Committee details

1.         To establish the framework and procedure for recruitment of senior staff;

2.         To determine the terms and conditions of service to apply to senior posts;

3.         To act as the appointment panel for the short-listing and interviewing for all senior posts and in the case of head of paid service or strategic directors to make recommendations on appointments to each council;

4.         To consider any proposed redundancy dismissals of the head of paid service, strategic director, monitoring officer or chief finance officer, and to make recommendations on redundancy dismissals to each council;

5.         To consider any proposed redundancy dismissals of heads of service other than monitoring officer and chief finance officer, and to make recommendations to the head of paid service;

6.         To determine any proposed efficiency retirement of the head of paid service, subject to proposals for enhanced benefits being determined by the Joint Audit and Governance Committee; and

7.         To consider any proposed efficiency retirements of strategic directors or heads of service and to make recommendations to the head of paid service, subject to proposals for enhanced benefits being determined by the Joint Audit and Governance Committee.

N.B. The terms “senior staff” and “senior posts” refer to the head of paid service, strategic directors, and heads of service.