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Article 6

United Kingdom

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1.

At its first meeting, the Committee shall choose a chairman from among its members.

2.

The Committee may be assisted by an external human resources consultant for the performance of its tasks if so decided by the Management Board at its own initiative or upon request from the Committee. The external human resources consultant shall not have the status of member of the Committee.

3.

The tasks of the Committee shall include:

(a)

identifying all candidates who, on the basis of the criteria set out in the vacancy notice, are eligible for the post,

(b)

making an initial assessment of the applications of eligible candidates taking into account their professional qualifications, skills, experience and character references in order to decide which ones should be further assessed by the Committee,

(c)

organising an assessment of candidates in accordance with Article 3(3) of these Rules,

(d)

interviewing candidates with a view to assessing their qualifications and skills against the criteria set out in the vacancy notice, and

(e)

drawing up a duly reasoned report on the applications received and the procedure followed by it including:

  1. (i)

    the list of eligible candidates indicating among them those interviewed by the Committee,

  2. (ii)

    a list of candidates, ranked in order of merit, who meet all the eligibility criteria and are considered to match best the selection criteria set out in the vacancy notice.

4.

The work of the Committee shall be fully documented notably by using evaluation sheets established in accordance with the criteria set out in the vacancy notice and any additional guidelines received from the Management Board. The evaluation sheets and a summary of the overall conclusions of the Committee on each candidate shall be added to the application files.

5.

The results of any work carried out on behalf of the Committee by its secretariat, by one or more of its members or by an external human resources consultant shall be submitted to the full Committee for its review and endorsement.

6.

The decision of the Committee establishing the report shall be signed by its chairman and another member of the Committee.

7.

The chairman of the Committee shall forward to the Management Board, as soon as possible after the interviews have been held, the report drawn up by the Committee as well as the full application file of interviewed candidates.