AQW 24413/17-22 Written question to the Minister for Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for Infrastructure to outline (i) the number of; and (ii) grade of vacancies in DfI Roads and Rivers Centre of Procurement Expertise.
Asked by Andrew Muir MLA on 15 October 2021
- Answered
- Written
- Priority
- Tabled
- 15 October 2021
- Answer due by
- 20 October 2021
- Answered
- 19 October 20214 days after tabling
- Department
- Department for Infrastructure
- Priority question
- Yes
Answer
The Roads and Rivers Centre of Procurement Expertise (CoPE) comprises staff who are directly involved in procurement or in the management and delivery of a wide range of contracts for supplies and services or construction. There are currently 91 vacancies in Roads and Rivers related to CoPE activities. These are broken down by grade as follows.
| Grade 5 Director | 1 |
| PPTO Civil Engineer | 3 |
| SPTO Civil Engineer | 4 |
| HPTO/ Graduate Trainee Civil Engineer | 9 |
| Staff Officer - Procurement | 2 |
| PTO Civil Engineering Assistant | 56 |
| Technical Grade I | 16 |
In common with all NICS departments, my Department has a high level of vacancies at the moment and officials are working hard to prioritise and fill all affordable vacancies, however, the Covid-19 pandemic has slowed recruitment across all NICS departments.