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What is a public appointment and how to apply for one.
Find a voluntary or paid position with public bodies, such as non-executive director, trustee, members of advisory council.
Find out more about our public appointments, latest vacancies and recent announcements.
The Commissioner for Public Appointments regulates the processes by which ministers make appointments to the boards of national and regional public bodies. The commissioner aims to ensure that such appointments are made on merit after a fair, open and transparent...
This series brings together all Head of post appointments
The Governance Code on Public Appointments sets out the process and principles that should underpin all public appointments made to bodies listed in the Public Appointments Order in Council.
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments' advice in relation to appointments it is aware have been taken up, or announced, in 2018-2019
Information about ministerial appointments to a non-statutory office (known as direct appointments).
Advice provided by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments from 2014-15 to 2017-2018 inclusive, where an outside appointment has been taken up or announced.
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Information about non-executive appointments to the Department for Education’s public bodies.
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (ACOBA) is independent from government. ACOBA is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Cabinet Office .
The Advisory Committee on Business Appointments' advice in relation to appointments it is aware have been taken up, or announced, in 2019-2020
The House of Lords Appointments Commission (HOLAC) recommends individuals for appointment as non-party-political life peers and vets nominations for life peers to ensure the highest standards of propriety. HOLAC is an advisory non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Cabinet Office...
The Ministry of Defence is responsible for making public appointments to a range of public bodies and public corporations.
We can look at complaints about how investigating bodies have handled complaints alleging misconduct by judicial office holders. We also look at the handling of complaints about the judicial appointments process. JACO works with the Ministry of Justice .
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