2023 Chief Inspector - Superintendent promotion process

Freedom of information request reference no: 01.FOI.23.031938

I note you seek access to the following information:

For the 2023 Chief Inspector - Superintendent promotion process can you please confirm the following:-

1. Number of internal applications received.
2. Number of external applications received.
3. Number of internal applicants invited to assessment centre.
4. Number of external applicants invited to assessment centre.
5. Number of internal applicants who attended the assessment centre.
6. Number of external applicants who attended the assessment centre.
7. The range of options put to Assessment Director to determine the success criteria for this process (and the total score needed for each option and the number of successful candidates each option would yield) 8. The number of successful internal applicants.
9. The number of successful external applicants.
10. Can you please provide anonymised scoring for each candidate broken down by the scores provide for each competency and value for each of the three exercises (interview, briefing exercise and role play exercise).

Candidate 1
Interview
We Are Collaborative - 4
Professionalism - 3
Compassion - 3
etc,

Decision

I have today decided to disclose the located information to you in full.

Please find below information pursuant to your request above.

Q1 - Number of internal applications received

168

Q2 - Number of external applications received

33

Q3 - Number of internal applicants invited to assessment centre

94

Q4 - Number of external applicants invited to assessment centre

13

Q5 - Number of internal applicants who attended the assessment centre

88

Q6 - Number of external applicants who attended the assessment centre.

12

Q7 - The range of options put to Assessment Director to determine the success criteria for this process (and the total score needed for each option and the number of successful candidates each option would yield)

- Option 1a - Candidates would need to achieve a score of 40 (or above) out of a total score of 75 with a 53% pass mark – 56 candidates
- Option 1b - Candidates would need to achieve a score of 40 (or above) out of a total score of 75 with a 53% pass mark. Candidates would need to score a minimum of 2 or above in each competency/value – 47 candidates
- Option 2a - Candidates would need to achieve a score of 41 (or above) out of a total score of 75 with a 55% pass mark – 51 candidates
- Option 2b - Candidates would need to achieve a score of 41 (or above) out of a total score of 75 with a 55% pass mark. Candidates would need to score a minimum of 2 or above in each competency/value – 45 candidates
- Option 3a - Candidates would need to achieve a score of 42 (or above) out of a total score of 75 with a 56% pass mark – 47 candidates
- Option 3b - Candidates would need to achieve a score of 42 (or above) out of a total score of 75 with a 56% pass mark. Candidates would need to score a minimum of 2 or above in each competency/value – 42 candidates

Q8 - The number of successful internal applicants

39

Q9 - The number of successful external applicants

6

Q10 - Can you please provide anonymised scoring for each candidate broken down by the scores provide for each competency and value for each of the three exercises (interview, briefing exercise and role play exercise).

Please find below an excel spreadsheet with the answers to these questions.