Safety Culture Transformation

Lot 1 will primarily focus on the the setup of the teams required to make a transformation. A team of 4 – 6 coaches are to be appointed to aid delivery of all of the subsequent elements of work. The coaches will receive training and will ultimately allow NIE Networks to reduce our external commitment in the medium to long term. The preferred supplier will need to assist with the process of identifying and recruiting new coaches, and then take responsibility for training and developing this team to work as part of the delivery team. The staff identified should be people with a passion for people, safety and the future of NIE Networks. As part of the training and development package offered, coaches should have the option of attaining professionally recognised coaching qualifications. One Business Leadership Team is to be established to provide and ensure ongoing focus, support and direction in bringing the aligned commitment statement and associated values to life for the whole company and in delivering the associated elements of this programme. The preferred supplier will need to setup, launch and support a Business Leadership Team consisting of, as a minimum, our Executive Directors. This team should meet monthly and should provide appropriate leadership to enable the safety culture transformation generally, and specifically to the proposed Senior Management and Local Leadership Teams, as well as the Adaptive Challenge teams. Five Senior Manager Leadership Teams are to be established to provide and ensure ongoing focus, support and direction in bringing the aligned commitment statement and associated values to life within each of our five Directorates and in delivering the associated elements of this programme. Three Adaptive Leadership Teams are to be established to initially review the three negative underlying conditions highlighted in the integral assessment. Six Local Leadership Teams are to be established to provide an effective forum for engaging staff to identify and address local technical and adaptive challenges. Introductory training session to be prepared, and delivered to all employees. Please refer to the full Specification document for further details on requirements for Lot 1.

Leadership training is to be provided to all front line industrial and operational staff. The successful supplier will need to develop and deliver (with the assistance of NIE Networks Coaches) a leadership course aimed at NIE Networks’ industrial and operational staff. The aim of this course will be to instil within this group of staff the confidence, will and skills to ensure that they and their colleagues go home safely every day. Leadership training to be provided to all first line and senior management staff. The successful supplier will need to develop and deliver (with the assistance of NIE Networks Coaches) a leadership course aimed at NIE Networks’ management. The aim of this course will be to instil within this group of staff transformational skills that managers require in order to be highly functional, influential and engaging. Please refer to full Specification for detailed requirements in relation to Lot 2.