Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision to Chief Ministers Department: Resource Specialist

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A decision made 29 January 2018:

Decision Reference: MD-TR-2018-0001
Decision Summary Title:	Allocation from the Restructuring Provision to Chief Minister’s Department for funding of an Interim Resourcing Specialist		Date of Decision Summary:	3rd January 2018
Decision Summary Author:	Head of Decision Support		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt?	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:
Written Report Title:	Allocation from the Restructuring Provision to Chief Minister’s Department for funding of an Interim Resourcing Specialist		Date of Written Report:	3rd January 2018
Written Report Author:	Head of Decision Support		Written Report : Public or Exempt?	Public
Subject: Request for a non-recurring allocation of up to £135,200 during 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund an Interim Resource Specialist for up to 6 months.
Decision(s): The Minister approved a non-recurring allocation of up to £135,200 during 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund an Interim Resource Specialist for up to 6 months.
Reason(s) for Decision: Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year. The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.110/2017) sets the requirement for all allocations from Contingency over £100,000 to be considered by the Council of Ministers prior to submission to the Minister for approval. For Public Sector Reform (PSR) funding the Council of Ministers has approved the delegation of its role described above to the Minister for Treasury and Resources to consider and, if appropriate, approve restructuring provision funding bids under £500,000 during the MTFP Addition period (2017 – 2019). The PSR Investment Committee approved the request by email on 21st December 2017.
Resource Implications: The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £135,200 during 2018 and the Restructuring Provision within Contingency to decrease by an identical amount. This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017-2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.
Action required: Head of Decision Support to advise the Management Accountant – Treasury and Resources once this decision has been approved.
Signature:		Position: Senator A J H Maclean, Minister for Treasury and Resources
Date Signed:		Date of Decision:

Budget transfer from Restructuring Provision to Chief Ministers Department: Resource Specialist

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Treasury and Resources

Ministerial Decision Report

allocation from the Restructuring Provision to Chief Minister’s Department for funding of an Interim Resourcing Specialist

Purpose of Report

To approve a non-recurring allocation of up to £135,200 during 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department (CMD) revenue head of expenditure to fund an Interim Resource Specialist for up to 6 months.

Background

Following the appointment of a new Chief Executive, the States of Jersey is undergoing a radical review of its current operating model led by an interim transition team working with the business.

The HR Department has moved to a centralised model over the last 3 years with an operational transactional hub, areas of expertise and business partnering. Resourcing has, up until this time, been devolved to departments, supported by Business Partners from HR, but with no central resource accountable for organisation wide resourcing and talent management.

With the change in direction signalled, this is one of the areas that HR will be required to address. This has been identified and validated by the Transition team.

The provision of a strategic resourcing and talent plan for the States is congruent with the stated aims of creating one organisation.

The funding will be allocated in two tranches of up to £67,600 for each phase. Phase 1 will assess the work already underway in departments over 3 months and will inform the work required in Phase 2.

3. Recommendation

The Minister is recommended to approve an allocation of up to £135,200 during 2018 from the Restructuring Provision to the Chief Minister’s Department revenue head of expenditure to fund an Interim Resource Specialist for up to 6 months.

4. Reason for Decision

Article 17(2) of the Public Finances (Jersey) Law 2005 states that the Minister for Treasury and Resources is authorised to approve the transfer from contingency expenditure of amounts not exceeding, in total, the amount available for contingency expenditure in a financial year.

The current Contingency Allocation Policy (published as R.110/2017) sets the requirement for all allocations from Contingency over £100,000 to be considered by the Council of Ministers prior to submission to the Minister for approval. For Public Sector Reform (PSR) funding the Council of Ministers has approved the delegation of its role described above to the Minister for Treasury and Resources to consider and, if appropriate, approve restructuring provision funding bids under £500,000 during the MTFP Addition period (2017 – 2019). The PSR Investment Committee approved the request by email on 21st December 2017.

5. Resource Implications

The CMD revenue head of expenditure to increase by up to £135,200 during 2018 and the Restructuring Provision within Contingency to decrease by an identical amount.

This decision does not change the total amount of expenditure approved by the States for 2017-2019 in the Medium Term Financial Plan.

Report author : Head of Decision Support	Document date 3rd January 2018
Quality Assurance / Review : Director of Financial Planning and Performance	File name and path: L:\Treasury\Sections\Corporate Finance\Ministerial Decisions\DS, WR and SD\2018-0001 - C21 PSR funding to CMD for Resourcing Specialist £135k
MD sponsor : Director of Financial Planning and Performance