Awarded public sector recruitment frameworks
Value & Transparency
Frameworks offer public sector organisations a quick, simple, compliant route to procuring the expertise they need, when they need it. We offer a range of transparent, value-led framework options that offer the flexibility organisations require to tailor solutions to meet their specific objectives.
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Recruitment
GCA RM6394 — Executive & Non-Executive Search 3
RM6394 offers organisations — across the full range of public and not-for-profit sectors — a straightforward, compliant and trusted route to access recruitment services for management, executive and Board-level appointments.
As a niche, sector and senior and executive specialist, we have extensive experience in helping complex, purpose-led organisations secure the leadership talent they need to deliver change.
From critical management and specialist appointments through to Executive Directors, Chief Executives, Chairs, Non-Executive Directors and other public appointments, we provide a tailored, senior-led service shaped around each organisation’s priorities, values and operating environment.
Seymour John has been appointed to every lot of the RM6394, It builds on our established work with clients via the soon-to-expire RM6290 framework and reflects our proven track record across all the core and non-core requirements of the framework. The award means we can support leadership recruitment at every level covered.
GCA RM6277 – Non Clinical Staffing (Temporary & Fixed Term Contract Recruitment)
In today’s complex and demanding operating environments, organisations require a range of flexible talent options. Whether it is expertise to fill a knowledge gap, a project team to usher in change, or an interim to maintain business as usual while you recruit for a permanent role, temporary, fixed-term, and contract staff offer the talent you need as and when you need it.
Designed in partnership with NHS Workforce Alliance, the RM6277 framework is a robust, value-for-money route to securing quality non-clinical workers through a range of engagement types, including fixed-term, temporary positions, and contractors. As a specialist interim recruitment partner, Seymour John has been awarded on:
Lot 1: Admin and Clerical
Lot 2: Corporate Functions
Lot 4: Legal
Lot 6: Estates, Facilities Management and Ancillary Staff
HealthTrust Europe (HTE) Total Workforce Solutions III (TWS III): Temporary Staffing Solutions
As a specialist public sector corporate services recruitment consultancy, we have been awarded on the non-medical, non-clinical Lot 4 of the Temporary Staffing Solutions Framework. Used predominantly for the provision of temporary and fixed-term staffing solutions, it gives healthcare providers the flexibility of easy, direct-with-your-preferred supplier and exclusive contract (Master Vendor) recruitment options.
Approved by NHS England (NHSE), the TWS III framework agreement supports healthcare providers to deliver their local resourcing strategy by enabling free-of-charge access to a team of workforce experts, with all agreements incorporating robust terms and conditions that embed quality assurance provisions and sustainable best value.
HTE TWS III: National and International Permanent Recruitment
Seymour John has been awarded on Lot 1b, enabling the direct-with-your-preferred-supplier procurement of expert, permanent recruitment and fixed-term project resourcing support, including recruitment process outsourcing and statement of work solutions.
Talent acquisition in the public sector has a unique set of challenges, not least attracting and retaining the best talent against stiff competition from the private sector. We are your talent ally, giving you the inside track to securing the people resource you need, when you need it. From DDaT and Project Management to Senior Finance and Executive, we work as an extension of your internal team to give your organisation access to extensive talent networks. Our bank becomes your bank.
ESPO 3S_26 — Strategic HR & Recruitment Services
This framework is set up for the easy, direct-with-your-preferred-supplier procurement of recruitment consultancy services for interim, temporary, and permanent managerial and executive roles. Designed to ensure value-for-money for all public-sector bodies, parameters like pricing are fixed upfront. As an integrated recruitment and strategic HR business, the framework enables us to deliver complete people solutions.
This framework is used predominantly for roles inside IR35. Seymour John has been awarded to supply on:
Lot 1 — Executive and Managerial Interim Recruitment
Lot 1a — Admin, HR & Business Support
Lot 1b — Blue Light & Emergency Services
Lot 1c — Commercial (Finance, Procurement and Legal)
Lot 1d — Education
Lot 1e — Health & Social Care
Lot 1f — IT, Digital, Media & Marketing
Lot 2 — Executive and Managerial Permanent Recruitment
Lot 2a — Admin, HR & Business Support
Lot 2b — Blue Light & Emergency Services
Lot 2c — Commercial (Finance, Procurement and Legal)
Lot 2d — Education
Lot 2e — Health & Social Care
Lot 2f — IT, Digital, Media & Marketing
Lot 3 — Temporary Recruitment (sub £45k)
Lot 4 — Permanent Recruitment (sub £45k)
Lot 5 — Assessment and Testing Services
Lot 6 — Outplacement and Career Transition Services
Lot 7 — HR Business Process Outsourcing
Lot 7g — HR Consultancy
Lot 7h — Statement of Works
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