By now you will have ensured your post has been evaluated, has agreed job advert, job description and employee specification and decided that advertising is your preferred method of filling your vacancy.
North Lanarkshire Council manages and advertises all vacancies on myjobscotland which is the national shared recruitment portal for Scottish local authorities.
A list of all vacancies being advertised externally will also be sent to a range of community groups and Jobcentre Plus as a means of attracting the widest range of applicants to vacancies. Vacancies may also be shared across various social media sites (such as Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter).
Advertisements will focus on the objective and demonstrable abilities and competencies required to fill the vacancy. Where it is considered that the post to be advertised has an occupational requirement which can be objectively justified, this will be clearly stated in the advertisement.
Other than in exceptional circumstances (which will be determined by the Head of Service), vacancies must be advertised internally in the first instance. Exceptional circumstances will normally apply where there are known difficulties in recruiting for certain positions (or national shortages) and where it is known that the required skills are unlikely to be held internally.
You are now ready to start the recruitment processe on iTrent Recruitment. The first thing you need to check with your HR Business partner is the details of the vacant Position Number on iTrent, as this is required to start the process.
You will hear the terminology ‘Requisition’ used a lot in the process, this is the name given to Adverts on iTrent Recruitment. You will be issued with a Requisition number when you create your advert on iTrent Recruitment.
When you have created your requisition, it will then follow an authorisation process, the first stage in the authorisation process is sign off from the HRBP Admin team, you will be notified by an automated email if your requisition has been approved and moved to the next authorisation stage or alternatively, you HRBP Admin team will reject the requisition and state the reason why this has been rejected.
The next authorisation stage is financial approval, again you will be notified by automated email if your requisition has been authorised or rejected.
The final authorisation stage is sign off from the HR Business Partner and again you will be notified by automated email if the requisition has been authorised or rejected.
When authorised by the HRBP Team, the Workforce Resourcing Team will receive notification the requisition has been approved and work will start on getting your advert published on Myjobscotland.
When you advert is published on Myjobscotland you will receive an email from the team to notify the adverts is live. Please take the time to ensure all details are correct and notify the Workforce Resourcing Team as soon as possible if any amendments are required.
iTrent Recruitment guidance on how to advertise a post can be found here.