The Chief Executive will submit a report (Document “A”) which seeks approval from Staffing Committee to appoint to the position of Strategic Director Place in accordance with the Council’s Constitution and Pay Policy Statement and to appoint an Appointments Panel to be given delegated responsibility to appoint to the position of Strategic Director Place.

Recommended –

That Staffing Committee approve the proposals: 

(1)       To appoint to the position of Strategic Director Place in    accordance with the Council’s Constitution and Pay Policy       Statement.

(2)       To delegate to an Appointments Panel, the responsibility to        appoint to the position of Strategic Director Place and that the    Panel comprise three Elected Members (two Labour and one             Conservative) with the membership to be on the nomination of the       Leader of Council and Leader of the Conservative Group (and          shall include at least one Member of Executive).

(Anne Lloyd – 01274 437335)

The Chief Executive submitted a report (Document “A”) which sought approval from Staffing Committee to appoint to the position of Strategic Director Place in accordance with the Council’s Constitution and Pay Policy Statement and to appoint an Appointments Panel to be given delegated responsibility to appoint to the position of Strategic Director Place.

The Human Resources Director gave a brief overview of the timeline leading up to the vacancy and the elements that would be involved in the appoinments process, which were detailed in the report.

The Leader stressed that the post of Strategic Director Place encompassed a broad skills sets and it was therefore imperative that a diverse pool of candidates came forward, and the recruitment process had to reflect this.

In the context of the above, the Leader stated that the Panel also had to be broadly represetantive in terms of the Council’s polictical makeup and the fact that the post straddled a number of portfolio areas and suggested that the Membership of the Panel be increased to five members, and  it was therefore:

Resolved –

(1)       To appoint to the position of Strategic Director Place in    accordance with the Council’s Constitution and Pay Policy       Statement.

(2)       That authority be delegated to an Appointments Panel, the          responsibility to appoint to the position of Strategic Director Place           and that the Panel comprise five Elected Members (three Labour          one Conservative and one Liberal Democrat) with the membership       to be on the      nomination of the Leader of Council, Leader of the             Conservative Group and the Leader of the Liberal Democratic          (and shall include at least one Member of Executive).

ACTION: Human Resources Director

(Anne Lloyd – 01274 437335)