FCA Employee Handbook - Financial Conduct Authority

7. Joining the FCARecruitment PolicyWe believe the FCA’s success depends on having the right people in the right jobs within theorganisation.The purpose of the FCA’s Recruitment Policy is to provide a framework to ensure we recruit,retain and develop the best person for each job.PrinciplesWhat you can expect from the FCAWe will manage any recruitment in line with the following key principles.We will treat applicants fairly and, where necessary, we will vary our selection processesto accommodate the needs of disabled applicants.We will recruit people who not only have the right skills and behaviours for the job, butwho also have a strong commitment to the FCA and our aims.We will train our recruiters and use selection processes that are fair, consistent andobjective.We will provide successful applicants with the training, coaching and development theyneed to do their job.We will encourage employees to develop their careers within the FCA; however,promotions will only take place following an open advertising process.We recognise the diverse community in which we operate and encourage applications forjobs from applicants irrespective of race, disability, gender, gender reassignment,pregnancy and maternity, religion or belief, marriage or civil partnership, sexualorientation or age (protected characteristics for the purposes of the Equality Act 2010) (orany other factor that is irrelevant to the job).We will not tolerate any form of discrimination in the workplace.There may be managed moves, as described in this policy, whereby we may not advertisea specific role.What the FCA expects from youWe expect employees to:apply for jobs using the FCA’s recruitment process;declare any performance improvement or disciplinary warnings to therecruiting manager;inform your line manager if you are applying for an internal vacancy.The policyWhere possible, vacancies will be openly advertised using the FCA’s online recruitmentsystem, unless there is a good business reason for not doing so.FCA Employee Handbook 2013 109