NICS 2022 Staff Officer External Recruitment Campaign Data by Demographics and Stage

2022 recruitment data for Northern Ireland Civil Service Staff Officer roles, broken down by gender, community background, ethnicity, and disability. The dataset tracks candidate progression from application through online tests, sift, and assessment centre stages for both internal and external applicants. It originates from the Government Digital Service and is published under the UK Open Government Licence.

Use Cases

• Analyze demographic representation in public sector recruitment based on the gender, community, and ethnicity breakdowns.
• Model candidate attrition rates through a recruitment funnel based on stage completion counts.
• Benchmark internal versus external candidate success rates using the provided application and pass numbers.

Strengths

• Data covers a complete 2022 recruitment campaign for a specific civil service grade.
• Includes multiple demographic dimensions (gender, community, ethnicity, disability) for analysis.
• Tracks candidate volume through four distinct recruitment stages (application, test, sift, assessment).

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

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Time Range

2022

Freshness

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Geography

Northern Ireland, United Kingdom