Civil Service
Resourcing
Mervyn Thomas
Director, Civil Service Resourcing
12th February 2013
Civil Service Resourcing Structure
Director
Mervyn Thomas
Operations
Mandy Jones
Product Development
&
Service Enablement
Ron Blyth
Talent & Assessment
Services
James Norton
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Fast Stream
Gillian Smith
Strategic Business
Partner
Linda McKendrick
Volumetrics
No of Oragnisations using e-Recruitment
No of roles advertised (internally & externally)
Applications processed
2011/12
2012/13
(to date)
8
15+
11,230
23,203
144,053
163,863
Customer contacts (email & telephone)
73,004
Fast Stream Applications
19,325
18,603
Assessment contacts
2,668
1,152
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CS Commissioners Audits
1. Audit reports on 20 departments prepared by DLA Piper in
2011/12
 3 High Risk
 9 Medium Risk
 8 Low Risk
2. CS Resourcing (Mervyn Thomas and Chris Last in some
instances) meeting with High Risk and some medium Risk
Departments
3. Self Assessment of CS Resourcing
4. Role of CS Resourcing, Departments and Line Managers
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SCS Recruitment
 CS Resourcing has been commissioned by the HR Board to work
up a proposition to support SCS Recruitment across
Departments.
 Options are being developed by April and it is envisaged the
new service could be up and running by the end of the year.
 Centrally led and managed, will integrate and leverage the
resources currently servicing the Big 5 departments.
 Strategic drivers:
 deliver high quality candidates
 expert process for stakeholders including Civil Service
Commissioners
 embed talent and leadership strategy
 coherent approach to the market for Departments and
Professions
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New Entrants to the SCS
New SCS Entrants, by Employment Sector
2003/04
Number
%
2004/05
Number
%
Headcount
2005/06
Number
%
2006/07
Number
%
2007/08
Number
%
2008/09
Number
2009/10
%
Number
2010/11
%
Number
%
First 6
months of
2011/12
Number
%
Government Department
337
64
309
65
406
70
326
62
376
71
364
72
350
71
161
61
131
77
Private Sector
120
23
98
21
99
17
108
21
97
18
100
20
80
16
25
10
22
13
71
13
71
15
79
14
88
17
60
11
41
8
60
12
77
29
18
11
528
100
505 100
490
100
263 100
171
100
Voluntary & Wider Public Sector
Total
478 100
584 100
522 100
533 100
New SCS Entrants Recruited through Open Competitions
2003/04
Internal
40
External
160
% External 80%
Total
200
2004/05
49
141
74%
190
2005/06
60
145
71%
205
2006/07
44
140
76%
184
2007/08
60
127
68%
187
6
2008/09
58
111
66%
169
2009/10
69
114
62%
183
2010/11
53
35
40%
88
First 6
months of
2011/12
46
26
36%
72
Background of Successful Candidates for Open Competitions
Chaired by Civil Service Commissioners
Civil
Service
Wider
Public
Sector
Voluntary
Third
Sector
Private
Sector
Total
2007/08
43
(41%
24
(23%)
38
(36%
No data
105
2008/09
62
(63%)
13
(13%)
23
(23%
No data
98
2009/10
32
(43%)
12
(16%)
30
(41%)
No data
74
2010/11
21
(66%)
4
(12%)
6
(19%)
1
(3%)
32
2011/12
32
(52%)
23
(23%)
14
(22%)
No data
62
Year
Source: Civil Service Commission Annual report and Accounts 2011-12
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Overview of Fast Stream
New Programme Launching 2013
• C. 800 Fast Streams being recruitment
• 4 year Graduate Programme
– 4 six month placements
– 2 twelve month placements
• Fast Streamers centrally held and managed by CS
Resourcing
• Development proposition
• Diversity
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The Vision for Civil Service Talent Management
Civil Service High Potential Stream (CSHPS)
C
A
P
A
B
I
L
I
T
Y
P
L
A
N
(Fast Track)
Apprentice
Scheme
Fast Stream
Future
Leaders
Scheme
Individual
Department’s
Talent
Senior
Leaders
Scheme
High
Potential
Development
Scheme
Profession’s
Talent
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Top 200
Loans & Secondments
 Secondment strategy (joint work)
- targeting scarce skills, including inward secondments
- sourcing early outward secondments
Private Sector
SME Position
Public Sector
Public sector (Delivery Arms)
Charity
Local Government
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Other Areas
 Resourcing Transformation Programme
 ‘Big 5’ initially with Home Office and HMRC
 Small and medium Departments
 SCS resourcing
 Possible review of Public Appointments process
 New Executive Search Framework
 Embed new Competency Framework
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Civil Service
Resourcing
Mervyn Thomas
Director, Civil Service Resourcing
12th February 2013