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Awarded · ResultStage · contract

WATER SERVICES REGULATION AUTHORITY

Executive Search, Selection and Candidate Management Services for the recruitment of a Chief Executive for Ofwat

Business ServicesCPV 79000000 79600000
Value£31k
Awarded18 Jul 2017
Published30 Aug 2017
RegionLondon
Outcome — awarded

This is a contract result notice, not an open opportunity. Details from the official award data.

Contract value in context
£31ktotal contract value
median £66k
this tender£0£1.6m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Business Services band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 57,319 valued Business Services tenders in our corpus.

The brief

Scope of work is to undertake effective advertising, search, selection and candidate management processes to recruit a Chief Executive for Ofwat.

General requirement: • Agree a methodology and timetable for the recruitment of the role • Operate in line with the Civil Service Recruitment Principles of fair and open competition • Advise on appropriate media for advertising • Draft separate advertisements and candidate briefing pack along the lines of the current role and job profile application process • Advise on current role and job profile as required • Advise on and agree selection criteria for the position • Place advert for role • Identify and recommend suitable candidates from existing databases • Conduct a parallel targeted search for the role and demonstrating Ofwat's policy as an equal opportunities employer by targeting BME, gender, disability to actively source candidates from diverse backgrounds • Provide competition diversity information to Ofwat and the Civil Service Commission • Project manage the recruitment and selection process • Manage applications received through both advertisement and search • Sift applications against agreed selection criteria for the post • Advise on the most appropriate method for assessing short-listed candidates against the key criteria and competencies. • Sift applications against agreed selection criteria prior to long-list meeting with the Ofwat team. • Undertake preliminary telephone interviews with sifted candidates. • Provide report(s) on findings and suggested long-lists. • Meet with long-list panels. • Deliver psychometric assessments , reports and debriefing as part of the selection process • Meet with short-list panel. • Manage interview process and prepare candidate interview reports on behalf of the Ofwat selection panel. • Take up references in a timely manner and provide reference reports to Ofwat • Provide support to panel members and give feedback to all candidates • Review the campaign and lessons learned with Ofwat

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

01

• Conduct a parallel targeted search

• Conduct a parallel targeted search for the role and demonstrating Ofwat's policy as an equal opportunities employer by targeting BME, gender, disability to actively source candidates from diverse backgrounds.

02

• Provide competition diversity information to Ofwat

• Provide competition diversity information to Ofwat and the Civil Service Commission.

03

• Provide report(s) on findings and suggested

• Provide report(s) on findings and suggested long-lists.

04

• Deliver psychometric assessments , reports

• Deliver psychometric assessments , reports and debriefing as part of the selection process.

05

• Take up references in a timely

• Take up references in a timely manner and provide reference reports to Ofwat.

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Source & provenance
OCID
a079ebcf-4f8b-4d96-a063-b4bd2dd4b744
Stage
contract · Contract
Source
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Buyer ref
PROC.03.0130
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