Planning and Environment: Request for Additional Manpower

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A decision made on 27 January 2014:

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2014-0008
Decision Summary Title:	Department of the Environment – Request for Additional Manpower		Date of Decision Summary:	22 January 2014
Decision Summary Author:	Finance Manager, Department of the Environment		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title:	Department of the Environment – Request for Additional Manpower		Date of Written Report:	13 January 2014
Written Report Author:	Finance Manager, Department of the Environment		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: The Department of the Environment (DoE) has requested an increase of 5 Full Time Equivalent Posts (FTE) requiring an increase of 5 in head count, to the Department’s established manpower, in order to achieve the department’s objectives identified in the Medium Term Financial Plan (MTFP) and to cope with the increased demands on the Department resulting from the introduction of the Freedom of Information Act (FOI).
Decision(s): The Minister for Planning and Environment approved the request for an increase of 5 FTE requiring an increase of 5 in head count, to the Department’s established manpower, in order to achieve the department’s objectives identified in the MTFP and to cope with the increased demands on the Department resulting from the introduction of the FOI.
Reason(s) for Decision: To comply with P67/1999 (Regulation of Public Sector Employment), this decision will enable the Minister for Treasury and Resources, who is charged to regulate the number of persons employed by the States, to approve the requested increase.
Resource Implications: The approval of this decision will permanently increase the DoE established manpower by 5 FTE, requiring an increase of 5 in head count. As a result the Department’s FTE and Headcount will increase from 112.5 to 117.5.
Action required: Finance Manager to inform Senior Human Recources Manager that the post has been approved and to take note of the new post when completing the States Manpower Report.
Signature:		Position: Deputy R C Duhamel Minister, Department of the Environment
Date Signed:		Date of Decision: