GatenbySanderson has been appointed to partner with MHCLG on this key appointment.

To apply for this role, please submit your application no later than 12 noon on Tuesday 17^th of December  2024.

All applications must submitted here.

To apply you will need to create an account or log-in with our search partners, GatenbySanderson here.

Once you are logged into your account, follow the on-screen instructions. To apply, all candidates are required to provide:

1. Curriculum Vitae  (maximum 2 pages). Include your education, professional qualifications and full employment history.
2. Supporting Statement (maximum 2 pages). Please tailor setting out your suitability for the role and how you meet the Selection Criteria. We suggest you use specific examples to demonstrate how you meet the Criteria. If you can offer the experience in more than one of the areas referenced above, please clearly reference and example those Criteria in a single supporting statement.
3. Equality Information The information you provide will not be used as part of the selection process and will not be seen by the interview panel.
4. Information relating to any outside interests or reputational issues You should declare any potential issues including conflicts of interest (perceived, potential or actual), this includes your personal or professional history that could, if you were appointed, be misconstrued, cause embarrassment to Homes England, MHCLG or HM Government, or cause public confidence in the appointment to be jeopardised. The Panel will explore your declarations during the interview process.  Failure to disclose such information could result in an appointment either not being made or being terminated.

Candidates should note that ‘due diligence’ will be carried out as part of the assessment process if you are called to interview and will be shared with the Panel and Ministers. This will include searches on social media, blogs and/or other publicly available information.

Diversity data will be treated in confidence and is used for data gathering information only and will not affect your application.

We will ask you to check and confirm your personal details to ensure your application is accurate.

You will have the opportunity to make a reasonable adjustment request or apply under the disability confident scheme before you submit your application.

The Advisory Assessment Panel reserves the right to only consider applications that contain all of the elements listed above, and that arrive before the published deadline for applications.

Equality and diversity

We encourage applications from talented individuals from all backgrounds and across the whole of the United Kingdom. Boards of public bodies are most effective when they reflect the diversity of views of the society they serve and this is an important part of the Government’s levelling up agenda.

We collect data about applicants’ characteristics and backgrounds, including information about people’s educational and professional backgrounds, so that we can make sure we are attracting a broad range of people to these roles and that our selection processes are fair for everyone. Without this information, it makes it difficult to see if our outreach is working, if the application process is having an unfair impact on certain groups and whether changes are making a positive difference.

When you submit your application, your responses are collected by the Cabinet Office and the government department(s) managing your application. The data is used to produce management information about the diversity of applicants. You can select “prefer not to say” to any question you do not wish to answer. The information you provide will not be seen by the Advisory Assessment Panel who review applications against the advertised criteria and conduct interviews.

Disability Confident Scheme

MHCLG is a member of the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. We use the Disability Confident scheme symbol, along with other like-minded employers, to show our commitment to good practice in employing people with a disability. The scheme helps recruit and retain disabled people. As part of implementing the scheme, we guarantee an interview for anyone with a disability whose application meets the essential criteria for the role, set out in the advert, and who has asked that their application is considered under the scheme. Indicating that you wish your application to be considered under the scheme will in no way prejudice your application. By ‘essential criteria’, we mean that you must provide evidence which demonstrates that you meet the level of competence required under each of the essential criteria, as set out in the job-advert. When you apply you will have the opportunity to select if you would like your application considered under this scheme.

Reasonable adjustments

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to make sure applicants with disabilities, physical or mental health conditions, or other needs are not substantially disadvantaged when applying for public appointments. This can include changing the recruitment process to enable people who wish to apply to do so.

Some examples of common changes are:

• ensuring that application forms are available in different or accessible formats;
• making adaptations to interview locations;
• allowing candidates to present their skills and experience in a different way;
• giving additional detailed information on the selection / interview process in advance to allow candidates time to prepare themselves;
• allowing support workers, for example sign language interpreters;
• making provision for support animals to attend.

When you apply you will have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments to the application process. Please contact Tessa Kinsella at our search partner GatenbySanderson, on tessa.kinsella@gatenbysanderson.com.

Contact:

For further information about the roles or application process please contact Tim Hills at GatenbySanderson – tim.hills@gatenbysanderson.com

We aim to process all applications as quickly as possible and to treat all applicants with courtesy. If you have any complaints about the way your application has been handled, please contact PublicAppointments@communities.gov.uk.

Click here to read the full guidance from Cabinet Office on public appointments including tips for applying, outside interests and reputational issues, further support, complaints and the statutory framework for public appointments.

Complaints:

If you feel this competition has not been conducted fairly and you wish to make a complaint, you should initially contact the Appointments Team at PublicAppointments@communities.gov.uk.

If after investigation by the Department you remain dissatisfied, you may take your complaint to the Commissioner for Public Appointments at publicappointments@csc.gov.uk details on how to make a complaint can be found on the Commissioner’s website.