This stage focuses on how the use of consultants fits into the organisation’s recruitment and training strategy; and how their use is justified and specified.
Consider the statements below and reflect on their relevance to the work under review. For each statement click a button to select the option which most accurately describes the situation in the organisation or project under review (if you have used the toolkit before, your answers may have been remembered).
Rolling the cursor over the traffic light options displays a
description of the red, amber or green rating in the box at the
bottom of the page.
When you have selected a response to each statement, click the
SUBMIT button below.
Once responses are submitted the toolkit highlights the range of
issues that should be addressed, provides guidance on how to improve
value for money in these areas and illustrates what good practice
can look like at each individual stage – often illustrated by case
examples.
| Statement A: The department has a strategy governing its use of consultants, which is tied into its plans for training and recruitment of staff. |
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| Statement B: Sufficient management information is collected and analysed to inform the organisation's approach to using consultants |
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| Statement C: Detailed business cases and recruitment specifications are regularly produced, explaining and justifying the need for consultants |
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