The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) began its hunt for a chair of the trust, which manages the government's flagship NCS programme for 15- to 17-year-olds, in July 2017 and was due to hold final interviews for the post last October.
However, Prime Minister Theresa May has decided to relaunch the recruitment process after deciding not to take further applications from those who applied for the role.
In a statement, the DCMS said the new recruitment process will start "in due course" and will focus on finding a candidate with "appropriate commercial experience or experience of setting direction and supporting an organisation to develop".
"The government is committed to the continued development of the NCS programme," it added. "The new chair will lead the National Citizen Service through a period of organisational change, so it is vital that we find the right candidate for the job."
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