Exempt: By Virtue of Paragraph 1 Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 Information relating to any individual.

The Committee is asked to consider

1.    a report on a contract extension;

2.    verbal update on the recruitment for a new Head of Law and Governance;

3.    any other matters reported at the meeting by the Head of Paid Service (Chief Executive) or the Head of Business Improvement.

a)    Report on a contract extension:

The Committee considered in private session a report from the Chief Executive on a contract extension for the Interim Director of Housing.

The Committee resolved to approve a 12 month extension effective from 16th September 2020, to the fixed term contract for the current Interim Director for Housing.

b)   Verbal update on the recruitment for a new Head of Law and Governance:

The Chief Executive provided a verbal update on the recruitment for a new Head of Law and Governance in private session.

The Council had initiated a recruitment process for a new Head of Law and Governance and a Legal Services Manager, who would deputise for them. Consultants had been engaged to lead the recruitment to both posts in parallel and would be identifying suitable candidates over a four week period. A date for the Appointments Committee to conduct interviews had been set for 27 October 2020. Full Council would then be asked to designate the new Head of Law and Governance as Monitoring Officer.

The Committee resolved to note the verbal update.

c)    Any other matters reported at the meeting by the Head of Paid Service (Chief Executive) or the Head of Business Improvement:

The Appointments Committee considered in private session a report from the Head of Business Improvement on the Chief Executive appointment process.

The Chief Executive left the meeting at the start of the Committee’s consideration of this report.

The Committee resolved to:

1.    Recommend to Council to extend the Chief Executive’s existing fixed term contract to 30 April 2021.

2.    Agree to commence an open recruitment process for the role of Chief Executive and the Council’s Head of Paid Service.

3.    Authorise the Head of Business Improvement to finalise the recruitment arrangements in consultation with the Chair of the Appointments Committee.

4.    Approve the indicative job description and person specification.

5.    Authorise the Head of Business Improvement in consultation with the Chair of the Appointments Committee following input from any Recruitment Consultant to finalise the job description and person specification.

6.    Approve the outline approach to managing the communications of this process.