Recruitment services of up to two Non – Executive Directors for the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority

Tender description

It is envisaged that the chosen recruitment consultant will support DECC by undertaking tasks including, but not limited to, the following: ● Full understanding and compliance with the Compliance for Public Appointments Code of Practice for Ministerial appointments to public bodies (OCPA); ● Developing information packs including Job Specification and application documentation including diversity monitoring and political activities forms; ● Developing an advertising strategy, including the use of specialist publications, and drafting advertisements; ● Using a variety of resources to identify potential candidates and promote the appointments to ensure diverse pools of candidates with the professional backgrounds required; ● Contacting targeted individuals and organisations to make them aware of advertised appointments and providing confidential briefing on the appointments, if required; ● Providing weekly updates on progress during the advertising campaign; ● Maintaining diversity stats; ● Preparing a ‘long-list’ of applicants with pre-sift summaries and assessments; ● Attending sift panel’s short-listing meeting to answer questions and to provide feedback to candidates not taken forward; ● Informing unsuccessful candidates; ● Running preliminary assessment interviews, assess conflicts of interests, conduct internet searches to assess whether candidates have suitable background for the posts; ● Scheduling interviews; and ● Obtaining references for all candidates invited to interview.