• Selection will always be by interview, normally with three people on the interview panel (the hiring manager or section specialist, the HR officer and one other). Applicants should be prepared to be tested during the selection process on their level of required language (written and/or oral) and any other specialist skills (e.g. IT packages) listed within the job specification. Good English language skills in all except the most junior grades, is a requirement. 
• References will be checked and candidates will be expected to demonstrate by production of a certificate that they hold all the job specification required qualifications. 
• For some jobs, applicants should be prepared to attend a medical examination (at BCG cost) if required before and at any time during employment if there might be a safety concern. 
• All full-time vacancies, unless otherwise stated, will be considered as open to 'job share', dependent on quality and suitability of applications from job share partners/pairs.

What is ‘job-share’?

Job sharing is where [normally] two jobholders share responsibility and split a job between them.

There are no hard and fast rules other than the split in hours must be agreed between the job share partners and line management. HR also need to agree with regards to adjustments to the position, any local labour law issues with regards to hours worked per week, and salary/related payments.

The most popular job share arrangements are:

• Split week - one works first half of the week while the other works the second (any overlap must be agreed with the budget holder) 
• Split day - one works each morning while the other works each afternoon 
• Alternate week - one works one week while the other works the next (weeks can be Monday to Friday or, e.g. Wednesday to Tuesday) 
• Alternate two and three-day weeks - one works two days one week and three days the next, while the other works three days and two days the next.

Leave, salary and any other benefits are split on a pro-rata basis according to the ratio of working hours compared to a full-time position.

People applying for positions who wish to be considered for job share should either make this clear within their application (stating clearly whether their application is only for a job share, or whether their application is for the full time job but they would also consider making up a job share position if another suitable partner was available).  Alternatively, applicants can apply as a job share partnership but applicants would go through the selection process independently.