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Vacancies across government department

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WQ.310/2023

WRITTEN QUESTION TO THE CHAIR OF THE STATES EMPLOYMENT BOARD BY DEPUTY M.B. ANDREWS OF ST. HELIER NORTH

QUESTION SUBMITTED ON MONDAY 10th JULY 2023

ANSWER TO BE TABLED ON MONDAY 17th JULY 2023

Question

"Further to the response to Written Question 62/2023, will the Chair state the current number of vacancies in each Government department?"

Answer

The current number of vacancies are as follows:

 

Department

Vacancies Identified

Cabinet Office  

62

Customer & Local Services

12*

Department for the Economy

4

External Relations

1

Children, Young People, Education and Skills

137*

Infrastructure, Housing and Environment

140*

Health and Community Services

480

Justice and Home Affairs

94*

Treasury and Exchequer

15*

Non-Executive and Legislative

4*

TOTAL VACANCIES IDENTIFIED

949

Methodology  

The definition of a vacancy varies across functions, the definition used by the function has been used.

The Financial and Actual data has been as at June 2023.

Not all positions will be fully funded or may be seasonal.

In some cases, the approach does not take into account where a budget vacancy exists, but a decision has been made to delay or defer going to market.

Impacts due to timing differences of starters and leavers will occur.

A number of vacancies may currently be covered by temps, zero hours, contractor etc.

Departments indicated with an asterisk monitor vacancy through an alternative method, awaiting a completion of the establishment build within Connect People system.