Jimlad
Interesting; so why in their job vacancy website do they do this if it's not required?
Stage 2 - Exclusive 10 day period for surplus staff in all departments at their current grade
I can log on to your recruitment website as a CS (as all military people can do with a login, if they request one).
Stage 1 - Internal, level moves
Stage 2 - Exclusive 10 day period for surplus staff in all departments at their current grade
Stage 3 - Vacancies advertised to all staff, regardless of grade or department within a region
Stage 4 - External recruitment
Romeo Bravo
If you get a chance look up Parkinson's law. The realities of human behaviour within a bureaucracy 'work expands so as to fill the time available for its completion'
In other words, I think it will be just fine.