People Strategy 2023 to 2028 (Plain Text Version)
Introduction
West Lothian Council delivers a wide range of essential public services to our growing community with a clear vision to transform, improve lives and make West Lothian a great place to live, learn, work and do business.
We have long been known as one of the top performing local authorities in the United Kingdom and have been recognised as an outstanding performer across all sectors in the UK and Europe in prestigious external assessment and benchmarking exercises.
The next five years will see many challenges and opportunities. To respond, we will continue to put people at the heart of what we do, embrace change and transform the way we work so we deliver services that have the most positive impact on our community.
We recognise that our people are our strength and that a diverse, skilled and engaged workforce is critical to the delivery of quality services that make a difference to our community.
Our People Strategy sets out what we will do over the next five years, through our people, to rise to the challenges we face and ensure our workforce is empowered and motivated to deliver the priorities and actions in our 2023/23 to 2027/28 Corporate Plan.
Building on our last strategy, it reaffirms our commitment to being an employer of choice by providing a great place to work, with a positive and inclusive culture, where people feel empowered and proud to deliver for our community. Every one of our people play a role in delivering our People Strategy.
