Guidelines for the recruitment of senior States employees, appointees and independent bodies

Recruitment guidelines 

The guidelines outline the standards against which all appointments should be made. 

These standards are:

• ​appointment on merit must be the overriding principle governing the appointments process. Applicants must be considered equally on merit at each stage of the selection process
  
• the principles of equal opportunity and diversity much be inherent within the process
  
• each role will be advertised in such a way to encourage applicants from all sectors and groups, especially those who are under-represented at senior levels within public service
  
• every prospective applicant must be given equal and reasonable access to adequate information about the job and its requirements and about the selection process 
  
• selection techniques must be reliable and guard against bias and be in line with discrimination legislation 
  
• selection must be based on robust object criteria applied consistently to all candidates 
  
• the application of the appointment process must be transparent. All stages of the process should be documented and the information be readily available for audit 
  
• personal information about applicants and panel members must remain confidential, unless the individual concerned gives permission for its release
  
• data protection leglisl​ation must be considered in relation to all recorded information 
  

Jersey Appointments Commission recruitment guidelines

Jersey Appointments Commission selection guidelines

Further help​

If you need any further help, contact the Appointments Commission at jerseyappointmentscommission@gov.je.