Treasury and Resources
Report on Public Sector Manpower
June 2007
This report provides detailed information about the numbers of people working for the States and delivering services to the people of Jersey.
The report gives details of actual Headcount numbers within the Public Sector and shows the changes in the number of budgeted posts in the States. This means that States reporting is consistent with that of the Private Sector. The States complies with such requirements on a voluntary basis.
The information relates to the 12 month period ending June 2007 and excludes areas of the States which are self-funding trading operations, namely Jersey Airport and Jersey Harbours.
Appendix A details the actual numbers of permanent and contract J Category employees for headcount numbers.
The actual number of staff employed by the States over the year to 30 June 2007 increased by 194 or 3% from 6535 to 6729. The increase is made up of the following movements:
- 147 (76%) can be attributed to an increase in Health and Social Services staff as a result of filling vacancies. A strong focus on recruitment in nursing and midwifery during 2007 is seeing an increase in numbers on the wards. In addition there is the Nursing Cadet Scheme so the overall picture for Nurses/Midwives is looking much healthier. Looking at medical staff, the recent crisis for Doctors in training has been well documented in the national media and the Department has begun a long term shift from the recruitment of Junior Doctors on short term training programmes to the recruitment of Non Career Grade Doctors in substantive posts. The Department has also successfully recruited to vacancies in most professions allied to medicine such as Physiotherapists, Occupational Therapists, Speech and Language Therapists, Scientists and Radiographers. Finally there has been an investment in staff to implement the Health Improvement Strategy to enact legislative requirements such as the smoking ban in enclosed workplaces;
- a further 32 (16%) within Home Affairs are mainly as a result of Police staff recruitment and the filling of Prison staff vacancies – numbers employed at the Prison rose by 22 including 12 Prison Officers and 6 Prison Support staff;
- the remaining 9% is made up from a number of departments filling vacancies.
Comparison with the Isle of Man
Data for Guernsey on actual public sector employment (i.e. filled posts) is currently being processed by the States of Guernsey. Hence, at this stage only a comparison with the Isle of Man is feasible.
The total number of public sector employees in Jersey at the end of 2006, on a full-time equivalent basis, was 5,670; that for the Isle of Man was 7,040. Expressed per 1,000 residents, total public sector employment in the Isle of Man was over a third higher than in Jersey (Table 3.4).
Table 3.4 - Public sector employment1: per 1,000 residents in Jersey and the Isle of Man, 2006.
Figures are number of actual full-time equivalent employees per 1,000 residents.
| Health | Education | Other | Total |
Jersey | 24 | 16 | 24 | 64 |
Isle of Man | 29 | 23 | 36 | 88 |
Overview
The pie chart below illustrates the proportional distribution of budgeted headcount by department.
Department Headcount
Headcount pays no regard to the amount of hours worked by an employee, but rather counts the number of posts employed against by the States in compliance with the manpower reporting requirements for the Private Sector.
The table below shows the actual headcount numbers for the year to 30 June 2007. The figures include Contract, Trainee, Workwise and Seasonal employees.
Department | Actual Jun-06 | Actual Jun-07 | Difference |
Chief Minister's Department | 187 | 192 | 5 |
Non Executive Departments | 213 | 223 | 10 |
Treasury and Resources | 212 | 236 | 24 |
Economic Development | 69 | 67 | -2 |
Planning and Environment | 126 | 129 | 3 |
Transport and Technical Services | 564 | 553 | -11 |
Health and Social Services | 2350 | 2497 | 147 |
Education, Sport and Culture | 1966 | 1957 | -9 |
Home Affairs | 654 | 686 | 32 |
Social Security | 127 | 129 | 2 |
Housing | 67 | 60 | -7 |
Total | 6535 | 6729 | 194 |
The following table shows the budgeted movement in staff posts over the year to 30 June 2007.
Department | Budgeted Jun 06 | Budgeted June 07 | Movement Accounted for by Internal Transfers | Actual Movement |
Chief Minister's Department | 196 | 201 | 3 | 2 |
Non Executive Departments | 233 | 233 | 0 | 0 |
Treasury and Resources | 256 | 268 | 12 | 0 |
Economic Development | 75 | 74 | 0 | -1 |
Planning and Environment | 145 | 150 | 0 | 5 |
Transport and Technical Services | 622 | 615 | -5 | -2 |
Health and Social Services[1] | 2350 | 2499 | N/A | 149 |
Education, Sport and Culture | 2014 | 1978 | -9 | -27 |
Home Affairs | 701 | 715 | 0 | 14 |
Social Security | 128 | 140 | 6 | 6 |
Housing | 70 | 64 | -7 | 1 |
Total | 6790 | 6937 | 0 | 147 |
The following tables detail any net increases or decreases in posts2 for the year to 30 June 2007 including departmental transfers.
