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190. Employment levels at the Jersey Financial Services Commission

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WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHIEF MINISTER

BY DEPUTY M.R. HIGGINS OF ST. HELIER ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON TUESDAY 28TH MARCH 2017

Question

Will the Chief Minister request the Jersey Financial Services Commission to provide the following information for members?

  1. The number of staff employed by the Commission in each section or department, broken down further to show the number of years each employee has been employed by the Commission; and
  2. The level of staff turnover at the Commission over the last five years, together with an explanation of the reasons for such turnover.

Answer

  1. The Jersey Financial Services Commission ("JFSC") employed 129 people as at 1st March 2017 across a range of full-time and part-time positions. This breaks down into department level headcount as follows:

Supervision  61 Operations  27 Policy  15 Registry   14 Enforcement  9 Director General's Office 3

The average length of service is 5.71 years.

  1. Staff turnover (as a % of headcount) over the past 5 calendar years was:

2012  10.4% 2013  5.5% 2014  8.7% 2015  21.7% 2016  8.7%

The spike in turnover during 2015 was commented on within the JFSC Annual Report for that year. This was a year when industry demand for good quality risk and compliance staff resulted in comparatively  high  staff  attrition  for  the  Commission  as  a  large  percentage  of  staff  left  for employment in regulated entities, this was especially prevalent in Supervision. Efforts have since been concentrated on growing resilience to this particular issue and an enhanced focus on structure, succession planning and the overall employee proposition has resulted in a more sustainable level of staff turnover.