Pay grades for Information Management roles: FOI release

FOI reference: FOI/17/02980
Date received: 8 November 2017
Date responded: 12 November 2017

Information requested

The pay grade/grid or general entry pay level for these following positions:

• Freedom of Information Officer
• Records Management
• Data Protection Officer

Response

The Scottish Government has a pay and grading system which has nine Pay Ranges within three broad Pay Bands. A job evaluation and grading system is used to assess the overall range of skills, knowledge, qualification etc. required to undertake roles at each pay range, i.e. the 'job weight'. There is no corporate policy around job titles and it is the responsibility of business areas to determine an appropriate description for each role within their structure taking account of the job weight.

The positions within your request can fall anywhere within the Scottish Government pay and grading structure depending on the specific duties and responsibilities assigned to the role.

The pay ranges with effect from 1 August 2017 are presented below. The policy expectation is that new recruits would be placed at the minimum of the pay range.

PAY RANGES

1 August 2017

MAX	A3	A4	B1	B2	B3	BF	C1	C2	C3
Max-4							46889	56488
Max-3			23617	28033	35269	27819	49124	59281	67761
Max-2	17642	20406	24650	29399	37727	30442	51359	62074	68533
Max-1	18812	21620	25682	30764	40185	32198	53594	64868	69304
Max	19982	22659	26713	32130	42643	34388	55828	67660	70074

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