Tips for the selection criteria
What is a Selection Criteria?
The selection criteria provide a clear and concise statement of what the Council requires for the position. The selection criteria outlines the knowledge, skills, qualifications and abilities that is required to be successful in the position.
The criteria can be broken into sections which includes “mandatory” and “desirable”. The applicant must have the “mandatory” skills/qualification of the criteria.
Meeting or being partly competent with the “desirable” criteria indicates that the candidate will be suited to the position.
Why does Council use selection criteria?
Selection Criteria are used by Council as part of the recruitment process. All candidates who apply for a position with Council are required to address the selection criteria. At the time of shortlisting applications, the panel will be assessing the skills and knowledge of that applicant against the selection criteria to ascertain if they have the relevant mandatory or desirable skills to be successful in the position.
Where is the Selection Criteria?
The selection criteria are included in the Position Description.
How do I prepare a response to the selection criteria?
Preparing a response to the selection criteria requires you to make specific examples from previous studies/education, life skills and work experience on how you meet the criteria.
Each criteria must be addressed as a separate statement. Your responses in the criteria will relate back to your qualifications/education, skills and knowledge that is outlined in your Resume.
When addressing the selection criteria you need to be specific with how you have demonstrated your experience through previous employment in your responses. Do not pre-amble with superfluous or irrelevant information.
