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The phrase "a further secondment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to an additional temporary assignment or transfer to another position or organization, typically in a professional context.
Example: "After completing my initial secondment, I was offered a further secondment to a different department for six months."
Alternatives: "an additional secondment" or "a subsequent secondment".
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Two years on secondment in the Downing Street press office followed from 2000: "He couldn't have done a bad job – he wouldn't have lasted 10 minutes if he hadn't been able to get on with Alastair," says a former colleague – before a further secondment followed as adviser to the cardinal in the austere and fusty Archbishop's House, behind Westminster Cathedral.
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"Virgin … are keen to help... Since we last spoke [they] have offered a further £25k, plus bigger office space, help with legal advice and a possible secondment.
A further award is available for a young Israeli, Lebanese or Palestinian journalist to spend six weeks on secondment to the Times.
It's been a fantastic experience including three different placements and a two-month secondment to an external company, but it's never a dull experience.
The letter was organised by Jason Sarfo-Annin, a junior doctor who is on a one-year secondment to Harvard as a Fulbright scholar.
An entitlement to a period of secondment would be a positive development.
She had been appointed as a peer in 1999 while on a secondment to the home office.
A good secondment brings real long-term gains.
* He joined the BBC as a studio manager in 1979 and took up a British Forces Broadcasting Services secondment to the Falklands.
Planning is key to a successful secondment: Before someone undertakes a secondment the organisation needs to be clear why they are sending one of their executives out on secondment – if it is to acquire or augment a new skill then what are they going to do ensure that the individual comes back to a role that will utilise these skills.
We also know how a good secondment can inspire individuals and their organisations in ways that are hugely rewarding.
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