States chief executive Paul Whitfield went public with plans to redesign the civil service as part of the 10-year Public Service Reform programme.
‘While the civil service redesign was announced last year, it was always the intention that it would begin in earnest in the later part of 2019,’ a Policy & Resources spokesman said in response to an access to public information request.
‘That is in part because it is dependent on other transformation projects, such as the Future Digital Services programme which will be debated by the States in June.
‘The improvements in digital technology that the FDS programme will deliver will help create efficiencies in how the civil service works and in turn enable a reduction in the number of full-time equivalent posts. Therefore, as of today, no positions have been removed and no money has been spent on redundancy payments related to the redesign of
the civil service at this stage.’
While at least 200 roles are expected to go, but P&R said this was not a primary driver for change.
‘In fact a major driver for change is the knowledge that 25% of our public sector workforce may retire by the end of 2020 and up to 50% of our workforce could retire by 2026 – a picture largely mirrored across the island’s private sector. This means the public sector will face significant recruitment pressures in the future if it does not transform. It also means the reduction in posts should be achieved with few, if any, redundancies.’
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