Issue - meetings

(Report of the Assistant Chief Executive – People & OD)  To approve the People Strategy 2008-16 and its Action Plan.

The committee received a report seeking approval of the People Strategy 2008-16 and Action Plan.  The committee noted that the People Strategy set out a vision for the development of the workforce and organisation, building on activities undertaken in the preceding five years. 

Members were informed that effective staff consultation had been achieved through the use of focus groups taken from a cross-section of the Council’s workforce, as well as the utilisation of  information from the Staff Survey.

Members were informed that funding for the Strategy was provided through existing budgets, with the Chief Executive’s Management Board to look at any monetary gaps which emerged.

In response to a Member question about recruitment practices for top jobs, officers informed the committee that specialist recruitment agencies were used where justified and that psychometric tests were used very restrictive. 

RESOLVED:

1.       That the report make clear in section 7.1 Introduction, that 70% of residents who responded stated that the Council was “doing a good job”.

2.       That mention be made in the Strategy of “accountability”.

3.       That, subject to the above, GP approval to the Strategy be given.