Issue - meetings

To receive details of recent appointments, pending changes to the senior management arrangements and to approve that the Member Appointment Panel be convened accordingly.

Contact: Steve Mawson, Chief Executive

RESOLVED –

1)    That the recent appointment of Executive Director for Children and Families be noted.

2)    That (i) approval be given to commence permanent recruitment to the post of Service Director – Commissioning, Quality and Health Partnerships (formerly Service Director – Resources, Improvement and Partnerships), in accordance with Chief Officer recruitment procedures and (ii) a Member Appointment Panel be convened to recruit to this post.

3)    That the interim operational arrangements for Place Directorate be noted.

The Committee received a report which provided an update on changes to senior management arrangements. The Committee were advised that (i) following the appointment process the post of Executive Director - Children and Families had now been recruited to and (ii) interim arrangements were being put in place to provide leadership capacity on a short term basis of up to six months to the post of Service Director – Highways, Waste and Streetscene due to the absence of the postholder and (iii) with regards to the post of Service Director – Skills and Regeneration, interim arrangements had been put in place to fill the post via a secondment arrangement and that the permanent recruitment process would commence in the Autumn.

The Committee were asked to give approval to the commencement of permanent recruitment to the post of Service Director – Commissioning, Quality and Partnerships (formerly Service Director – Resources, Improvement and Partnerships) in accordance with Chief Officer recruitment practices. It was noted that the title of the post had been amended following a review of the portfolios of the Service Directors within the service area.

RESOLVED –

1)    That the recent appointment of Executive Director for Children and Families be noted.

2)    That (i) approval be given to commence permanent recruitment to the post of Service Director – Commissioning, Quality and Health Partnerships (formerly Service Director – Resources, Improvement and Partnerships), in accordance with Chief Officer recruitment procedures and (ii) a Member Appointment Panel be convened to recruit to this post.

3)    That the interim operational arrangements for Place Directorate be noted.