Policy and Performance
Introduction to the Policy and Performance Team
Who we are:
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| Graham Pearman: Policy and
Performance Team Leader |
| Sue Martin: Policy and
Performance Project Officer |
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Chanry Liu: Policy and Performance Project
Officer
Katrina Barnard: Policy and
Performance Project Officer
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What we do:
| Services of the Policy & Performance Unit
include: |
| Co-ordinating the strategic planning for Harlow Council, for
example co-ordinating production of the Corporate Plan and the
Council’s business planning |
| Supporting the improvement planning process for Comprehensive
Area Assessment (CAA)for Harlow |
| Supporting Harlow Council’s corporate policies on equalities
and diversity |
| Presenting corporate performance monitoring reports to track
progress on the authorities
priorities |
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Presenting benchmarking reports to understand how Harlow
performs in providing value for money to
residents
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Updating and monitoring the Council’s risk register.
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The Policy and Performance team activity consists of the
following key elements;
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Policy and Performance Management; This includes developing
corporate policies and strategies and developing and maintaining
the Council's performance management framework and computerised
performance management system. It also includes development of the
Annual Performance Plan, management of quarterly performance
reports and co-ordinating and reporting of performance against key
indicators.
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A key role of the team is to manage and support the organisation
through external inspections such as Use of Resources for
Comprehensive Area Assessment.
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- The Team supports key projects with corporate impact and
monitors and governs other projects through a Project and Programme
Management Group (PPMG). It also develops project policy with
appropriate methodologies for all large Corporate projects/smaller
service based projects and the capital / asset management
programmes and helps to set performance targets against which to
monitor project performance.
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For further service information please see the menu
choices on the left