Agenda item

Report of Chief Executive

Summary

The purpose of this report is to advise the Committee of the proposed structure for the Joint Management Team together with the appropriate job descriptions, person specifications and terms of employment and to outline the timetable for the consultation process. These documents are set out in (Appendices 1-6)

At the time of drafting this report, both Councils are currently in the middle of the Consultation process which will end on 28 June. The Committee will be updated on the final consultation responses at the meeting on 6 July.

Recommendations

The Personnel Committee is recommended:

(1)       To consider the proposal within the report and to comment upon the appended report and to take account of the timetable in Section 7 of the report,

(2)       The comments from this Committee will be reported to the next meeting of the Joint Personnel Committee on 13 July before a formal recommendation is taken to both Council Meetings on the 26 July (CDC) and 27 July (SNC).

The Chief Executive submitted a report which provided the committee with an update on the implementation of the shared senior management team structure and in doing so drew the attention of the committee to the report which had been published for Joint Personnel Committee to consider at their meeting on 13 July 2011 setting out the responses to the consultation.

In the course of discussion the committee were clear that any proposed pay structures should stay within the perimeters set within the business case and that proper weight should be given to the market place as it sits today.

Resolved

(1)       That the proposal and timetable as set out within the report be noted.

(2)       That the comments from the Committee as set out above be reported to the Joint Personnel Committee.