secondment

IPA: sˈɛkʌndmʌnt

The process or state of being seconded, the temporary transfer of a person from their normal duty to another assignment.

Examples of "secondment" in Sentences

The secondment, which is for an unlimited period is with effect from 01 February 2000.
I'm off (on long-term secondment actually) to work for as their Economic Development Manager.
Position yourself for a "secondment" into a different department, or even a permanent transfer, just for change of scenery.
Several Air China staff are being trained by Cathay, and a long-term secondment programme for its top management is being studied.
Then, as it so often does, good fortune came my way in the colonial shape of a colleague of The Darling G, returning to the US after a secondment here.
On 6 August 1945, Yamaguchi, a young engineer with the shipbuilder Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, was in Hiroshima at the end of a short-term secondment with two colleagues.
StaffShare allows organisations to register individuals, who could be under-utilised or at risk of redundancy, on a website offering their services on short - or medium-term secondment basis.
My Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has been an active contributor to planning activities for this conference, including a short-term secondment of an officer from our Latin America section and some financial assistance.