Organisational structure of HR department at ONS

FOI REF: FOI-2023-1451

You asked

I would like to request the organisation structure for the HR Dept. I would like to request the job description of the team involved in providing data from the HR system and maintenance of the system with the grading.

We said

Thank you for submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act.  

The associated chart 'People and Business Services Directorate.pdf' represents the current organisation structure of our People and Business Services Directorate.

 There are two teams involved in providing data from, and maintenance of, our corporate people data system: 

• The People Data and Insights team within People Practice and Insights, People and Business Services Directorate (providing data) 

• The Corporate System Support team (outside of People and Business Services) 

The roles within the People Data and Insights team, at Civil Service Grade 7, Senior Executive Officer (SEO), Higher Executive Officer (HEO) and Executive Officer (EO), are responsible for: 

• Providing the data needed to satisfy a range of monthly, quarterly, bi-annual and annual reporting obligations on the size and make-up of our workforce. 

• Developing measures, metrics and analyses that help to understand the performance of the Department, and disseminating this information using appropriate media. 

The roles within the Corporate System Support team, at Civil Service Grade 7, Senior Executive Officer (SEO), Higher Executive Officer (HEO) and Executive Officer (EO), are responsible for: 

• All aspects of system maintenance, including quarterly updates, testing and Service Desk Management.   

• Developing the corporate system in line with organisational requirements and priorities - with responsibility for the whole planning, build, test and delivery process.  

• Identifying opportunities to deliver existing processes within the corporate system, to create efficiencies.  

• Designing and maintaining a suite of HR, Finance and Procurement reports and effective interfaces between the corporate system and other systems used in the Department, to ensure the efficient sharing of data without duplication. 

At 31 March 2023 our published departmental headcount was 6,132.