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The Project Control Framework
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Capability Assessment Toolkit 3
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Framework Document - November 2005
6. Personnel Arrangements
6.1 Staff of the Agency are employees in the service of the Crown, working for the Agency as part of the Department. Staff are employed on the terms and conditions of service that apply within the Agency. Staff are covered by the provisions of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme, unless they opt not to be so.
6.2 The Chief Executive is appointed by the Secretary of State, under the code of practice for ministerial appointments to public bodies. The Chief Executive is a civil servant and subject to the Civil Service Code. The appointment may be renewed.
6.3 The Secretary of State has responsibility for the pay and grading arrangements of Agency staff outside of the Senior Civil Service. The Chief Executive exercises that responsibility on the Secretary of State's behalf in accordance with Government public sector pay policy and within any limits set by the Secretary of State. The Agency conducts its own pay negotiations with its recognised trade unions.
6.4 The Permanent Secretary has responsibility for the personnel management of the Agency's Senior Civil Servants within the broad framework set out by the Cabinet Office. In exercising that responsibility the Permanent Secretary consults the Chief Executive and may delegate certain responsibilities to the Chief Executive by agreement, including the management of internal transfers within the Senior Civil Service.
6.5 The Chief Executive is responsible for the personnel management of all Agency staff, other than those within the Senior Civil Service, and except for those matters where responsibility remains with the Cabinet Office.
6.6 The Chief Executive is responsible for the recruitment of Agency staff, except for those grades specified in the Civil Service Order in Council 1991, for which any recruitment will be through the Civil Service Commissioners. Recruitment and promotion are on merit. Agency staff will be eligible for promotion and lateral transfer to posts elsewhere in the Department and vice versa.
6.7 The Chief Executive is responsible for employee relations within the Agency, including the equal and fair treatment of all its staff and of all applicants for employment. The Agency will continue to attach importance to consultation with staff and their recognised trade union representatives; to the need to make full use of the skills and talents of staff; and to provide staff with opportunities to contribute to decisions affecting their jobs and careers. Consultative arrangements with recognised trade unions are maintained through the Whitley system.
6.8 The Agency is committed to ensuring the equal and fair treatment of all its staff and of all applicants for employment. In addition, the Chief Executive is responsible for ensuring that the Agency's equal opportunities and diversity policies are actively promoted and meet statutory and departmental requirements.
6.9 The Chief Executive is responsible for the effective security of Agency staff, and for the security of the organisation's intellectual and physical assets. In exercising this responsibility the Chief Executive acts within a framework agreed with the Department. The Chief Executive is also responsible for the health, safety and welfare of Agency staff and for meeting statutory and departmental requirements.
