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Ar 24 Mawrth, cyhoeddais y byddwn yn sefydlu Comisiwn Staff Gwasanaethau Cyhoeddus anstatudol. Wedi hyn, cyhoeddais fod Gill Lewis wedi cael ei phenodi’n gadeirydd, a bellach gallaf gadarnhau aelodau’r Comisiwn yn dilyn proses benodi lawn ac agored.   

Yn ymuno â Gill mae Sally Ellis, Margaret Foster, Graham Jones, Martin Mansfield a Harry Thomas. Byddaf yn rhoi mwy o fanylion ar 15 Medi ynghylch materion gweithlu’r gwasanaethau cyhoeddus mewn Datganiad Gweinidogol Llafar.

Mae’r datganiad hwn yn cael ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi’r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i’r Aelodau. Os hoffai’r Aelodau imi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ar hyn pan fydd y Cynulliad yn ailgynnull, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny. 

Manylion bywgraffiadol

Sally Ellis

Cefndir mewn llywodraeth leol a datblygu cymunedol sydd gan Sally. Yn dilyn gyrfa mewn datblygu cymunedol yn y trydydd sector, ymunodd Sally â Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol Cyngor Sir Clwyd ym 1992, gan ddod yn Gyfarwyddwr Cynorthwyol yng Nghonwy yn dilyn ad\-drefnu llywodraeth leol ym 1995 ac yna’n gyfarwyddwr gyda Chyngor Sir Ddinbych yn 2003\. 

Roedd Sally yn Gyfarwyddwr Corfforaethol yn Sir Ddinbych am 12 mlynedd. Yn ystod y cyfnod hwn, roedd yn Gyfarwyddwr Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol statudol, ac yn arweinydd corfforaethol ar wahanol adegau ar gyfer nifer o wasanaethau eraill, gan gynnwys tai, hamdden, TG, adnoddau dynol a’r cynllun datblygu lleol. 

Ers gorffen gwaith llawn amser yn 2014, mae Sally wedi bod yn gynghorydd i Cyngor Ar Bopeth yn Ninbych ac yn Is\-gadeirydd Cymdeithas Tai Gogledd Cymru. Hefyd, cadeiriodd Sally y Grŵp Llywio Gwella Strategol i Lywodraeth Cymru, sydd wedi bod yn cynghori’r Gweinidog Iechyd a Gwasanaethau Cymdeithasol ar drefniadau a blaenoriaethau gwella gofal cymdeithasol.

Mae gan Sally radd mewn Saesneg o Brifysgol Rhydychen a chymwysterau ôl\-raddedig mewn gweinyddiaeth gymdeithasol ac arweinyddiaeth ar gyfer cydweithredu o Brifysgol Bangor. 

Margaret Foster

Ar ôl graddio ym 1973, gweithiodd Margaret yn y GIG yng Nghymru o 1974 nes iddi ymddeol yn 2010\. Fel Prif Weithredwr y GIG am 14 mlynedd, arweiniodd ar uno nifer o sefydliadau, gan gynnwys sefydlu Bwrdd Iechyd Cwm Taf yn 2008\. 

Mae wedi bod yn Aelod o Fwrdd Prifysgol Morgannwg, Sgiliau Iechyd a Chymdeithas Adeiladu Principality, yn Gomisiynydd Cydraddoldeb GIG Cymru, ac yn Gomisiynydd Llywodraeth Cymru i Gyngor Ynys Môn. 

Yn 2012, cafodd ei phenodi’n Gadeirydd Partneriaeth Cydwasanaethau GIG Cymru, gan gadw ei diddordeb mewn datblygu sefydliadol a materion adnoddau dynol yn y GIG a gwasanaeth cyhoeddus ehangach Cymru. Mae hi hefyd yn aelod o’r Bwrdd Dewis Gyrfa/Career Choices.

Graham Jones 

Mae Graham Jones MA yn Gymrawd o’r Sefydliad Siartredig Personél a Datblygu ac mae ganddo brofiad helaeth o reoli newid a gweithio gydag undebau llafur. Gweithiodd mewn nifer o rolau gwasanaethau rheoli ac adnoddau dynol mewn awdurdodau lleol cyn cael ei benodi’n Bennaeth Personél Strategol yng Nghyngor Castell\-nedd Port Talbot yn ystod yr ad\-drefnu llywodraeth leol diwethaf yng Nghymru.  
   
