Your selection panel will shortlist and interview applicants for your vacancy. You may need to plan ahead as finding people with the right skills, characteristics and availability is not always straightforward.

Panel members must comply with the requirements of the recruitment policy, including:

• treating candidates fairly, equitably and efficiently, with respect and courtesy
• completing the University's equality and diversity training

The chair of your panel must have completed modules one and two of the recruitment and selection training course.

All selection panels should have a balance of genders. Contact us if you have a problem achieving panel diversity.

Who should be on my panel?

Vacancy type	Panel requirements
Support posts	Both shortlisting and interviewing should be carried out by at least two people
Grade 6 research or teaching appointments	for teaching roles, a member of the Departmental Management Team (DMT) will chair the panel for research roles, the Principal Investigator will chair the panel one or two other relevant staff, including representation from another department if relevant
Grade 7 academic or teaching positions	chaired by a member of the Departmental Management Team (DMT) two other relevant staff, including representation from another department if relevant
Grade 7 research positions	chaired by a member of the Departmental Management Team (DMT) or the Principal Investigator two other relevant staff, including representation from another department if relevant. This will include the Principal Investigator if not Chair.
Grade 8 academic, research or teaching positions	normally chaired by a Head of Department/School one member of the recruiting department one member of another department unless your chair is from another faculty

More information relating to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion considerations within Staff Recruitment, including Unconscious Bias.

If the HoD and Deputy HoD is unavailable then former HoD's, Deputy HoD's, institute directors and professors who have experience chairing recruitment panels and have completed the recruitment and selection training in the last 12 months can be substituted in.

Where the HoD does not form part of the panel, overall accountability for ensuring consistency, quality of appointment and final approval remains with the Head of Department/Head of School.

Contact us for advice on panel composition for other types of role. If you are making a senior appointment, our Recruitment Adviser will guide you.