Recruitment consultant costs (FOI)Recruitment consultant costs (FOI)
Produced by the Freedom of Information officeAuthored by States of Jersey and published on
06 October 2017.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
How much has the States of Jersey spent on recruitment consultants to fill specific vacancies in the past five years. Please breakdown by year and by department and, in each case, the total amount linked to each vacancy. If it is possible to also supply the names of the recruitment specialists in each case, please do so.
Response
| Department | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | Total |
| Chief Minister’s | £27,847.89 | £132,542.97 | £144,342.98 | £95,423.41 | £69,272.67 | £469,429.92 |
| Economic Development | £165,591.94 | £14,626.59 | | | | £180,218.53 |
Education | | | £29,434.81 | | | £29,434.81 |
| Health & Social Services | £25,803.35 | | | £43,771.12 | £56,206.83 | £125,781.30 |
| Non Ministerial Departments | £16,216.49 | £26,443.33 | £12,000.00 | £10,000.00 | | £64,659.82 |
| Social Security | | £11,000.00 | | | | £11,000.00 |
| Treasury & Resources | £45,020.98 | £19,171.05 | £68,607.18 | £28,884.16 | | £161,683.37 |
| Total | £280,480.65 | £203,783.94 | £254,384.97 | £178,078.69 | £125,479.50 | £1,042,207.75 |
Recruitment specialists used were:
- Odgers Berndtson
- Thomas & Dessain Ltd
- Gatenby Sanderson Ltd
- Green Park
The information provided above shows spend for the reported recruitment specialists, and may not relate to using consultants to fill specific vacancies. Information shown above may also include costs of hiring a temporary worker for a period of time whilst recruiting for specific roles or other executive roles within the organisation.
To break this information down to identify recruitment consultant spend on specific vacancies, would exceed the cost limit provisions allowed under Article 16 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 and the 12.5 hours maximum allowed under regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014.
Articles applied
Article 16 - A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive
(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.
Regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 allows an authority to refuse a request for information where the estimated cost of dealing with the request would exceed the specified amount of the cost limit of £500. This is the estimated cost of one person spending 12.5 working hours in determining whether the department holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.
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