What does our Nomination Service do?

The Office for Disability Issues, along with other government agencies, receives requests to nominate suitably skilled people for positions on government boards appointed by Ministers. To help us respond to these requests, we maintain a database of disabled people with relevant skills and experiences.

We use the following process to respond to requests for nominations:

  1. Request for nomination received
    The Office for Disability Issues or the Minister for Disability Issues receives a request from an appointing agency, such as the Ministry of Health or the Ministry of Culture and Heritage, for nominations to a specific position.  The request sets out the skills and knowledge required and what the position will involve.
  2. Search database
    We search our database to identify disabled people who fit the criteria specified by the appointing agency.
  3. Contact nominees
    We contact the people we have identified to find out if they are prepared to be nominated.
  4. Send information about nominees to the appointing agency
    We send a list of nominees to the appointing agency, along with relevant information from the nominees’ application forms.

    The Office has no further role in the appointments process once we have sent our nominations to the appointing agency.  Given the large number of nominating agencies involved, the appointing agencies do not usually provide updates on progress in an appointment’s process.
  5. Appointing agency reviews nominations
    The appointing agency assesses all the nominations received from a range of sources and recommends to their Minister who should be appointed.

    The appointment process varies from agency to agency.  Some agencies contact short-listed nominees, others do not.  Some agencies interview nominees, others do not.  
  6. Appointment decided
    The appointing agency’s Minister makes the final decision on the appointment.

    Some agencies contact nominees to inform them of their Minister’s decision but often you may not hear of the decision until there is a public announcement of an appointment.
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