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    ContractsDesign and Develop Situational Judgement Tests for Graduate Recruitment
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    Design and Develop Situational Judgement Tests for Graduate Recruitment

    Awarded
    £68.9k
    Published 17 Jun 2026

    Develop and pilot Situational Judgement Test questions for LGA graduate recruitment programmes, ensuring fair assessment aligned to competency frameworks.

    🇬🇧United Kingdom· EnglandPublished 17 Jun 2026· 4 months agoviaFind a Tender
    Awarded
    £68.9k
    Published 17 Jun 2026

    Decision brief

    4 fields
    • Contract value
      £68,900
      Pounds sterling
    • Closing date
      Not published
      No closing date published
    • Sector
      Professional Services
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    • Location
      🇬🇧United Kingdom
      England

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    1 supplier
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      WORK PSYCHOLOGY LIMITED
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    Awarded

    Contract awarded. Originally published 4 months ago.

    17 June 2026
    Awarded — no open tender advertised

    Brief

    The Local Government Association (LGA) is seeking a supplier to design, develop, pilot and refine Situational Judgement Test (SJT) content for three graduate programmes: Impact: The Local Government Graduate Programme, Impact: Finance and Pathways to Planning. The successful supplier will create a comprehensive bank of SJT questions and response options aligned to each programme's competency framework, covering all competencies equally with realistic scenarios. The content must be formatted to minimize ambiguity and cognitive load while ensuring accessibility and reducing adverse impact. Work will include initial design, piloting with appropriate sample groups, data analysis and iterative refinement to ensure the assessment tool is robust, valid and fair for use at the initial sift stage of graduate recruitment.

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    1 award · 1 winner
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    Publisher
    UK Cabinet Office
    Licence
    OGL v3.0
    Source
    find-tender.service.gov.uk
    Record ID
    ocds-h6vhtk-06b715

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