Decision Maker: Employment Committee
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
At the last Employment Committee meeting on
18th July 2024, the Committee considered a paper outlining options
and proposed timetable for the process to appoint a new Chief
Executive and Head of Paid Service to Lancashire County Council.
This paper sets out next steps and decisions needed to keep the
timeline and process moving as per the agreed timeline.
(Not for publication – Exempt information as defined in Paragraphs 1 and 2 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act, 1972. It was considered that in all the circumstances of the case the public interest in maintaining the exemption outweighs the public interests in disclosing the information).
Lucy Thompson, Director of People, and Julie Towers, Director, Penna, presented a private and confidential report which set out the next steps and decisions needed to keep to the agreed timeline for the Chief Executive / Head of Paid Service recruitment.
The committee was asked to consider a number of options around member engagement, stakeholder engagement and to select the technical assessor.
Resolved: That
i) A survey be circulated to all members of the county council to gain views on what was important for a new Chief Executive to demonstrate.
ii) The Director of People finalise the stakeholder engagement process, details of which be circulated to committee members at a future date.
iii) The technical assessor (Option A in the report), be selected as the preferred technical assessor, with Option B selected as an alternative.
iv) The timeline of the recruitment process, as set out in the report, be noted.
Divisions Affected: (All Divisions);
Contact: Lucy Thompson Email: lucy.thompson2@lancashire.gov.uk.
Report author: Lucy Thompson
Date of decision: 10/09/2024
Decided at meeting: 10/09/2024 - Employment Committee
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