At The Strategy Cafe we are committed to best practice both to our clients and in our business management, we subscribe to the following policies:

Equal Opportunities

The Strategy Cafe is an Equal Opportunities organisation. our Recruitment and Selection Policy is to ensure that The Strategy Cafe select the most suitable person for the job on the basis of their relevant merits and abilities and that no employee/job applicant is unfairly treated on any grounds including race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origins, religion, sex, sexuality, actual or perceived AIDS/HIV status or perceived association with an HIV positive person, marital status, age, social background or disability.

The Strategy Cafe will achieve the aims of the Recruitment and Selection Policy by:-

• Ensuring that vacancies reach as wide a pool of potential applicants as practicable.
• Ensuring that there are clear job descriptions and objective person specifications for every job.
• Ensuring that the procedure and code of good practice for recruitment and selection for appointment or promotion, is followed by every Manager, Supervisor and Employee involved in recruitment and selection.
• Ensuring that all staff involved in the recruitment and selection process are given adequate training on The Strategy Cafe’s Policy and Procedures and their responsibilities.
• Monitoring/Reviewing its policy and procedures to ensure that unlawful and unfair practices are not introduced.
• When appropriate as determined by monitoring procedures, take positive action to make this policy fully effective including steps to encourage applications from under represented groups i.e. women, black and ethnic minority groups and people with difficulties.
• Implementation – Responsibility for advising, developing, implementing and monitoring this Policy lies with the Director responsible for Personnel. Day to day operation of the Policy is the responsibility of the Directors of Department who will nominate a Senior Officer to ensure that the Recruitment and Selection principles and procedures are adhered to and provide advice and support within their department.
• Employment of Disabled Persons – All applicants with a disability who meet the minimum criteria for a job vacancy will be interviewed and considered on their abilities.
• Complaints – If any employee/job applicant considers that he or she has been unfairly treated in relation to the Recruitment and Selection Policy or Procedures, he/she can make a complaint which will be dealt with in accordance with the agreed procedures. This policy is in accordance with the relevant legislation and various codes of practice.

Sex Discrimination

• No officer of The Strategy Cafe or other qualified or non-qualified person acting under our banner may discriminate in any way to the detriment of any other person on the basis of gender or any other measure.
• The Strategy Cafe has an equal opportunities policy aimed at ensuring the effective use of human resources in the best interests of both the organisation and its employees. The firm is committed to the development and use of employment procedures and practices which do not discriminate on grounds of gender or marriage, race, disability or sexual orientation, and which provide genuine equality of opportunity for all employees.
• Each individual is assessed according to his or her personal capability to carry out a given job. It is not assumed that men only or women only will be able to perform certain kinds of work.