Amanda Harcus, Divisional Director, Human Resources and Organisational Development, introduced the regular update report on senior officer recruitment.

At the last meeting the Committee had heard updates on recruitment to the posts of Divisional Director Property and Major Programmes and Divisional Director Planning and Building Control and she was pleased to report that both positions had now been filled. This meant that the Place Directorate now had a full management team in place.

The Council were now considering the how best to recruit to the posts of Divisional Director, Finance, Procurement and Audit and Divisional Director Customer Services both within the Resources Directorate. In particular she reported that recruitment efforts in relation to the Finance, Procurement and Audit post had not yet been successful and indications were that the role was too wide at the salary bracket the Council was indicating. Officers were therefore proposing to retain existing temporary arrangements for a few months whilst alternative options were considered.

Members welcomed the completion of recruitment work in the Place Directorate. They discussed the other posts and number a number of points including that:

·         Members agreed that it was appropriate to wait to review the Finance, Procurement and Audit post.

·         Handover arrangements were in place for the Customer Services project and that the current post holder was contracted to return for up to ten days to cover issues like procurement activity.

RESOLVED

1.    That the report be noted.