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FOI 23/24 – 25: Recruitment

Freedom of Information Request

  1. How many new permanent hires joined your organisation in 2022?
  2. How many new permanent hires came through external providers in 2022?
  3. How many team members work in your Recruitment Team?
  4. What is your time to hire from adverting to onboarding?
  5. What was your attrition rate in 2022?
  6. What is your average cost per hire (including attraction and screening) in 2022?
  7. How much did you spend with external providers of permanent recruitment in 2022?
  8. How many unique agency contractors/temps/interims did you use in 2022?
  9. How much did you spend on agency contractors/temps/interims in 2022?
  10. Are you meeting your diversity targets? (yes or no)
  11. How many candidates applied for roles in 2022? What is your candidate drop-out rate?
  12. Which systems do you use for your permanent recruitment process?

Office of the Police and Crime Commissioner Response

  1. Eight
  2. All applicants are required to submit their applications via the recruitment instructions on the advert – this could be through Cleveland Police recruitment portal or direct to the OPCC jobs inbox.
  3. The Office of the Police and Crime Commissioned utilise the recruitment services within Cleveland Police, as a result we do not hold information on the number of staff within the recruitment team. This information would need to be requested directly from Cleveland Police.
  4. Approx 16 weeks (this depends on level of vetting required of the post, individual notice periods and delays experienced at pre-employment checks stage (which are conducted by Cleveland Police on our behalf).
  5. The OPCC expanded during 2022 as a result of additional responsibilities within the team. As a result it is difficult to determine attrition rate. We can confirm however that 3 members of the team left during 2022 and these vacancies were filled.
  6. Approx £1,000 – please note this includes OPCC staff time to lead on recruitment including preparation and planning, shortlisting, interviews and feedback.
  7. Nil
  8. One
  9. £6,666.66
  10. The OPCC team demographics can be found via the link below:
    The OPCC team – Cleveland Police and Crime Commissioner
  11. 61 applications were received across the 8 posts advertised during 2022. Following the shortlisting process we had one candidate drop out – however this was as a result of being successful in another role within the OPCC team.
  12. As per question 2.