Agenda Document Pack - Recruitment Committee - 17/03/2023
South Lanarkshire Council · 17 March 2023
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Council Offices, Almada Street Hamilton, ML3 0AA Thursday, 09 March 2023 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, 17 March 2023 Time: 09:15 Venue: Committee Room 5, Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton, ML3 0AA The business to be considered at the meeting is listed overleaf. Yours sincerely Cleland Sneddon Chief Executive Members Joe Fagan (Chair), Gerry Convery (Depute Chair), Alex Allison, Maureen Chalmers, Gladys Ferguson-Miller, John Ross Substitutes John Anderson, Andrea Cowan, Maureen Devlin, Eileen Logan, Katy Loudon, Richard Nelson 1
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BUSINESS 1 Declaration of Interests 2 Minutes of Previous Meeting - 21 February 2023 Minutes of the meeting of the Recruitment Committee held on 21 February 2023 submitted for approval as a correct record. (Copy attached) 3 - 4 3 Minutes of Previous Meeting - 28 February 2023 Minutes of the meeting of the Recruitment Committee held on 28 February 2023 submitted for approval as a correct record. (Copy attached) 5 - 6 Urgent Business 4 Urgent Business Any other items of business which the Chair decides are urgent. Exclusion of Press and Public 5 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 6 Post of Head of Housing Services To interview candidates for the post of Head of Housing Services. (Papers attached) For further information, please contact:- Clerk Name: Stuart McLeod Clerk Telephone: 07385 370 117 Clerk Email: stuart.mcleod@southlanarkshire.gov.uk 2
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RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE Minutes of meeting held via Microsoft Teams and in Committee Room 2, Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton on 21 February 2023 Chair: Councillor Joe Fagan Councillors Present: Councillor Alex Allison, Councillor John Anderson (substitute for Councillor Maureen Chalmers), Councillor Gerry Convery, Councillor Gladys Ferguson-Miller, Councillor John Ross Councillor’s Apology: Councillor Maureen Chalmers Attending: Finance and Corporate Resources P Manning, Executive Director; S McLeod, Administration Officer; E McPake, Human Resources Business Partner (Education and Social Work Resources); K McVeigh, Head of Personnel Services Order of Business The Committee decided: that the items of business be dealt with in the order minuted below. 1 Declaration of Interests The following interest was declared:- Councillor(s) Item(s) Nature of Interest(s) Ferguson-Miller Post of Head of Information Technology Services Known to one of the applicants 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. The Human Resources Business Partner left the meeting following consideration of the above item of business 2 3
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4 Post of Head of Personnel Services Documentation on the post of Head of Personnel Services was submitted as follows:- ♦ 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 1 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 4 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 5 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 6 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 7 The Human Resources Business Partner re-joined the meeting following consideration of the above item of business. Councillor Ferguson-Miller, having declared an interest in the following item, left the meeting prior to its consideration 5 Post of Head of Information Technology Services Documentation on the post of Head of Information Technology Services was submitted as follows:- ♦ recruitment pack ♦ synopsis of applicants ♦ applications received The Committee decided: (1) that a shortleet of 7 applicants be selected for the assessment centre as follows:- ♦ Applicant Reference Number 1 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 5 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 9 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 12 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 17 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 18 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 19 (2) that a further meeting be arranged after the assessment centre to select applicants for interview. 4
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RECRUITMENT COMMITTEE Minutes of meeting held via Microsoft Teams and in Committee Room 2, Council Offices, Almada Street, Hamilton on 28 February 2023 Chair: Councillor Joe Fagan Councillors Present: Councillor Alex Allison, Councillor Maureen Chalmers, Councillor Gerry Convery (Depute), Councillor Andrea Cowan (substitute for Councillor Gladys Ferguson-Miller), Councillor John Ross Councillor’s Apology: Councillor Gladys Ferguson-Miller 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 Housing Services Documentation on the post of Head of Housing Services was submitted as follows:- ♦ recruitment pack ♦ synopsis of applicants ♦ applications received The Human Resources Business Partner advised that the interview questions would be provided on the day of the interviews for the members’ consideration. 3 5
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The Committee decided: that a shortleet of 4 applicants be selected for interview as follows:- ♦ Applicant Reference Number 2 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 4 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 5 ♦ Applicant Reference Number 6 6