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Agenda Document Pack - Recruitment Committee - 21/06/2024

South Lanarkshire Council · 21 June 2024
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Council Offices, Almada Street        
Hamilton, ML3 0AA 
Thursday, 13 June 2024 
Dear Councillor 
Recruitment Committee 
The Members listed below are requested to attend a meeting of the above Committee to be
held as follows:- 
Date:  Friday, 21 June 2024
Time:  09:15
Venue: Committee Room 2, 
The business to be considered at the meeting is listed overleaf. 
Yours sincerely 
Paul Manning
Chief Executive 
Members 
Joe Fagan (Chair), Gerry Convery (Depute Chair), Alex Allison, Robert Brown, Maureen Chalmers,
John Ross 
Substitutes
John Anderson, Margaret Cooper, Maureen Devlin, Eileen Logan, Katy Loudon, Richard Nelson
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BUSINESS 
1 Declaration of Interests 
2 Minutes of Previous Meeting
Minutes of the meeting of the Recruitment Committee held on 24 May
2024 submitted for approval as a correct record. (Copy attached) 
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Urgent Business 
3 Urgent Business
Any other items of business which the Chair decides are urgent. 
Exclusion of Press and Public 
4 Exclusion of Press and Public
It is recommended that the Committee makes the following resolution:-  
"That, in terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973,
the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item(s) of
business on the grounds that it is likely that there will be disclosure of exempt
information in terms of Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule 7A of the Act." 
Item(s) for Decision 
5 Post of Head of Property Services
To interview candidates for the post of Head of Property Services.  (Papers
attached) 
For further information, please contact:-
Clerk Name: Stuart McLeod
Clerk Telephone: 07385 370 117
Clerk Email: stuart.mcleod@southlanarkshire.gov.uk 
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RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE 
Minutes of meeting held via Microsoft Teams and in the Meeting Room, Floor 2, Council Offices,
Almada Street, Hamilton on 24 May 2024 
Chair:
Councillor Joe Fagan 
Councillors Present:
Alex Allison, Robert Brown, Maureen Chalmers, Gerry Convery (Depute), John Ross 
Attending:
Finance and Corporate Resources
S McLeod, Administration Officer; E McPake, Human Resources Business Partner (Education and
Social Work Resources)
Housing and Technical Resources
S Gibson, Executive Director 
1 Declaration of Interests 
No interests were declared. 
2 Urgent Business 
There were no items of urgent business. 
3 Exclusion of Press and Public 
The Committee decided: that, in terms of Section 50A(4) of the Local Government
(Scotland) Act 1973, the press and public be excluded from
the meeting for the next item of business on the grounds
that it was likely that there would be disclosure of exempt
information in terms of Paragraph 1 of Part I of Schedule
7A of the Act. 
4 Post of Head of Property Services 
Documentation on the post of Head of Property Services was submitted as follows:- 
♦ job profile 
♦ recruitment pack 
♦ synopsis of applicants 
♦ applications received 
The Committee decided: that a shortleet of 5 applicants be selected for interview as
follows:- 
♦ Applicant Reference Number 2
♦ Applicant Reference Number 3
♦ Applicant Reference Number 4
♦ Applicant Reference Number 7
♦ Applicant Reference Number 10 
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