Decision details

The working arrangements of staff within the transactional team of the service currently equated to only 6FTE that work full time 37 hours a week and 1FTE who is on long term absence with no indication of return. The rest are either part time, term time etc.

Along with this there is also the added pressure of those in the transactional who need upskilling to ensure all can cover tasks required of the service such as PRP purchasing.

The additional members of staff will ensure that there is capacity to cover the requirements of the service until the service is fully established as well as meet the additional requirements some teams have to clear backlogs of work due to absence.

To increase capacity within the Business Support Transactional Team for 2 full time Business Support Officer Grade 5 fixed for 2 years initially and to be reviewed at that stage.

Option 1 - continue with the current staff FTE would mean that the service cannot meet the requirements /requests from the directorate or help support clear backlogs of work.
Option 2 - recruit to 2 full time posts fixed for 2 years and review at this stage once the service is embedded.