Salary Scales and Structure

Summary

A Freedom of Information request to the Isle of Man Post Office sought details on salary scales, allowances, and staffing structure from executives to postmen. The authority responded by providing full salary grading tables and a breakdown of full-time equivalent staff numbers across various business areas as of February 2020.

Key Facts

• The Isle of Man Post Office pays the Island's living wage, meaning lower salary scales are seldom used.
• The salary grading structure was implemented with assistance from Korn Ferry Hay Group to comply with the Equality Act.
• Total establishment staffing was 290.57 full-time equivalents as of 29th February 2020.
• The largest staffing area was Douglas Mails – Early shift with 85.00 full-time equivalents.
• Some roles listed in the establishment figures were vacant at the time of the response.

Data Disclosed

• 2020-03-09
• 2020-03-25
• 29th February 2020
• £18,541.00
• £117,059.00
• 290.57
• 85.00
• 22.00
• 14.75
• 7.50
• 28.18
• 25.00
• 15.44
• 9.10
• 7.00
• 5.00
• 4.00
• 3.80
• 3.78
• 3.00
• 1.00
• 1216881

Original Request

What is the breakdown of pay/salaries of the staff from chief executive to postman? What allowances can be claimed by all staff ? What is the staffing structure from chief executive to postman i.e. how many executives, IT staff, postmen/women, administrative, etc?

Data Tables (3)

Full Response Text

Salary Scales and Staff Structure

What is the breakdown of pay/salaries of the staff from chief executive to postman?

Current Salary Scales Salary points KFH061 £18,541.00 KFH062 £18,541.00 KFH063 £18,541.00 KFH064 £19,235.81 KFH065 £19,931.08 KFH071 £18,541.00 KFH072 £19,014.53 KFH073 £19,755.36 KFH074 £20,496.19 KFH075 £21,237.01 KFH081 £19,321.94 KFH082 £20,105.26 KFH083 £20,888.58 KFH084 £21,671.90 KFH085 £22,455.22 KFH091 £20,894.75 KFH092 £21,741.84 KFH093 £22,588.92 KFH094 £23,436.00 KFH095 £24,283.09 KFH101 £22,842.14 KFH102 £23,768.17 KFH103 £24,694.20 KFH104 £25,620.23 KFH105 £26,546.27 KFH111 £24,489.49 KFH112 £25,482.30 KFH113 £26,475.12 KFH114 £27,467.94 KFH115 £28,460.75 KFH121 £27,111.47 KFH122 £28,210.59 KFH123 £29,309.70 KFH124 £30,408.81 KFH125 £31,507.93 KFH131 £30,406.17 KFH132 £31,638.86 KFH133 £32,871.54 KFH134 £34,104.22 KFH135 £35,336.91 KHF141 £33,327.25 KHF142 £34,678.36 KHF143 £36,029.46 KHF144 £37,380.56 KHF145 £38,731.67 KHF151 £37,147.48 KHF152 £38,653.46 KHF153 £40,159.44 KHF154 £41,665.42 KHF155 £43,171.40 KFH161 £41,940.46 KFH162 £43,640.75 KFH163 £45,341.04 KFH164 £47,041.33 KFH165 £48,741.62 KFH171 £47,408.04 KFH172 £49,329.99 KFH173 £51,251.94 KFH174 £53,173.89 KFH175 £55,095.84 KFH181 £54,756.02 KFH182 £56,975.86 KFH183 £59,195.70 KFH184 £61,415.54 KFH185 £63,635.38 KFH191 £63,516.42 KFH192 £66,091.41 KFH193 £68,666.40 KFH194 £71,241.39 KFH195 £73,816.38 KFH201 £74,060.00 KFH202 £76,634.00 KFH203 £79,208.00 KFH204 £82,179.00 KFH205 £85,149.00 KFH211 £86,650.00 KFH212 £89,662.00 KFH213 £92,674.00 KFH214 £96,149.00 KFH215 £99,625.00 KFH221 £101,814.00 KFH222 £105,353.00 KFH223 £108,892.00 KFH224 £112,976.00 KFH225 £117,059.00 Notes: (1) All rates shown are full time equivalent (2) Isle of Man Post Office (IOMPO) pays the Island’s living wage, therefore, the lower scales are seldom used (3) Korn Ferry Hay Group assisted IOMPO to implement the above grading structure, to comply with the Equality Act and to attract/retain staff.
What is the staffing structure from chief executive to postman i.e. how many executives, IT staff, postmen/women, administrative, etc?

Establishment staffing at 29th February 2020

Business Area Full Time Equivalent Executive Team and PA/Corporate PR 4.00 Procurement, Risk and Compliance 4.00 Finance, Reporting and Accounting Operations 9.10 Information Systems - Development 7.00 Information Systems - Support 4.00 Project and Change Management 5.00 Commercial and Account Management 4.00 Marketing 3.80 Human Resources 5.00 Properties 1.00 Cleaners 3.78 Customer Services 15.44 Vehicle & Licensing 5.00 Douglas Mails – Early shift 85.00 Douglas Mails – Late shift 22.00 Douglas Mails – Parcels 14.75 Peel Mails - Delivery Office 7.50 Ramsey Mails - Delivery Office 28.18 South Mails - Delivery Office 25.00 Douglas Mails – Engineers 3.00 Douglas Mails – Management and Strategy
4.00 Integrated Mails Solutions Division 27.03 Stamps & Coins – Product Development 3.00 Total 290.57

Notes: (1) The establishment figures above, reflect the structure of IOMPO, however some roles are vacant at the time of providing this response (2) Small professional team managers are hands on in the delivery of their specialist area, for example IT, Procurement, HR and Finance

Postal Headquarters Spring Valley Industrial Estate Douglas Isle of Man, 1M2 IAA

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Our ref: 1216881 25 March 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on 9 March 2020 and which states:

"What is the breakdown of pay/salaries of the staff from chief executive to postman? What allowances can be claimed by all staff ? What is the staffing structure from chief executive to postman i.e. how many executives, IT staff, postmen/women, administrative, etc?"

Our response to your request is as follows: I have enclosed copies of the information that is being released to you.

Please quote the reference number 1216881 in any future communications.

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