Information regarding job specification for the Head of Violence Against Women and Girls Unit role: FOI release
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002.
Information requested
Please provide the job specifications and any other job role information that was used in the recruitment process for the Violence Against Women and Girls Unit Head in the Scottish Government. Ideally all information used in the advertisement of the role by externally and internally.
Response
Please find attached the job description and job advert that was used in the recruitment of the employee in late 2021.
There are hyperlinks to various online Scottish Government and UK Civil Service Government sites which provide candidate advice/guidance, which I have provided separately.
Success Profiles: Civil Service behaviours - GOV.UK
Homepage - Scottish Government Jobs
Recruitment: candidate guide - gov.scot
An exemption under section 38(1)(b) of FOISA (personal information) applies to some of the information requested. This exemption covers personal data of individuals other than the requester and is applied because disclosure would contravene the data protection principles set out in the UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. The names and identifying details of employees at Grades A, B and C are considered personal data. These staff are not in senior, public-facing, or decision-making roles, and there is no expectation that their personal information will be made public in this context.
Section 38(1)(b) is an absolute exemption, which means it is not subject to the public interest test. However, in considering this exemption, we have taken into account the balance between transparency and the rights of individuals. Disclosing the personal data of staff at grades A-C, would be unfair and would breach the data protection principles, as these employees have no reasonable expectation that their names or other identifying details would be released publicly in the context of FOI. Therefore, this information has been withheld.
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Contact
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Central Correspondence Unit
Email: contactus@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
St Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG