In a previous blog I suggested five tasks for the incoming commissioner: regeneration, reset, reposition, recover, reconnect and raised some large issues about the appointment process.
The closing date for applications is mid-September.
Are you going for it? Or are you convincing yourself you are not what is being looked for?
Here’s a shout out to those in the children’s sector who would like to apply – Go for it! You might be what we are looking for! The more people committed to children’s rights that apply, the more the message gets made that these are important. Self-selecting ourselves out of consideration is one way of not getting what we know is needed.
There may be only a few who feel they have the knowledge, experience, energy and gravitas to put themselves forwards. Through social media we can encourage them by sending messages of the type of person and the programme we are seeking.
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