Vacancy management and filling vacant posts in a timely manner are not finite activities they require constant analysis and action.

The Office of Human Resources Management transmitted copies of vacancy announcements to the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management for onward transmittal to the permanent missions which had requested them.

Sound corporate management was affected by the vacancy of the Executive Secretary position, combined with the long gestation of a new business model.

Vacancy rate analysis

High vacancy rates

According to the vacancy announcement used by the Department for General Assembly and Conference Management, the functions of Editorial and Desktop Publishing Assistants are as follows

Ms. McCreery (Assistant Secretary General for Human Resources Management) replied that vacancy announcements could be consulted in all duty stations with access to the Galaxy system.

Vacancy rates and staffing

Vacancy factor (20 per cent)

The overall vacancy rate in the Department was 3.8 per cent compared to a budgeted vacancy rate of 6.5 per cent.

Ghana also wondered about the effect that the proposed global staff management (which meant exchanging posts between different budget sections) would have on sectors where the vacancy rates were regularly high.

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 15 vacancy rate compared to an 8 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

c Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 vacancy rate compared to a 4 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 15 vacancy rate compared to an 8 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

c Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 vacancy rate compared to a 4 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

a Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 25 vacancy rate compared to a 15 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

The vacancy rate for the municipality, , was 3.83 .

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of an average 10 vacancy rate compared to an average 5 vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

One hundred six candidates responded to the vacancy announcement.

b Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 10 per cent vacancy rate, compared with a 35 per cent vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

c Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 per cent vacancy rate, compared with a 45 per cent vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

d Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 5 per cent vacancy rate, compared with a 30 per cent vacancy rate applied in 2004 05.

d Cost estimates for 2005 06 are inclusive of a 25 vacancy rate for international staff positions and an average 10 vacancy rate for national staff positions.

In paragraph 646, the Board recommends that the Economic Commission for Europe, in liaison with the Human Resources Management Service of the United Nations Office at Geneva, review its management of vacancy announcement and recruitment processes to ensure that vacant posts are filled within the established time frame of 120 days.

Initial estimates were based on a 10 per cent vacancy factor.

Vacancy announcements will be issued for all vacant non roster posts.

UNDP will be implementing a vacancy tracking tool that will track the various steps in the recruitment process from the vacancy announcement through to the initial offer of appointment (para.

The reduced requirements were due mainly to an overall actual vacancy rate of 18.2 per cent experienced for international staff, compared with an 8 per cent vacancy rate in the budget.

The end July 2005 vacancy information reflects a General Service vacancy rate of 5.7 per cent, a rate which is still substantially higher than the rates for 2004 and prior years.

Whenever a vacancy arises in the Commission, the Chairman of the Committee shall fill the vacancy as soon as possible in accordance with procedures laid down in rules 72 to 74.

A vacancy in the Court will therefore occur on 11 February 2005.

Nevertheless, the Tribunal will review the vacancy rates on a regular basis.

The unspent balance related to the downsizing of the Mission, which resulted in an actual average vacancy rate of 7 per cent compared to the budgeted vacancy rate of 2 per cent.

The net saving of 317,900 was attributable primarily to higher than budgeted vacancy rates and the incumbency of posts at lower than budgeted levels in the Office of Human Resources Management and the Office of Programme Planning, Budget and Accounts.

(e) The experiment shall not exacerbate high vacancy rates in any budget sections

The freeze has had a negative impact on efforts to reduce vacancy rates.

In addition, many delegations had not received hard copies of the vacancy announcements.

The unspent balance of 30,000 relates to a higher than budgeted vacancy rate.

The increased requirement for Mission subsistence allowance derives from the lower average vacancy rate of 14.9 per cent compared to the 30 per cent vacancy factor applied to the calculation of Mission subsistence allowance costs.

The vacancy situation for translator and interpreter posts continues to be of great concern.

Vacancy statistics for authorized posts under the regular budget as at 31 July 2005

A judge who had previously ruled against Tempo in Winata's civil suit filled her vacancy.

The vacancy announcements had not been backdated and they complied with the 60 day rule.

The vacancy announcement attracted 166 applications for the French Editorial and Desktop Publishing Assistants positions.

Schedule 8 of A 60 572 contains information on average vacancy rates by budget section.