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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
The Challenge
To deliver on its multi-year HRD Strategy, the EPA needed to recruit specialised technical, scientific, and administrative personnel across multiple levels. Recruitment requirements spanned from senior leadership appointments to high-volume scientific campaigns, demanding niche expertise in areas like ionising radiation regulation, waste statistics, analytical chemistry, and environmental inspection. Concurrently, the EPA needed to overhaul its recruitment infrastructure to leverage modern ICT solutions, integrate a revised competency framework, and maintain public sector standards of fairness, transparency, and compliance.
Fill Rate
Attrition over 12 Months
Days Average Time to Hire
Employees Onboarded
Our Solution
Conscia designed and delivered a fully managed recruitment and strategic consulting service, acting as an integrated extension of the EPA's internal HR function.
Our support included:
- Competency Framework Overhaul: Updating the framework to incorporate modern people management, change management, and strategic analytical competencies across recruitment, performance management, and succession planning.
- Process Redesign & Profiling: Auditing the recruitment lifecycle to deliver a universal, scalable job description template, clear procedural guidelines, and advanced assessment integration (e.g., psychometric testing).
- Campaign & Sourcing Management: Coordinating multi-channel advertising via national media, the EPA website, and the Public Appointments Service (PAS).
- Governance & Panel Support: Managing eligibility screening, shortlisting committees, candidate appeals, interview logistics, board briefings, and professional note-taking services.
Recruitment Impact & Results
Conscia successfully executed 14 distinct recruitment campaigns across multiple organisational tiers:
- Management & Senior Appointments: Including Programme Manager, Senior Inspector for Ionising Radiation Regulation, and Senior Scientific Officer for Waste Statistics.
- Technical, Inspection & Scientific Roles: Including Inspectors I & II, Science Officers I & II, and specialised Analytical Chemists.
- 0% Attrition: Every staff member hired through Conscia-managed campaigns has been retained, proving the long-term efficacy of the modernized competency framework.
- 100% On-Time Delivery: Fulfilled all contract terms with zero operational delays over the 3-year, €170,000 agreement.
The Outcome
Conscia has played a central role in supporting the strategic modernization of the EPA. Through high-level strategic consulting and full-service campaign delivery, we helped the EPA build the long-term capability required to fulfill its statutory mandate while maintaining public sector excellence.
Why Partner With Us
At Conscia Talent, we’re redefining recruitment—cutting through the noise to deliver results where others fall short. We work alongside you every step of the way, with a straightforward, no-nonsense approach built on trust, transparency, and commitment.
With a 98% fill rate at a fraction of the cost, our results speak for themselves. Partner with us to experience a smarter, more effective way to hire.
