ONS Human Resources and Finance Planning and Analysis information

You asked

Please provide information relating to recruitment specifically in your Accounts and HR teams based in South Wales.

The information I require is detailed below:

• How many members of staff are in you Accounts / Finance team?

• Can you provide an organisational chart for this team?

• How many members of staff are in your HR & Recruitment team?

• Can you provide an organisational chart for this team?

• What was your agency spend in 2018 and do you have a predicted spend in 2019? If you could be specific to the Accounts and HR teams that would be preferable.

• What recruitment framework are you part of and what agencies do you use?

We said

How many members of staff are in your Accounts / Finance team?

There are 45 members of staff in Finance. This includes Finance Planning and Analysis, Payroll based on filled posts not filled by contract or agency. Including contract and agency staff the total number is 47.

These numbers exclude the remainder of Finance, Planning and Portfolio Directorate (Audit, Business Development, Commercial Services, Corporate Enablement and Planning and Portfolio Management).

Can you provide an organisational chart for this team?

Please see the attachment named 'Finance Planning and Analysis Organisation Chart'.

How many members of staff are in your HR & Recruitment team?

There are 164 roles in People and Business Services (PBS). This includes People Solutions, People Capability, Strategy and Organisational Effectiveness, Head of PBS based on filled posts not filled by contract or agency. Including contract and agency the total number is 167.

These numbers exclude the remainder of PBS (Security and Information Management; Business Enablers).

Can you provide an organisational chart for this team?

Please see the attachment named 'People and Business Services (PBS) Organisation Chart'.

What was your agency spend in 2018 and do you have a predicted spend in 2019? If you could be specific to the Accounts and HR teams that would be preferable.

Please see the attachment named 'Agency Spend 2018-2020 for Accounts and Human Resources'.

What recruitment framework are you part of and what agencies do you use?

For general temporary staff ONS uses the Crown Commercial Services Non-Medical, Non Clinical Framework (RM971). In 2019/20, Finance and HR used the following agencies from NMNC:

• Hays
• Parity

For specialist roles ONS uses agencies sourced from the GCloud Framework. In 2019/20, Finance and HR used the following agencies from GCloud:

• LA International
• Certes
• Parity
• Concept Resourcing