HOME OFFICE: Fellowship Programme

A joint project with the National Mentoring Consortium, Windsor Fellowship and the Home Office Strategic Diversity Action Team.

Do you wish to have a career as a Fast Streamer in the Home Office?

If so, why not apply for the Home Office Fellowship Programme which will help you understand the recruitment processes for the Civil Service Fast Stream.  Whilst the programme makes no guarantees of being selected for the Civil Service Fast Stream the programme has been designed specifically to facilitate entry into the Fast Stream.

The programme will consist of three one day professional workshops providing:

• Guidance on interview techniques and report writing
• An insight on the techniques and process for entry to the Fast Stream
• Realistic and practical awareness of Civil Service recruitment processes

In addition, participants will receive monthly mentoring over a period of six months with Civil Servants within the Home Office.

Eligibility:

• Recent graduate (within 2 years, min., 2.2) or in the final year of an undergraduate degree programme
• From a Black, Asian or minority ethnic group
• The programme is open to UK Nationals only, i.e., British Citizens, British subjects under Part IV of the British Nationality Act 1981 having the right of abode in the UK

To apply:
You can download an application form and guidance notes from www.windsor-fellowship.org or www.uel.ac.uk/nmc.

Deadline: 12 noon, 1st July 2009

Interviews: 6th to 9th July 2009
Workshops: July and August 2009
Mentoring: October 2009

About the Strategic Diversity Action Team:
In May 2007, the Home Office 3-Year Diversity Strategy was launched. The Strategy sets out the Home Office’s commitment to delivering diversity in all of its business and its plans for doing so by 2010.  Further information about the aims and purpose of the Home Office and its work on equality and diversity can be found at www.homeoffice.gov.uk/about-us/purpose-and-aims.

About the National Mentoring Consortium:
The National Mentoring Consortium (NMC) aims to promote equality and diversity in graduate recruitment and to enhance the employability of BAME students. Contact Joseph Greenland at J.Greenland@uel.ac.uk.