Mr. Speaker, I have Return to Written Question 27-16(2) asked by Mr. Robert C. McLeod on June 17, 2008, regarding transfer assignments in the territorial public service.
A transfer assignment can be used to provide an opportunity for an employee to gain a broader range of work experience, knowledge and skills to meet the changing demands of the work environment. It can also be used to address an operational pressure and make use of an employee’s expertise. This is done by providing short-term assignments to employees in their home department or another location within the public service.
Some transfer assignment opportunities are advertised and filled through competition, either Government of the Northwest Territories (GNWT) wide or within a specific department. In other cases, such as development transfer assignments for long-term employees or short-term assignments to address operational needs, running a competition is not appropriate.
The Department of Human Resources does not have statistics on the number of transfer assignment opportunities that were filled through competition in the last two years. General information on transfer assignment is published each year in the Public Service Annual Report.
Over the past two years, April 2006 to March 2008, there have been 619 transfer assignments in the GNWT. Of these, 183 were for indigenous
aboriginal employees and 103 for indigenous non-aboriginal employees.
Of the 619 transfer assignments, 113 were to management jobs. This included 23 transfer assignments for indigenous aboriginal people and 13 for indigenous non-aboriginal staff.
Only 33 of the transfer assignments were to senior management jobs. Three of the transfer assignments were for indigenous aboriginal staff and four were for indigenous non-aboriginal staff.
Thank you Mr. Speaker.