CHIEF MINISTER’S | | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | IT Posts (1 contract until 31/07/07) +2 | 2 |
Post Reduction | | 0 |
Net Transfers | Social Security: Communications Officer +1; Economic Development: Communications Officer +1; Treasury & Resources: Admin Officer +1 | 3 |
(Decrease)/Increase | | 5 |
NON EXECUTIVE | | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
Correction | Judicial Greffe: Crown and States Officer Post accidentally deleted in past added back +1 | 1 |
New posts | States Assembly: Scrutiny Officer +2; Comptroller and Auditor General: Assistant Post +1 | 3 |
Post Reduction | States Assembly: Workwise -1; Legal Assistant -1; Law Draftsmen -2 | (4) |
Net Transfers | | 0 |
(Decrease)/Increase | | 0 |
TREASURY AND RESOURCES | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | | 0 |
Post Reductions | Contract -1 | -1 |
Net Transfers | Transport & Technical Services +4, Education Sport & Culture +9; Health & Social Services +1; Chief Ministers -1 | 13 |
(Decrease)/Increase | | 12 |
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | | 0 |
Post Reduction | Contract: Assistant RUDL Officer -1 | (1) |
Net Transfers | Transport and Technical Services +1; Chief Minister’s -1 | 0 |
(Decrease)/Increase | | (1) |
PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | 2x Senior Planner Appeals, 1x Senior Building Control Surveyor, 1x Job Share (permanent), 1x Job Share (contract) | 5 |
Post Reduction | | 0 |
Net Transfers | | 0 |
(Decrease)/Increase | | 5 |
TRANSPORT AND TECHNICAL SERVICES | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | | 0 |
Post Reduction | Voluntary Redundancy Municipal Services -1; efficiency saving Mobile Gardener -1 | (2) |
Net Transfers | Treasury and Resources -4; Economic Development - 1; | (5) |
(Decrease)/Increase | | (7) |
EDUCATION, SPORT AND CULTURE | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | Workwise +2; Zero Hour Contracts +13; ETSS +12; Manual Workers +20 (to correct an historical anomaly) | 47 |
Post Reduction | Seasonal -2; Youth Workers -4; Heads & Deputies -4; Lecturers -16; Teachers -44; College Managers -3; Youth Service -1 | (74) |
Net Transfers | Treasury & Resources -9 | (9) |
(Decrease)/Increase | | (36) |
HOME AFFAIRS | | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | Prison +11; Customs +3 | 14 |
Post Reduction | | 0 |
Net Transfers | | 0 |
(Decrease)/Increase | | 14 |
SOCIAL SECURITY | | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | Workwise +2; Seasonal +1; Income Support +5 | 8 |
Post Reduction | Seasonal -1; Workwise -1 | (2) |
Net Transfers | Chief Minister’s -1; Housing +7 | 6 |
(Decrease)/Increase | | 12 |
HOUSING | | |
Movements | Reason/Details | |
New posts | Finance Director +1 | 1 |
Post Reduction | | 0 |
Net Transfers | Social Security -7 | (7) |
(Decrease)/Increase | | (6) |
Appendix A
‘J’ Category Employee Analysis
The tables below detail ‘J’ Category employees both on permanent and non permanent contracts. Due to the fact that Health and Social Services Department have been unable to produce ‘J’ Category figures since June 2006, their figures in the table remain as at June 2006.
| FTE Actual Jun 2007 | FTE Actual Jun 2006 | Difference | Headcount Actual Jun 2007 | Headcount Actual Jun 2006 | Difference |
J CAT: PERMANENT | | | | | | |
Civil Servant | 69.30 | 60.84 | 8.46 | 70 | 63 | 7 |
Manual Workers | 1.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Crown & States Officers | 7.00 | 9.00 | -2.00 | 7 | 9 | -2 |
Others3 | 328.79 | 261.90 | 66.89 | 338 | 268 | 70 |
Sub Total | 406.09 | 332.74 | 73.35 | 416 | 341 | 75 |
| | | | | | |
J CAT: NON PERMANENT | | | | | | |
Civil Servant | 58.40 | 59.00 | -0.60 | 60 | 60 | 0 |
Manual Workers | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Crown & States Officers | 3.00 | 7.00 | -4.00 | 3 | 7 | -4 |
Others3 | 206.89 | 224.00 | -17.11 | 252 | 273 | -21 |
Sub Total | 268.29 | 290.00 | -21.71 | 315 | 340 | -25 |
TOTAL J CAT | 674.38 | 622.74 | 51.64 | 731 | 681 | 50 |
J Category: Permanent
77% of the 75 actual headcount increases in Permanent J Category posts primarily relate to the Education Sport and Culture Department. They have reported a 54 Headcount increase (51.44 FTE) in teacher posts which sit within "Others"3. The majority of the actual Headcount increases in Civil Service J Category posts relate to 2 additional posts in Economic Development and 3 additional posts in Treasury and Resources.
J Category: Non Permanent
Approximately half of the increase in Permanent teacher posts was a result of them being transferred from Non Permanent J Category posts. Education Sport and Culture reported a 22 decrease in headcount teacher posts within the Non Permanent J Category. The 22 decrease in teacher posts accounts for 88% of the total reduction in Non Permanent J Category posts.
1 Sources: Jersey Public Sector Manpower Reports; Isle of Man Budget Report 2007-08. The figures for Jersey relate to December 2006; those for the Isle of Man are for September 2006. The States Trading Committees are not included in the total figure or those shown in Table 3.5; the corresponding departments have been excluded for the Isle of Man.
2 The movement within Health and Social Services has been excluded due to the fact the Department only reports on an actual basis and is unable to determine budgeted post movements.
3 Others include Doctors, Nurses and medical staff, Teachers and Police.