Recruitment process

Please find the key recruitment dates below:

Longlist

Longlisting is made on the basis of merit, following the closure of the advert, the panel will assess the evidence presented by all applicants against the advertised essential criteria. The highest rated applicants will be invited to a pre-liminary interview with Hays.

Shortlist

Shortlisting for interview is made on the basis of merit. The selection panel will assess the evidence presented by all applicants against the advertised essential criteria and the highest rated applicants will be invited to interview.

Security Clearance and eligibility:

This role requires Security Clearance (SC) and you must hold/be willing to undertake clearance to this level.

The qualifying criteria needed to apply for SC:

A resident in the UK for three out of the last five years immediately prior to your application. Please note: at least one year of this must have been a consecutive twelve-month period, unless you have served overseas with HM Forces, or in some other official capacity as a representative of His Majesty’s Government, or have lived overseas as a result of your parent’s or partner’s Government employment.”

Candidate Information Call

The hiring manager for this position; Tim Newns, will be hosting a virtual call for any interested applicants to discuss the role and answer any questions. Please note this is not part of the formal assessment process.

This will be held via Microsoft Teams on Wednesday 5th November at 10.30 -11.30am (UK time).

Please click here for the meeting link.

If you would like to join without your full name being displayed in the meeting, please ensure you access the link on a personal device and select 'Join without signing in'

For more details of the application process please see the candidate pack or speak to the Hays consultants.

How to Apply

To apply, please follow the link below and include:

1. A CV setting out your career history, highlighting specific responsibilities and achievements that are relevant for this role, including details where applicable of budgets and numbers of people managed, relevant achievements in recent posts, together with reasons for any gaps within the last two years


2. A Statement of Suitability (around two pages of A4) explaining how you consider your personal skills, qualities and experience provide evidence of your suitability for the role, with reference to the essential criteria in the person specification.

Hays Executive have been appointed to lead this recruitment campaign. For more information, please contact:

Owen Quant, Business Director
Contact number: 07867695217
Email: owen.quant@hays.com

Andrew Timlin, Director
Contact number: 07887777735
Email: andrew.timlin@hays.com