflect on our achievements for nature recovery.

Thank you to our staff, volunteers and partners who have worked incredibly hard to protect and restore our natural world, for people and planet.

Watch our #2024Highlights.

[Daniel Finkelstein @Dannythefink]

Tremendous news. The men who saved my mother’s life.

[Government Office for Science @uksciencechief]

.@DefraGovUK is looking for a new Chief Scientific Adviser to lead on science advice for the Department. More information about this exciting role here: https://t.co/F6GrVXpMPX

[Royal Academy of Engineering @RAEngNews]

“I got so much from my Policy Fellowship… it really helped me solve a particular knotty policy challenge”. Our #PolicyFellowships offer a fresh perspective, using engineering and systems thinking to tackle complex problems and design resilient solutions. Find out more and apply now: https://t.co/3GXn4xoNum

[NFU North @nfunorth]

We've had a busy second day at the Westmorland County Show.
Earlier this afternoon, NFU Deputy President @DavidatWestons and members met with @DefraGovUK's Farming and Countryside Director @JanetHughes and Permanent Secretary Tamara Finkelstein and the @Ruralpay to discuss SFI.

[Generation 2 Generation @Gen2GenUK]

REMINDER -- #G2GPresents: The Story Of Mirjam Finkelstein.

📅 Monday 21 October, 2024
📍 Online
⏰ 7:30 PM
🎟️ Free. To reserve your spot: https://t.co/Msc2ekv9Qq

[Defra Public Appointments @DefraPublicApps]

🚨 Exciting opportunity! 🚨 The Defra Board are looking for at least two new Non-Executive Directors. If you have strategic thinking, public sector insight, and the ability to analyse complex issues, apply by 7 October. Help Defra shape the future! https://t.co/AaLCTQ7nGc #Defra

[Defra UK @DefraGovUK]

BREAKING: The new Government is cracking down on polluting water bosses.

https://t.co/UreRncOcJ6

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@jo3hill @SchwitzerEd Interesting. How have you learned your skills? Have you had good line managers who take time to help you watch and learn or give great and regular feedback. I think we need some structure and expectation around that.

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@SchwitzerEd @jo3hill My objection is that we leave people in a generalist no man’s land, without supporting ongoing learning through experience, practice and formal learning.

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@SchwitzerEd @jo3hill I also don’t think you should be constrained. If you become a policy professional you will have access to a range of other skills including finance and analysis. You would have the opportunity to move to those professions and become for example of qualified finance professional

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@MorganSagartia That includes the ability to bring other professionals together in multi-disciplinary teams. My argument is that generalists need a profession - the policy profession offers that - which gives a framework for building the skills we describe as generalist

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

Really interested in views on my assertion that we are not well served any more by the idea of the civil service generalist, that it gets in the way of raising our professional capability and commitment to continuous professional development - so we deliver better for citizens

[Heywood Quarterly @HeyQuarterly]

In our latest article, Tamara Finkelstein, head of the Government’s policy profession asks whether we should - at last - call time on the ubiquitous civil service “generalist”.

You can read more here👇

@TamFinkelstein @PolicyProfUK

https://t.co/i2YNt2E7B7

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@MorganSagartia I value the skills that are associated with civil service generalists but we have got to a point where we are not identifying what those skills are, and ensuring these are learned, practiced and improved.

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@BrenMcgowan I agree. I value the generalist skills but feel these are best learned and explored within a profession so there is a framework of learning and a required for continuous professional development. The policy profession offers this in part and will do in future as we improve

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@MichaelHalpenny I agree. The skills we associate with generalists are essential but we have failed to teach them and learn them. I want everyone to be part of a profession so they can learn and keep updated in the skills they need to do the job

[Tamara Finkelstein @TamFinkelstein]

@HelenEva8 I agree. That approach to working in multidisciplinary teams and look at the whole problem is at the heart of the skills we need to build. But generalism has not driven that in the civil service. In the policy profession we are looking to build those skills and require them

[Defra UK @DefraGovUK]

Thank you to the 200 representatives from the environment, animal welfare, water, food and rural sectors who joined us yesterday as @SteveReedMP set out our plans.

Together we can nurture our countryside, restore nature, and build our rural economies.

[Defra UK @DefraGovUK]

A lot can happen in a week.