Advice for candidates

We want to attract the best people to work at West Yorkshire Combined Authority. To help you succeed in your application, this is what you can expect from our selection process. 

Role Profile and Application

Before completing your application form, review the Role Profile Guidance. This guide will help you understand how to fill in the application form, ensuring that your skills, knowledge and experience are matched to the requirements of the role.

Vetting 

If the role you are applying for requires Vetting, please ensure you read this guidance before applying.

Preparing for your interview 

We’re keen that both you and your interviewers get the best out of the interview and have a positive experience.  

Depending on the type of role, you may be asked to prepare a presentation, assessment, or simulation exercise as part of the interview. If this is the case, your ‘invite to interview’ letter will normally state this. 

Before your interview, you should review the Role Profile and think about which of your experiences matches our job requirements. Be ready to discuss these in your interview. 

We use a competency-based recruitment and selection process, splitting the interview into 3 parts that focus on different elements of the job, being a combination of: 

Technical questions aimed at uncovering what specific technical abilities or experience you possess that are necessary to do the job.   

Behavioural questions about how past experiences match the requirements of the job. They will want to briefly explain the situation or task, what you did or what was your role, and the result or outcome. Our questions may start ‘Tell me about a time when you…’, or ‘Give me an example of when you have…’ etc. 

Job Match questions to assess your suitability for the job overall. The examples you give can be related to your current job, previous positions, or even from outside work. The interview panel will likely ask you some follow-on questions, possibly to clarify a particular area. 

Finally, prepare some questions of your own to ask the interviewers as this is your opportunity to understand the role and culture at the Combined Authority. 

For more information about the application process, please make sure you read our online application guidance.

Visiting Wellington House 

If your interview is scheduled to take place at the offices in Wellington House, Leeds, this Visitors Guide may help you to locate and visualise the building before you arrive.  

If your interview is due to take place at another of the Combined Authority sites, for example at a Bus Station, please discuss with the recruiting manager if you require assistance with locating the site and/or any information regarding available facilities.