Workforce Information

Data

The Government Equalities Office (GEO) workforce profile is as follows:

As of 21 January 2011

107 people work in the GEO of whom 65% are women and 35% men.   

  • There are 8 senior civil servants in our senior management team.
  • The Gender Pay Gap is currently estimated at minus 7.7%, that is, the median pay of women in GEO is higher than the median pay of men.
  • 22% of GEO staff are from ethnic minority background .
  • 4% of GEO staff have disclosed that they have a disability.

 

Employee Engagement

The Government Equalities Office participated in the second annual Civil Service-wide staff survey, the largest of its kind in Britain, involving nearly 400,000 staff from across the Civil Service.

You can access GEO's 2010 survey results via PDF file below. Combined data for the whole Civil Service will be available shortly at data.gov.uk.

Staff Survey Results 2010

 

Working for us

The Government Equalities Office has a strong commitment to equality and diversity. Our aim is to be a department which is open and accessible and one which recruits and retains diverse, talented and high performing people who support and develop one another.

The Government Equalities Office uses the Guaranteed Interview Scheme to help widen employment opportunities for disabled people. Applicants with a disability who meet the published essential criteria as stated in the advertisement, the Civil Service nationality requirement and submit a completed 'Guaranteed Interview Scheme' form will be guaranteed an interview.