Decision details

RESOLVED that:

1.     Senior Officer Posts at Grade CO2 be designated “Assistant Directors” and posts at CO1 be designated “Heads of Service”

2.     The evaluation of senior officer roles recommended by Kornferry Hay in Appendix 1 page 24 be approved.

3.     RECOMMENDED option A in Appendix 1 for inclusion in the draft Pay Policy which will go forward to full Council in March for approval.

4.     The implementation of the option approved at 3 above be backdated to November 2023 in accordance with the Job Evaluation and Re-Evaluation Policy.

5.     The transition between current grades and the new pay scale for individual officers be delegated to the Chief Executive, with an aim to achieve a potential for some future progression within the new grade and a maximum uplift of £10,000

6.     The post of Head of Administrative Services be deleted from the establishment.

7.     The post of Head of ICT and Corporate services be re-designated Assistant Director Corporate Services.

Reason

This is in accordance with all of the Council’s Corporate Priorities.