Recruitment of Permanent Deputy Director in TPD

To use a recruitment consultant to help us find worthwhile candidates for a permanent Deputy Director position, as well as shortlisting those that apply and carrying out testing as appropriate.The company are already part of our Framework of contractors, specifically Framework schedule 6. Other recruitment consultants have been interviewed previously for similar recruitment. We have been recommended appointing Saxton Bamfylde, because

• They are currently running the recruitment for another Executive role in the EA, and have good exec search track record in Defra and with other regulators e.g. Ofwat, EPA
• Approach to diversity – they front-load their search effort and are committed to maximising outreach for relevant characteristics
• Timetable – they can meet our requirements
• Price.
• Search guarantee.