FOI/202100212881 · FOI · unclear
Breakdown of external recruitment campaign for senior policy manager: FOI release
Information requested
For post IRC85923E - 1. Total number of applicants. 2. Split Internal v External applicants. 3. Number of External applicants aged over 50. Split of successful applicants Internal v External, including number over 50 in each category. Noting: in respect of this request, Internal includes contractors - fixed term or any other non-permanent employment contract - who were already working for the Scottish Government. For the years 2018-2020 - 1. Total number of posts filled split by job family, e.g. Policy Delivery, Communications, Procurement, Front of House, Operational Delivery. 2. Total number of applicants split by job family. 3. Successful applicants for each job family:- 4. Internal v External (Internal definition as above) 5. Number of successful applicants aged over 50 (including Internal v External split)
Response
IRC85923E 1.Total number of applicants: 297 2. Internal vs External Applicants: Looking at the applications and whether candidates had indicated an existing employee number or grade, 29 candidates of the total 297 candidates were employees of SG of a SG Agency. However, it should be noted that this is not a fool-proof method of identifying candidates who already worked for SG, as it is possible that there were some individuals who did work SG but simply did not include their employee number or grade as part of their application. 3. External applicants ≥ 50: 82 4. We are unable to provide a further breakdown of this data due to the fact that we supress any percentages < 5% when it comes to personal data. Regarding information requested relating to the period 2018 – 2020: I have included 3 Internal Recruitment tables below which include applicant numbers, the number of posts filled through Internal Recruitment and the number of successful of successful applicants broken down by Professional Group as well as total cumulative figures. Please note that we use disclosure control to suppress reporting of small groups in order prevent the potential identification of individual members of staff. In this instance any groups of staff between 1 and 4 (inclusive) have been replaced by *. We do not suppress a zero figure. It is also necessary to apply secondary suppression to prevent the calculation of a suppressed figure. Internal Recruitment 2018
Professional Group Applicant Numbers Number of posts filled through internal recruitment/successful applicants per job family Communication & Marketing 1566 67 Economics 309 25 Engineering 63 14 Finance 1116 70 Front of House 233 8 Health 210 21 Human Resources 1152 83 Information Technology 1294 93 Internal Audit 22 * Legal 339 52 Librarian 55 0 Operational Delivery 9307 651 Other 9562 418 Planning 370 8 Policy Delivery 9333 629 Procurement 281 20 Schools Inspection 103 * Science 525 35 Social Research 68 * Statistics 223 18 Strategy 25 * Tax Inspection 525 11 Totals 36681 2230
Internal Recruitment 2019
Professional Group Applicant Numbers Number of posts filled through internal recruitment/successful applicants per job family Communication & Marketing 488 46 Economics 115 14 Engineering 75 * Finance 1127 66 Front of House 340 13 Health 511 42 Human Resources 1001 67 Information Technology 598 82 Internal Audit 62 * Legal 118 24 Librarian 40 * Operational Delivery 8629 445 Other 12400 388 Planning 36 * Policy Delivery 9520 569 Procurement 342 39 Schools Inspection 409 12 Science 170 38 Social Research 526 25 Statistics 607 32 Strategy 68 5 Tax Inspection 165 9 Veterinarian 11 * Totals 37358 1928
Internal Recruitment 2020
Professional Group Applicant Numbers Number of posts filled through internal recruitment/successful applicants per job family Communication & Marketing 415 28 Economics 22 6 Engineering 14 * Finance 659 38 Health 153 11 Human Resources 1057 42 Information Technology 202 23 Internal Audit * * Legal 114 25 Librarian * * Operational Delivery 4083 227 Other 3903 209 Planning 11 * Policy Delivery 6083 452 Procurement 123 16 Schools Inspection * * Science 84 16 Social Research 21 8 Statistics * * Strategy 24 5 Tax Inspection 5 0 Totals 16984 1116
I have included 3 External Recruitment tables below which include applicant numbers, the number of posts filled through External Recruitment and the number of successful of successful applicants broken down by Professional Group as well as total cumulative figures.
External Recruitment 2018
Professional Group Applicant Numbers Number of posts filled through internal recruitment/successful applicants per job family Communication & Marketing 1477 36 Economics 296 19 Engineering * 0 Finance 2882 30 Front of House 41 * Human Resources 783 16 Information Technology 1648 59 Internal Audit 107 8 Legal 437 51 Librarian 55 0 Operational Delivery 5864 320 Other 15357 430 Planning 350 5 Policy Delivery 1985 54 Procurement 205 5 Schools Inspection 38 * Science 1321 28 Social Research 820 16 Statistics 1021 68 Tax Inspection 479 6 Veterinarian * 0 Totals 35177 1153
External Recruitment 2019
Professional Group Applicant Numbers Number of posts filled through internal recruitment/successful applicants per job family Communication & Marketing 2218 40 Engineering 76 * Finance 1929 37 Front of House 439 8 Health 236 5 Human Resources 2894 31 Information Technology 1508 35 Internal Audit 49 8 Legal 1016 43 Librarian 518 11 Operational Delivery 15967 553 Other 19907 300 Planning 290 12 Policy Delivery 3968 40 Procurement 247 * Schools Inspection 406 12 Science 696 23 Social Research 650 27 Statistics 1112 51 Veterinarian 23 * Totals 54149 1246
External Recruitment 2020
Professional Group Applicant Numbers Number of posts filled through internal recruitment/successful applicants per job family Communication & Marketing 2844 32 Economics 84 6 Engineering 17 * Finance 2361 36 Front of House 697 * Health 139 5 Human Resources 2285 42 Information Technology 1775 54 Legal 495 * Librarian 44 * Operational Delivery 13855 285 Other 22271 131 Planning 21 * Policy Delivery 5567 66 Procurement 1043 12 Schools Inspection 22 0 Science 1470 29 Social Research 835 37 Statistics 223 * Strategy 74 * Veterinarian 23 * Totals 56145 753
I have provided below the number of successful applicants aged over 50 including an Internal v External split. The data covers up to the stage of the recruitment process where a candidate start date has been agreed (ie a start date was agreed with the successful applicant).
All Applicants 2018 2019 2020 Applied External 2446 4622 4893 Applied Internal 1414 1579 1086 Has Agreed Start Date 2018 2019 2020 Applied External 106 138 90 Applied Internal 175 159 97
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