Agenda and minutes

No declarations of interest were made.

RESOLVED

that the minutes of the meeting of the Committee held on 28^th June, 2019, be received and approved as a correct record.

Members were requested to consider the options for appointing to the position of the Head of Paid Service/Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and to consider the process for such an appointment including any interim arrangements.

RESOLVED that

a)    Option 2, an external recruitment process for a Head of Paid Service/CEO, be confirmed as the preferred option by the Committee;

b)    the HR Manager be instructed to carry out a review of the Job Description and Person Specification for the role of Head of Paid Service/CEO to present to a future meeting of the Committee for approval;

c)    the HR Manager be also instructed, in conjunction with East Midlands Councils, to carry out a salary benchmarking exercise to present to a future meeting of the Committee for approval;

d)    the HR Manager be authorised to produce a specification for the services required from the recruitment agency and to instruct the Procurement Unit to seek quotations;

e)    delegate authority be granted to the Leader of the Council, in consultation with the Monitoring Officer, to appoint the successful recruitment agency;

f)     the outline timeline set out in the report with a formal recruitment process, commencing in January 2020, be approved;

g)    approval be given for the appointment of Carol Cooper-Smith as the Interim Chief Executive from 16 September 2019 for up to 10 months;

h)    Council be recommended to approve the appointment of Carol Cooper-Smith as Head of Paid Service from 23 September 2019.