CILIP Employers Forum Forum 2022: Winning the talent retention and recruitment battle through effective health and wellbeing policies 

CILIP’s popular one-day Employers Forum is running online this year as well as in-person and is generously sponsored by recruitment specialists CB Resourcing.

The day provides an excellent opportunity for senior staff to share knowledge, network and learn alongside their peers. 

There will also be an opportunity for the group to share experiences in other policies around successful retention and recruitment as well as looking at effective health and wellbeing policies.

This page is for those for those attending online. To attend in-person, please head to the in-person event page.

Winning the talent retention and recruitment battle through effective health and wellbeing policies

Promoting health and wellbeing with your team has long been a focus of good employers. From fruit bowls in the office to away-days and employee assistance programmes, employers have long been aware of the benefits this provides.

In light of a very tight recruitment market, employers are revisiting their approach in order to retain people and be an attractive employer for new talent.

This event is generously sponsored by CB Resourcing

 
The programme for online delegates is as follows: 

	10.30-10.40: Welcome from CILIP                       Some words from our sponsor, CB Resourcing Nick Poole: CILIP CEO Simon Burton: Co-founder, CB Resourcing
	10.40-11.00: Presenting the findings from the self-assessment Nick Poole: CILIP CEO
	11.00-12.00: What is health and wellbeing at work and why does it matter? Facilitated discussion Nick Poole: CILIP CEO
	12.00-12.20: Case Study 1: Suffolk Libraries  Jane Cox: Community Mental Health and Wellbeing Manager, Suffolk Libraries
	12.20-1.10 - Lunch and networking
	1.10-1.30: Welcome back from CILIP                  Case Study 2: The Bodleian Libraries Nick Poole: CILIP CEO Nick Poole: Abigail Hipkin, Staff Development Manager,The Ashmolean Museum & The Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
	1.30-2.45: Workshop 2: Improving Health and Wellbeing in your Workplace Guided by our subject matter expert, we will be: Developing a plan Developing a policy Taking action - looking at examples of helpful interventions/actions Claire Warner: Founder, Claire Warner Wellbeing
	2.45-3.00: Tea and coffee break
	3.00-4.15: Round table and wrap up Share your successful approaches and experiences to talent retention and recruitment What action will you take after this? Nick Poole: CILIP CEO

Speakers 

Abigail Hipkin

Abby heads up the Organisational Development team for the Bodleian Libraries and Ashmolean Museum at the University of Oxford. She leads on wellbeing, leadership and management, and EDI initiatives for approximately 1000 staff members  based at over 30 sites serving a broad range of readers, researchers and visitors. 

 

Claire Warner

Claire is a Roffey Park Institute-trained former Fundraising Director and Charity Senior Leader, turned award-winning workplace wellbeing consultant & management coach.

Jane Cox

Jane is the Community Health and Wellbeing Manager at Suffolk Libraries. She joined Suffolk Libraries from a community arts background after previously working at the John Peel Centre in Stowmarket as Strategic Manager.

Suffolk Libraries is the only library service in the country with its own mental health and wellbeing service. Jane leads this service and ensures the work of Suffolk Libraries continues to have a big impact on people’s wellbeing across the community.

Jo Cornish

I am responsible for CILIP’s culture, content and sector support and I work alongside the CEO to set our strategic direction. A Fellow of CILIP, with over 20 years’ experience as a practitioner, I have a recent background in standards, assessment and quality assurance. I specialise in building strategic partnerships and business development. I am a passionate advocate for the importance of library, knowledge and information roles and the value they bring to society. Away from the office I am known to visit bridges and obsess over baseball.

Nick Poole

As CEO of CILIP, I am responsible for supporting our fantastic team to deliver for our members and for championing our profession. I studied Modern Languages and Linguistics and have a postgraduate qualification in the History & Philosophy of Science. Over the past 20 years, I’ve held various leadership roles in libraries, museums and the wider culture sector. I live in South West London with my family and dog.