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CHIEF MINISTER FOR THE AUSTRALIAN CAPITAL TERRITORY
LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY QUESTION
Question No 244
Government Service - Staff Selection Consultants
MR KAINE - Asked the Chief Minister upon notice on 11 August 1992:
Is there a government policy directing the use of consultants to assist in the selection. process for public sector appointments; if so, what is the policy, and specifically
(1) In what circumstances are consultants engaged to support the selection process.
(2) What duties do the consultants perform -in the process.
(3) What cost and service quality benefits are anticipated from using consultants.
(4) What guidelines are provided to selection committees to manage consultants.
(5) What qualifications are expected of consultants providing these services.
(6) On what basis are the costs of internal service provision and external consultancies compared.
(7) What role does the Corporate Services Bureau play in staff selection and do external consultants duplicate those services.
(8) What proportion of appointments made in the Chief Ministers Division, OPSM and the Economic Development Division have used external consultants.
(9) What proportion of ACT Government Service appointments, at level SOG C; SOG B; and each Band of the SES;
(a) have used external consultants
(b) at what cost at each level; and
(c) what would the cost have beer. to the Government
Service had those appointments been carried out
without external consultants.
MS FOLLETT - The answer to the Leader of the Oppositions question is as follows:
(1,2)Consultants may be employed to assist in the preparation of interview reports, or to assist augmentation of the field of candidates for positions at either the SES or SOG or equivalent levels. Consultants engaged in the first category are commonly known as scribes, and are subject to normal procedures for the engagement of consultants. For SES appointments, the Public Service Commission offers a scribe service which is used or. occasions on a user
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