Providing the ability to anonymise applications to support blind recruitment practices

For certain schools or multi-academy trusts, the ability to receive anonymised applications is crucial to supporting their recruitment practices.

These schools or multi-academy trusts have previously been unable to use the built-in application form on the service due to the inability to conduct blind recruitment.

# What we have done

As conducting blind recruitment and receiving anonymised applications is not necessary for all schools or multi-academy trusts, we needed to provide the ability to opt in to using this feature.

The blind recruitment feature allows:

• hiring staff to opt in to receiving anonymised applications during the job listing journey on an individual role basis
• personal information to be removed from an application prior to the shortlisting stage – this includes name, address, National Insurance number, teacher reference number (TRN) and contact information
• personal information to be shown once an applicant is marked as shortlisted (as hiring staff need the personal information to do pre-interview checks)

Need HN001

Validated

As a hiring staff user
I need to be able to create a job listing
So that jobseekers can find jobs at my school

Need HN002

Validated

As a hiring staff user
I need to be proactive in filling vacancies
So that I can find suitable candidates for jobs at my school

# The job listing journey question to opt into anonymising applications

# The application management table with an anonymised application

# An anonymised application with redacted personal identifiable information

# The application management table when an anonymised application is shortlisted and personal identifiable information is shown