Thanks for your comments. I have no doubt I have no case around the pool selection, and we both (the two managers) raised issues around the job descriptions for the other posts but these were the lower grade posts. As for the process being fair, I have no doubt I couldn't prove anything. The interview panel was made up of two people from his department, but one of those was the roles line manager the other a user of his service, the third member was from another department but relevant to the role. But the question I'm trying to get at is, that I was the only person to apply for the post by the deadline of applications. If I didn't hand in an application or handed it in late for a normal job I would be told I was too late. Which just seems unfair to me. I completely agree that the band 6 manager was also getting done over by the way the process was handled. As for redeployment, I have no idea, I may hear something on Friday I may not, they don't work in very fast time-scales, which can be both good and bad. It maybe that if I'm redeployed it maybe a great opportunity, however the relocation policy changed during the process (in August) now doesn't cover non academics like me, plus the job has to be advertised nationally. Thanks

Ok so this might get a bit complex. We have been going through a restructuring process now for over a year. There are two teams in two departments on two separate sites and these are to be merged. On my site I’m the manager (grade 7), with a grade 6 and a grade 4. On the other site there is a manager (grade 6) and three grade 5’s. Going forward there will be a grade 7, a grade 6, two grade 5’s and a grade 4. At the first consultation meeting (late august) I was told to apply for the grade 7 post. My opposite number was told to apply for the grade 7 and/or the grade 6 post. The interviews took place in late October, and I was told a couple of days later I was unsuccessful, because the other guy interviewed better (no doubt quite true, however I was told I was favourite until this point!) The manager was to be in post before the other graded roles. In the intervening period between the first consultation and the interview the grade 6 who works for me complained about the job description in the post (they were all badly written) and so did some other people, and the company rewrote the job description specifically for him and put him directly in post. However they failed to tell my opposite number that they had done this. His plan was not to apply for the grade 7 post but was to apply for the grade 6 post. He was approached after the grade 7 posts deadline had gone to see why he hadn’t applied. He was then informed that the grade 6 post was unavailable and was told to apply for the grade 7 post, he applied and got the job. What can I do, should I do? I'm not in a union. I am potentially in the process of being redeployed (or not), my second consultation is Friday. Thanks