Public sector recruitment teams must fill critical roles faster, with tighter budgets, leaner teams and fixed pay bands. Pre-employment checks and vetting add weeks, application volumes keep rising, and the best candidates are often gone before an offer is made. Every tool you adopt must also withstand equality duties, transparency requirements and public scrutiny.

So how do you identify the right candidates faster, without compromising on quality or compliance? Drawing on the latest selection science and an open exchange with peers, we'll explore what's working in your organisations: which assessment methods truly predict performance, where and how to use AI in recruitment (and when not to), and how to keep every decision defensible.

An invitation-only, interactive session for recruitment and talent acquisition leaders across central government, the NHS, local authorities and public bodies, held under the Chatham House Rule.