Communications and Human Resources staffing (FOI)

​Request

Communications Unit:

A

How many full time employees are there in the Communications unit?

B

How many part time staff are there in the Communications unit?

C

How many employees in this unit are recent arrivals to Jersey under five years residence?

D

How many employees in this unit are under contract, and where are they from?

E

What is the annual budget for the Communications Unit for 2018 and 2019 and 2020

F

Is the Chief Officer "housing qualified", how long have they been in post and what is his or hers annual salary?

Human Resources (HR) Department:

G

When was the new HR Department set up?

H

How many employees are there in the new HR Department?

I

Are there any employees that have been recruited from outside the Island for the new HR department?

J

What is the annual salary of the Chief Officer of the HR department and is the Chief Officer on contract or permanent?

K

What is the annual budget for the HR department and what is the role of this unit?

L

In the Communications and HR Departments how many recent staff arrivals from outside the Island have any been granted consent to buy domestic property. What are were the prices paid for their purchases of property?

M

Regarding both units how many school children are there from the outside Island recruitments in these two departments?

Response

Communications Unit:

A

There are 24 full time employees in the Communications Directorate (the previous Communications Unit was disbanded in July 2018).

B

There are six part time staff in the Communications Directorate

C

The Interim Director of Communication was hired from abroad. All other staff were recruited on Island.

D

In addition to the Director of Communications, one Jersey-born employee is under short-term contract, through a Jersey temping agency.

E

The Communications Directorate was established in July 2018. Previously, the Government operated a devolved model, under which individual communications and marketing staff, activities and costs were incurred separately by individual departments. These costs were brought together when the new Communications Directorate was established.

The budget for 2018 (from July) was £549,000. Budgets for 2019 onwards are detailed within the Government Plan and Business Case published on gov.je.

Proposed Government Plan 2020 to 2023

Departmental operational business plans 2020

F

There is no Chief Officer of the Communications Directorate. (Incidentally, the title “Chief Officer” was replaced in 2018 by “Director General” under Government restructuring.)

The Communications Director is the senior member of staff of the Communications Directorate. He has been in post since 18 October 2017 and has a licence to rent.

The remuneration of the Director of Communications is set out in the States of Jersey Annual Report and Accounts 2018, available at the following link:

Annual Report and Accounts 2018

Human Resources (HR) Department:

G

The Human Resources department is not a new department within the Government of Jersey. However, it has recently been renamed People and Corporate Services.

H

Please refer to question G above.

There were 51 full time equivalent employees within People and Corporate Services as at 31 October 2019.

I

Aside from the Group Director (see J for further details), no other permanent or fixed-term employees have been recruited for People and Corporate Services from outside Jersey within the last year.

Information on Interim or Consultant staff is not included.

J

There is no Chief Officer within People and Corporate Services.

The Group Director for People and Corporate Services is the most senior member of staff in People and Corporate Services. He has been in post since June 2019 and is licensed to work in Jersey.

The remuneration of the Group Director for People and Corporate Services is within the Tier 2 remuneration band, details of which are available at the following link:

Tier 1 and 2 remuneration bands

K

Please refer to question G above.

The role of People and Corporate Services and details of the unit’s budget are shown in the Government Plan and Business Case published on gov.je.

Proposed Government Plan 2020 to 2023

Departmental operational business plans 2020

L

Please see I and J above for licensing details.

Information about property purchases by individual staff members is not held.

M

This information is not held.