Agenda and minutes

Recruitment to the Post of Chief Personnel Officer - Interviews, Employment Procedure Committee - Tuesday 1st March, 2022 9.30 am, MOVED

Venue: Assembly Hall - Bootle Town Hall, Trinity Road, Bootle, L20 7AE. View directions

Contact: Ruth Appleby 

Items
No. Item

61.

Apologies for Absence

Minutes:

No apologies for absence were received.

 

62.

Declarations of Interest

Members and Officers are requested to give notice of any personal or prejudicial interest and the nature of that interest, relating to any item on the agenda in accordance with the relevant Code of Conduct.

Minutes:

No declarations of interest were received.

 

63.

Minutes of the Meeting held on 3 February 2022

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That the Minutes of the meeting held on 3 February 2022 be confirmed as a correct record.

 

64.

Exclusion of Press and Public

To consider passing the following resolution:

 

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of business on the grounds that it involves the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act.  The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the Press and Public.

 

Minutes:

RESOLVED:

 

That, under Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act, 1972, the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business on the grounds that it would involve the likely disclosure of exempt information as defined in paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act. The Public Interest Test has been applied and favours exclusion of the information from the press and public.

 

65.

Recruitment to the Post of Chief Personnel Officer - Interviews

The Committee will interview candidates for the post of Chief Personnel Officer.

 

Copies of the interview timetable, the job description / person specification, the candidate application forms and details of the proposed interview questions were distributed by the Senior Personnel Officer prior to the meeting.

 

Please note that any appointment to the post will be subject to the consideration of any material or well-founded objection to the appointment by Members of the Cabinet.

Minutes:

The Committee interviewed candidates for the post Chief Personnel Officer.

 

RESOLVED: That

 

(1)

a candidate be appointed to the post of Chief Personnel Officer at a salary of £77,157 per annum (Senior Management Hay Grade 4), subject to any checks, along with any conditions deemed necessary by the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services; and

 

 

(2)

the offer of appointment in (1) above be subject to the Executive Director of Corporate Resources and Customer Services notifying the Cabinet of the recommendation and ascertaining whether any Cabinet Member has a material or well-founded objection to the appointment.