Senator Frank Walker told the States yesterday that the reason many high-level civil servants come from the UK is because they are often the best candidates. The number of top public sector jobs going to external candidates is causing increasing concern among States Members, and the issue was brought up time and again in the States yesterday in the form of written and oral questions. They were initially prompted by the announcement that an Essex fireman has been appointed the Island’s new fire chief. Home Affairs Minister Wendy Kinnard was forced to defend the decision, saying that there were local applications but ‘none were successful on the day’. The Chief Minister said that getting highly qualified individuals was more important than whether an applicant was from Jersey. And he claimed that past appointments of local candidates had backfired.
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