The Department for International Development (DFID) Senior Civil Service (SCS) members are eligible to be considered for a year end non-consolidated performance award. Awards are intended to reward delivery of personal business objectives during the reporting year or other short-term personal contributions to wider organisational objectives. In considering SCS members for an award, line managers are asked to take into account:
performance against agreed priority business objectives or targets total delivery record over the year
relative stretch (i.e. the challenge of the job compared to that of others)
response to unforeseen events that affected the performance agreement.
Awards are funded within existing pay bill controls, have to be re-earned each year against the pre-determined criteria above and, as such, do not add to future pay bill costs.
The annual size of the non-consolidated performance pay pot for SCS members is based on recommendations by the independent Senior Salaries Review Body (SSRB).
The following table show the amount allocated in each of the last three years for year end non-consolidated performance related awards.
Year end non-consolidated performance related awards (£) 2007-08 504,000 2008-09 641,510 2009-10 634,150 Note: Payments made are for the financial year indicated but relate to performance achieved in the previous reporting year.
Staff in grades below the SCS are eligible to be considered for a year end non-consolidated performance award. Awards are intended to reward both the delivery of personal business objectives during the reporting year and demonstration of DFID's values.
The following table show the amount allocated in each of the last three years for year end non-consolidated performance related awards.
Year end non-consolidated performance related awards (£) 2007-08 558,233 2008-09 0 2009-10 742,515 Notes: 1 Payments made are for the financial year indicated but relate to performance achieved in the previous reporting year 2 DFID's reward arrangements did not allow for the payment of any performance related awards in the 2008-09 financial year to staff below the Senior Civil Service.
DFID does not operate an in-year performance related award scheme for any staff.