All employees within the Department of Education except contractors and the Director-General
This policy outlines the principles which apply to the recruitment and selection of departmental employees.
The department is committed to attracting, recruiting and selecting the best candidates for all vacancies.
Recruitment of the best candidates is achieved through the establishment and implementation of recruitment and selection processes, which complies with legislative, industrial and whole of government requirements. This means the department will:
Term
Definition
Appropriately qualified
For the purposes of this policy, a person may be considered appropriately qualified for a selection panel based on a combination of:
Conflict of interest
A conflict of interest occurs where a conflict exists between an employee’s duty to serve the public interest and their private interests.
Types of conflicts of interest:
Contractors
A worker who the department engages through a labour hire firm (e.g. recruitment agency, private IT supplier). The contractor is paid directly by the labour hire firm and the department is invoiced for the contractor’s services.
Merit
Includes the merit principle and merit criteria (as prescribed in sections 27 and 28 of the Public Service Act 2008 (Qld).
The selection of an eligible person for an appointment or secondment as a public service employee must be based on merit alone (the merit principle).
In applying the merit principle to a person, the following merit criteria must be taken into account—
Pre-employment screening
Includes a range of screening activities undertaken prior to an offer of employment to verify an individual’s eligibility for employment with DET. This may include, but is not limited to, criminal history checks, confirmation of possession of blue card, mandatory qualification and/or professional registration and disciplinary history check.
Selection panel
The person(s) responsible for conducting the assessment of applicants and making a recommendation(s) about appointment(s) to the decision maker/HR delegate.
Previous seven years shown. Minor version updates not included.
1.0 Recruitment and selection
For all recruitment related enquiries contact Human Resources – Talent unit: Non-teacher recruitmentEmail: recruitment.humanres@qed.qld.gov.au Phone: 3055 2931 Classified teacher recruitmentEmail: recruitmentteaching.humanres@qed.qld.gov.au Phone: 3513 6558 Teacher recruitmentEmail: teacheradvertising.humanres@qed.qld.gov.au Phone: 3055 2911
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