Agenda item

To receive a report of the Chief Officer (HR) which presents a proposal to the Employment Committee to appoint to the position of Chief Planning Officer.

(Cover report and Appendices attached)

(Please note that an executive summary of applicants’ details will be provided to Members of the Committee prior to the meeting)

(Please note that Appendix 2 to this report is designated as being exempt from publication under the provisions of Access to Information Procedure Rule 10.4 (1) and (2))

The Acting Chief Officer (HR) submitted a report which outlined the process for the recruitment to the position of Chief Planning Officer.

The Director of City Development and Head of Service, Human Resources were in attendance at the meeting in an advisory capacity. Also in attendance were 2 representatives from Proventure who were undertaking the

Executive search and selection process.

Prior to the meeting, the Committee was provided with supplementary information in the form of an executive summary for all candidates.

Having considered the submitted report and appendices, with the details of exempt appendix 2 being considered in private, the Committee undertook the formal recruitment process (longlisting).

RESOLVED - That 8 candidates be longlisted to participate in a technical interview process, with the results from that process being submitted to a future meeting of an Employment Committee, in order to enable the evaluation of such results as part of an exercise to shortlist any appropriate candidates for the purposes of formal interview.