Mae Graham wedi bod yn gadeirydd ar y Rhwydwaith Cyfarwyddwyr Adnoddau Dynol llywodraeth leol ddwywaith, ac mae wedi cynrychioli cyfarwyddwyr adnoddau dynol awdurdodau lleol Cymru mewn nifer o rolau cenedlaethol, yn enwedig mewn perthynas â materion gwella adnoddau dynol, gwasanaethau cymdeithasol a gweithlu ysgolion. Roedd Graham yn gynghorydd adnoddau dynol i Gymdeithas Llywodraeth Leol Cymru am nifer o flynyddoedd hyd at 2014\.

Mae’n eiriolwr cryf o blaid partneriaeth gymdeithasol rhwng cyflogwyr gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ac undebau llafur, ac mae wedi dadlau’n helaeth o blaid hyn fel aelod o Gyngor Cyswllt Cymru ar gyfer llywodraeth leol a Phwyllgor Gweithredol y Cyngor Cyswllt. Roedd yn aelod o Gyngor Partneriaeth y Gweithlu ar gyfer Llywodraeth Cymru rhwng 2012 a 2014\.

Ar ôl gadael Cyngor Castell\-nedd Port Talbot, daeth yn Gyfarwyddwr Strategol Adnoddau Dynol ar gyfer consortiwm gwella rhanbarthol ERW ar gyfer Canolbarth a De\-orllewin Cymru. Ar hyn o bryd, mae Graham yn gwneud gwaith ymgynghori adnoddau dynol, yn bennaf ar gyfer awdurdodau lleol yng Nghymru.

Mae gan Graham brofiad helaeth hefyd o gynllunio brys aml\-asiantaeth a gweithgarwch argyfyngau sifil ar lefel leol a rhanbarthol. Roedd yn aelod o Fforwm Lleol Cymru Gydnerth y De ac yn Gadeirydd ar Fwrdd Cydnerthedd Awdurdodau Lleol De Cymru rhwng 2012 a 2014\.

Martin Mansfield 

Penodwyd Martin Mansfield yn Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol TUC Cymru ym mis Awst 2008\. Mae Martin wedi chwarae rhan flaenllaw yn y strwythurau partneriaeth gymdeithasol yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys bod yn gyd\-ysgrifennydd Cyngor Partneriaeth y Gweithlu gwasanaethau cyhoeddus ac arweinydd undeb llafur y Cyngor Adfywio Economaidd. Mae wedi cadeirio a chymryd rhan mewn nifer o fyrddau cynghori Llywodraeth Cymru, gan gynnwys cyflogaeth ieuenctid, caffael llywodraeth, polisi economaidd, a chyflogaeth a sgiliau.

Mae’n gadeirydd bwrdd cyfarwyddwyr Uned Partneriaid Cymdeithasol Cymru.

Am dros 20 mlynedd, cyn dod yn Ysgrifennydd Cyffredinol TUC Cymru, roedd Martin yn swyddog undeb llafur llawn amser mewn nifer o ddiwydiannau, gan gynnwys gweithgynhyrchu uwch a gwasanaethau iechyd. Cyn hynny, gweithiodd ym maes addysg bellach ac ymchwil sgiliau diwydiannol. Rhwng 2003 a 2005, roedd yn gynghorydd arbennig ar ddatblygu economaidd i’r Prif Weinidog a’r Cabinet.   

Mae gan Martin radd Meistr mewn Cysylltiadau Diwydiannol (gydag Economeg a’r Gyfraith), BA Cydanrhydedd mewn Hanes a Saesneg a diploma israddedig mewn Dulliau Ymchwil Gymhwysol. 

Harry Thomas

Graddiodd Harry o Brifysgol Manceinion gyda gradd mewn Economeg, ac yna cymhwysodd i fod yn gyfrifydd gyda’r Swyddfa Archwilio Genedlaethol yn Ne Cymru, cyn symud ymlaen i Gyngor Sir Swydd Gaer. Gweithiodd gyda chyn Awdurdod Dŵr Cymru a Chyngor Sir Gwynedd. Yn dilyn ad\-drefnu llywodraeth leol ym 1996, cafodd ei benodi’n drysorydd gyda Chyngor Gwynedd, a chafodd ei benodi’n Brif Weithredwr yn 2003 nes iddo ymddeol y llynedd.

  






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On 24 March, I announced that I would be setting up a non\-statutory Public Services Staff Commission.  I subsequently announced that Gill Lewis had been appointed as Chair and I can now confirm the membership of the Commission following a full and open public appointments process.  


