Employment Committee (13 March 2026)

Agenda

1. Election of Chair

2. Appointment of Vice Chair

3. Apologies for Absence

4. Declarations of Interest

All Members are reminded that they must disclose any interests they know they have in items of business on the meeting’s agenda and that they must do so at this point on the agenda or as soon as they become aware of the interest. If the interest is a Disclosable Pecuniary Interest they are also obliged to notify the Monitoring Officer within 28 days of the meeting.

Part II (Exempt Items)

To consider whether to exclude the public from the meeting during consideration of the following matters, which contain exempt information within the category of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Act indicated:

Category: Paragraph 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 12A to the Local Government Act 1972 (Information relating to an individual)

Public interest statement: It is not in the public interest to release information on items 7 and 8 as it concerns the interests and circumstances of individuals who have an expectation that such information would not normally be released to the public. To do otherwise would establish a precedent for the future treatment of personal information and may harm the Committee’s objective assessment of the suitability of each candidate.

7. Interview of Shortlisted Applicants for Assistant Director - Planning and Place Shaping and Assistant Director - Culture, Leisure and Open Space Posts

8. Decision On the Appointments of Assistant Director  - Planning and Place Shaping and Assistant Director - Culture, Leisure and Open Space Posts

Part 1

After the consideration of Items 7 and 8 the Committee will re-open the meeting to the public for Item 9

9. Announcement of Decision on the Appointments of Assistant Director  - Planning and Place Shaping and Assistant Director - Culture, Leisure and Open Space Posts

The HR Services Manager will notify the Cabinet of the Committee’s recommended appointments, if any, after which the Cabinet will have an opportunity to object to the appointments, should it wish to do so.