Central skills and hiring team the Government People Group has appointed EY to fulfil a contract of five years, during which the firm will help develop an upgraded jobs platform
The Cabinet Office has signed a £20m-plus long-term deal to support the delivery of an upgraded version of the Civil Service Jobs platform which government hopes will help address its “biggest recruitment challenges”.
The contract was awarded to Ernst & Young, came into effect on 12 September and runs for an initial term of five years with a value of £21.8m, once VAT is included. The consultancy firm will replace incumbent supplier Oleeo, whose £10.9m contract for delivering the Civil Service Jobs website – and the underpinning applicant tracking system (ATS) used by government – expires in May 2025.
EY will support the Government People Group, a centralised recruitment and skills unit that works across government, to “replace the current platform to align with, and deliver, key cross-government strategies, including the Declaration on Government Reform and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy 22-25”.
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The contract-award notice adds: “We want the next generation of Civil Service Jobs to resolve some of our biggest recruitment challenges: improving time to hire, standardising much of our recruitment processes, and giving our users a more intuitive user experience.”
The Civil Service Jobs site is used by 211 separate organisations and supports 70% of all government recruitment. There are currently 1,167 roles open for application via the online platform.
Once the EY contract reaches its conclusion in 2029, the Cabinet Office can choose to extend the engagement by two further one-year periods.
“There are also certain optional services that can be instructed by the [department] at its discretion under the contract, as described in the procurement documents,” the notice adds.