Joining Gill are Sally Ellis, Margaret Foster, Graham Jones, Martin Mansfield and Harry Thomas. I will be providing more details on public service workforce issues on 15 September in a Ministerial Oral Statement.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed. Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.


  

**Biographical details**


**Sally Ellis**


Sally’s background is in local government and community development. Following an early career in community development in the third sector, Sally joined Clwyd County Council Social Services in 1992, became an Assistant Director in Conwy at local government re\-organisation in 1995 and then a Director with Denbighshire County Council in 2003\.


Sally was a Corporate Director in Denbighshire for 12 years. During this period, she was the statutory Director of Social Services and the corporate lead, at different times, for a range of other services including Housing, Leisure, IT, HR and the Local Development Plan.


Since finishing full time work in 2014, Sally has become an advisor for Citizens’ Advice in Denbigh and Vice Chair of North Wales Housing Association. Sally has also chaired the Strategic Improvement Steering Group for Welsh Government, which has provided advice to the Health and Social Services Minister on social care improvement arrangements and priorities.


Sally has a degree in English from Oxford University and postgraduate qualifications in social administration and in leadership for collaboration from Bangor University.


  

**Margaret Foster**


Graduating in 1973, Margaret worked in the NHS in Wales from 1974 until her retirement in 2010\. As an NHS Chief Executive for 14 years, she led the mergers of a number of organisations including the establishment of the Cwm Taf Heath Board in 2008\.


She has served as a Board Member with the University of Glamorgan, Skills for Health and Principality Building Society, as the NHS Wales Equality Commissioner, and as a Commissioner for Welsh Government to Anglesey Council.


In 2012 she was appointed as Chair of the Wales NHS Shared Services Partnership, maintaining her interest in organizational development and human resources issues in the NHS and the wider Welsh Public Service. She is also a member of the Dewis Gyrfa/Career Choices Board.


  

**Graham Jones** 


Graham Jones MA is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel \& Development and has extensive experience of managing change and working with trade unions. He undertook a number of local authority management services and HR roles before being appointed as Neath Port Talbot Council’s Head of Strategic Personnel in 1995 during the last local government re\-organisation in Wales.  

  

Graham has twice been Chair of the local government HR Directors’ Network and has represented Welsh local authority HR Directors in a number of national roles, particularly in relation to HR improvement, social services and schools workforce matters. Graham was a HR Adviser to the Welsh Local Government Association for a number of years until 2014\.


He is a strong advocate of public service employers and trade unions working in social partnership and has extensively championed this approach as a member of the local government Joint Council for Wales and JCW Executive Committee. He was a member of the Welsh Government’s Workforce Partnership Council between 2012 and 2014,


After leaving Neath Port Talbot Council, he became Strategic HR Director for the ERW regional school improvement consortium covering Mid and South\-West Wales. Graham currently undertakes HR consultancy work, primarily for local authorities in Wales.


Graham also has extensive experience of multi\-agency emergency planning and civil contingencies activity at local and regional levels. He was a member of the South Wales Local Resilience Forum and was Chair of the South Wales Local Authority Resilience Board from 2012 to 2014\.


  

**Martin Mansfield** 


Martin Mansfield was appointed as Wales TUC General Secretary in August 2008\. Martin has played a leading role in the social partnership structures in Wales including as joint secretary of the public services Workforce Partnership Council and trade union lead on the Council for Economic Renewal.  He has chaired and participated in a number of Welsh government advisory boards including youth employment, government procurement, economic policy and employment \& skills.


He is Chair of the board of directors of the Wales Social Partners Unit.


For over twenty years before becoming Wales TUC General Secretary, Martin was a full time trade union official covering a wide range of industries including advanced manufacturing and health services.  Before that he worked in further education and industrial skills research. In 2003\-2005 he served as economic development special advisor to Wales’ First Minister and Cabinet.  


Martin has a Masters Degree in Industrial Relations (with Economics and Law), a BA Hons in History \& English and a postgraduate diploma in Applied Research Methods.


  

**Harry Thomas**


Harry graduated from Manchester University with a degree in Economics and subsequently qualified as an accountant with the National Audit Office in South Wales before moving on to join Cheshire County Council. He has worked with the former Welsh Water Authority and Gwynedd County Council. After the 1996 Local Government reorganisation he was appointed Treasurer with Gwynedd Council and in 2003 was appointed Chief Executive where he remained until his retirement last year.