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26 November 2024
Baroness (Gisela) Stuart First Civil Service Commissioner Maintaining Civil Service integrity in recruitment On 5th July the party in power changed for the first time in 14 years and – unlike in the United States – existing UK civil servants must turn to serve a new government overnight. Often wrongly described as ‘independent’, the civil...
20 November 2024
The Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010 stipulates that the Civil Service Commission may “except” certain appointments from the requirement that recruitment into the Civil Service takes place on merit on the basis of fair and open competition. The First Civil Service Commissioner has today (20 November 2024) written to the Cabinet Secretary outlining action...
20 November 2024
Are you new to working in Civil Service HR or would you like refresher training on the Recruitment Principles? Or a Civil Service manager who needs to understand what to do to recruit in compliance with the Principles? The Commission offers regular online training on the Recruitment Principles which set the framework for all recruitment...
9 October 2024
The 2024 Commissioners’ Mark of Excellence, which recognises innovation and excellent practice in recruitment across the Civil Service, is now open for entries. This year, the Commissioners’ award will focus on openness in recruitment, looking for hiring teams who have made efforts to bring new skills and talent into the Civil Service by: The judging...
30 August 2024
The First Civil Service Commissioner, Baroness Gisela Stuart, has today (30 August 2024) written to all departments outlining a review of all appointments made by exception which did not require prior approval by the Civil Service Commission in July and August 2024. The Commission has also today written to departments outlining next steps for this...
12 August 2024
Kate Owen, Interim Chief Executive, Civil Service Commission The Civil Service Commission exists to provide assurance that appointments to the Civil Service are made on merit on the basis of a fair and open competition. In effect, that the best person gets the role. This has been the basis of recruitment into the Civil Service...
7 August 2024
The Cabinet Secretary and First Civil Service Commissioner have written to all members of the new government to outline how ministers can play a part in appointments to the Civil Service under the Commission’s Recruitment Principles.
9 July 2024
There’s been a lot of interest recently in the small independent offices that regulate parts of public life as indicated by reports and papers from a range of academics, think tanks and integrity experts. But what is it like to work at an independent regulatory body? And what sorts of skills are required? The Civil...
17 May 2024
As outlined in the Constitutional Reform and Governance Act 2010, the Commission is responsible for hearing complaints on appeal brought by civil servants under the Civil Service Code. The Commission also has a role in helping Departments with promoting the Code. The Civil Service Commission took on this role in 2003 at the suggestion of...
22 April 2024
The Civil Service Commission has long supported open and competitive recruitment approaches to bring in external talent at all levels of the Civil Service and in particular at senior levels of the Civil Service. This year, the teams who were awarded the 2023 Commissioners’ Mark of Excellence recently took part in an online event to...