ANNUAL RECRUITMENT, PROMOTION & SUCCESSION PLANNING REPORT

Members considered the paper which had been submitted to demonstrate the criticality of Recruitment, Promotion and Succession Planning to the delivery of Strategic Outcomes, to outline progress made in relation to relevant strategic commitments and to assess the impact in improving performance, mitigating strategic risks and delivering recommendations from audits/inspections.  In addition to the submitted report the following was discussed.

• The Director of P&D highlighted areas of work including improved understanding of the candidate experience and time to hire.
• In response to a question about the opportunities for a good mix of internal and external talent to progress in Police Scotland it was explained that there is significant data on this and it will be reported in the annual report to this committee.
• The committee discussed how the impact of advertising campaigns is tracked across multiple years and were assured that the impact of advertising campaigns on recruitment was tracked by the organisation which would inform future decisions.
• Comments from Staff Associations and Trade Union included reflections on ways that MyCareer could be improved, the improved dashboard reporting, managing officers’ expectation of what promotion may be possible/available to them. 
• The Committee is clear that MyCareer conversations are very important for our workforce and future updates will provide oversight for the Authority as the improvements continue.

Members noted the report.