5.1

Executive

26th July 2005

Draft Extract

EXE 53

Senior Management Structures (Minute EXE 52) (Agenda Item 4(1))

The Chairman ruled that a report on this item be considered as urgent because the Council had agreed to establish the Directorate of Children and Young People’s Services effective from September 2005 and it was necessary to consider the management arrangements which needed to be put in place for September.

The Executive received minute CAY 14 of the Children and Young People Policy and Scrutiny Panel.

The Chief Executive Officer presented a report.

Motion: Moved by Councillor Hockridge and seconded by Councillor Kehoe –

“(1) That the initial senior management structures for the Children and Young People’s Services Directorate, particularly the responsibilities of the Assistant Director roles contained in Appendix 1 of the report, be approved, subject to consultation with staff directly affected and trade unions;

(2) that the Employment Committee be asked to agree initial job descriptions, person specifications, job evaluations and grades for the Assistant Director roles in the Children and Young People’s Services Directorate;

(3) that the Employment Committee compare the initial job descriptions for the new Assistant Director roles in the Children and Young People’s Services Directorate with current job descriptions for existing roles in the Education and Housing and Social Services Directorates to determine whether the Assistant Director roles are new or changed posts and manage any consequential appointment process to enable implementation of the direct service delivery structure by 1st September 2005;

(4) that a report be submitted to the Executive in April 2006 concerning potential changes to the portfolios of the Assistant Directors of Personalised Learning, and Children and Families, as outlined in the report; and

(5) that the Education Personnel, Education Health and Safety and Education Asset Management Team be re-aligned on a more corporate basis, with a target date of up to September 2006, and that a further report giving consideration to the arrangements and timescales for achieving this be submitted to the Executive in April 2006 by the Chief Executive Officer.”

Debate ensued.

Non-Executive Members commented on the need for more consultation with staff and the costs of the proposals.

Councillor Roe referred to the financial implications and enquired about the process of filling posts.

Councillor Kehoe stressed that it was necessary to make suitable arrangements for the new Directorates, he accepted the need to approach the matter from a corporate point of view.

The Executive voted on the Motion. (Voting: 4 in favour, 4 against.)

The Chairman requested an adjournment.

Resolved: that the meeting adjourn.

The Executive adjourned at 3.07 p.m.

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The Executive reconvened at 3.38 p.m.

The Chairman exercised his casting vote in favour of the Motion.

It was thereupon

Resolved: that the Motion be approved and adopted.