Issue - meetings

Recruitment to the Post of Head of Service Quality Assurance, Performance and Safeguarding

Meeting: 09/12/2021 - Employment Procedure Committee (Item 48)

Recruitment to the Post of Head of Service - Quality Assurance, Performance and Safeguarding

The Chief Personnel Officer to provide a verbal update on recruitment to the post of Head of Service - Quality Assurance, Performance and Safeguarding

Minutes:

The Chief Personnel Officer provided a verbal update on recruitment to the post of Head of Service, Quality Assurance and Safeguarding, indicating that the advertisements for the post had closed on Monday 6 December 2021 and 8 applications had been received, all of which were considered to be potentially of the requisite standard for the post following consideration of the applications by the Chief Executive and Chief Personnel Officer.

 

The Chief Executive and Chief Personnel Officer were conscious that given the continued ongoing improvement in Children’s Services, it was important that an appointment process take place as soon as possible.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)

Technical Interviews be organised in an appropriate way for the 8 candidates;

 

(2)

the Chair be informed of the outcome of Technical Interviews and the Chair in consultation with the Chief Executive  and/or Chief Personnel Officer decide as to who should progress to final interview before the Employment Procedure Committee;

 

(3)

arrangements in terms of interview/selection process and any other aspects be referred to the Chair in consultation with the Chief Executive and/or the Chief Personnel Officer; and

 

(4)

the Employment Procedure Committee have a date for interview to potentially appoint a candidate and will be provided with applications and information of selected candidates for final interview following the technical sift of the candidates who have applied.