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Vacancy Support






                                                                                  Loans, Shadowing and
          If you have a Grade 7 or above       a number of which reported an      Interchange
          vacancy our ODP Vacancy              increased number of applications
          Support Service gives                as a result of our intervention.
          you the opportunity to advertise                                        We are also developing a Loans,
          to a targeted, skilled and capable   In some instances departments      Shadowing and Interchange tool which
          pool of ODP professionals.           reported that our vacancy support   will allow the transfer and sharing of
                                               service shortened the overall      talent across government.
          Meaning that you increase your       recruitment process.
          chances of finding the very best                                        If you work within the
          candidate for your vacancy.          If you have a vacancy and would    profession you’ll be able to log in and            “
                                               like to discuss how we can         register for opportunities, whether                             Career Frameworks should clearly
          We will discuss your vacancy         support, please get in             they are short term loans to another
          with you and offer a variety of      touch with us at:                  department, or a learning opportunity.
          approaches, including:               odpcentralteam.talent@hmrc.                                                                        set out the experience, skills and
                                               gov.uk                             The platform will also give you the
          - Targeting members of our                                              opportunity to propose shadowing or                             qualifications required, enabling
            profession to share your                                              mentoring relationships with
            opportunity                                                           colleagues across the profession.
          - Analysis of our database and                                                                                                          people to deliver in their complex
            biographies to consider managed                                       More information can be found on our
            moves                                                                 website.
          - Marketing temporary                                                                                                                   and challenging roles.
            opportunities (for example via
            expressions of interest)                                                                                                                                                                                       “
          - Promoting vacancies via our
            social media channels

          If a vacancy is already live on CS
          Jobs (or another departmental
          jobs page/portal), we still provide
          valuable coverage of the role by
          sending targeted e-mails and
          promotional activity via social
          media channels.

          In the last 18 months, we have
          handled vacancies across a range
          of government departments,



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