New Victims' Commissioner(s): Cockup or Conspiracy?

UPDATE: 12 April - still no application form has been forthcoming and the closing date is on 20th April!

Is ofmdfm trying to keep candidates for a new Victims' Commissioner to a minimum? I doubt this but making it difficult to apply may have that effect, however unintentioned.

Associated Press [AP] posted a story on 30th March stating that The Office of the First and Deputy First Ministers [OFMDFM] was advertising for one or more Victims' Commissioner(s) in "local papers".

A lot of local papers carried this Associated Press story.

I do not know whether or not the newspapers carried the actual advertisements.

Searching online for more information about what the story is and how to apply, I went to all the usual places.

I went to the OFMDFM website: Nothing about these openings could be found on 30th March.

Still today a week later, there appears at 8.30 am to be no information about how to apply. (http://www.ofmdfmni.gov.uk/public-appointments)

Nor could I find anything on the Northern Ireland Civil Service recruitment website (and I still can't find a thing, as at 8.32am today): (https://irecruit-ext.hrconnect.nigov.net/jobs/vacancies.aspx)

And the Commission for Victims of Survivors website said (and still says today as at 8.30am): there are no current vacancies within the commission. (http://www.cvsni.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=103&Itemid=92)

I finally managed to find an actual ad online on the GuardianJobs website which states that the closing date is 20th April.

This advertisement also says: For further information and application details please contact HR Connect ref. IRC133661 (http://jobs.guardian.co.uk/job/4436125/commissioner-s-for-victims-and-survivors-for-northern-ireland/)

I emailed the HR Connect email address on Wednesday 4th April at 9.07am seeking further information, including an application pack.

I received an acknowldegment immediately, but some 48 hours later, neither an application pack nor any further information has been forthcoming.

So, the mystery of how to apply continues, with just 15 days before the closing date.

I'll keep you posted.