Recruitment and Selection
Policies covering recruitment and selection must be followed to ensure that all appointments are made on the basis of merit.
If you are involved in the recruitment and selection process and have any kind of relationship with any applicant which might affect your ability to be impartial, that relationship must be declared. The existence of such a relationship will preclude your involvement in the recruitment and selection process.
If you have been lobbied by an applicant, a colleague, a Councillor or any other person you must report the matter to your line manager. You must also not lobby a Councillor or a colleague either directly or indirectly to secure your own appointment or promotion, or the appointment or promotion of any other person.
Personal relationships between colleagues who work together can give rise to conflicts of interest. Employees should therefore be mindful of such situations and be prepared to inform their Line Manager. Any information declared or so disclosed should be recorded on the employees’ personal files and treated in strict confidence.