Recruitment services

Tender description

The Department of Health's Appointments Team manages the recruitment and selection process for Public Appointments that are made by the Secretary of State for Health. Ministers decide on whether or not to use executive search for these appointments and decisions are made on a case by case basis, dependent on the profile of the appointment and challenges to recruitment of a particular post. The need for search will be addressed on a case-by-case basis and each use of search will be subject to Ministerial clearance. The key deliverables are to identify, discuss with and encourage/support candidates to apply for key senior appointments. The DH Appointments Team manages the recruitment and selection process for Public Appointments made by the Secretary of State for Health. Ministers decide on whether or not to use executive search for these appointments and decisions are made on a case by case basis, dependent on the profile of the appointment and challenges to recruitment of the post. Our appointments include high profile Chair and Non-Executive Director appointments to DH's Arms-Length Bodies, including for example, NHS England and the Care Quality Commission. To ensure open competitions attract the very best candidates and a diverse field of applicants and for some campaigns target specialist groups, there is sometimes a need to use executive search to support a campaign. This Contract is for Executive Search Services for a period of up to 12 months commencing on the 1.9.2016 until the 31.8.2017, with an optional extension of 2 periods of up-to a further 12 months for each additional period.