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I am a civil servant

Reward principles

Rewarding staff is key to attracting the right kind of people - and encouraging them to stay with us.

We want to help staff have a high quality of life through working in a forward-thinking, fair and flexible environment that rewards good performance. We have developed a set of Reward Principles which guide departments in the development of their own, individually-tailored strategies for reward.

The Principles are designed to:

• motivate staff so they perform to their best of their abilities
• improve the service we provide by engaging, recruiting and retaining the right staff
• allow us to achieve consistency across the Civil Service as a whole.

Read our Reward Principles in full [DOC, 243KB, 10pages]