IRC241559: Northern Ireland Civil Service 2019 Staff Officer Recruitment Campaign Data

2019 data from the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) external recruitment campaign for Staff Officer positions. The dataset provides a breakdown of candidates by gender, community background, ethnic background, and disability status, and tracks application numbers through stages like online tests, sifts, and assessment centers. It was published by the Government Digital Service on the eu_open_data platform under an Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic diversity in public sector recruitment based on gender, community, and ethnic background breakdowns.
• Track candidate progression and attrition rates through hiring stages based on counts of applications, tests taken, and assessments passed.
• Compare internal versus external candidate performance metrics mentioned in the description.
• Assess the representation of individuals with disabilities in a civil service hiring pipeline.

Strengths

• Provides specific breakdowns for key diversity dimensions: gender, community background, ethnic background, and disability.
• Tracks candidate volume through multiple defined stages: applications, online tests, sift, and assessment center.
• Distinguishes between internal NICS candidates and external candidates.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Provenance

Source

Government Digital Service

Collection Method

Likely collected from the Northern Ireland Civil Service (NICS) 2019 recruitment campaign administrative records.

Time Range

2019

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown.

Geography

Northern Ireland