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Last updated: : 22 December 2004
Ongoing employment – Recruitment and related issues
Frequently Asked Questions
6. What is the best selection process for a non-ongoing employment opportunity that may become ongoing?
If there is a possibility that a non-ongoing employment opportunity may become ongoing within 12 months, an agency can choose to notify the opportunity in the Gazette at the outset as one that can be filled on either an ongoing or non-ongoing basis. Care must be taken not to mislead potential candidates and to be clear that the opportunity is not an ongoing employment opportunity at the time it is filled. Section 22(3) of the Act requires that the usual basis for engagement is as an ongoing employee.
If the employment opportunity becomes ongoing, an Agency Head can engage a person as an ongoing employee from an order of merit generated from such a notification, as long as it is within 12 months of the original notification in the Gazette. The first offer of employment must be made to the person on the top of the order of merit, regardless of whether that person was engaged as a non-ongoing employee as a result of the selection exercise.
