Appointment Committee - Director of Strategy & Transformation

The Appointment Committee met to consider which candidates for Director, Strategy and Transformation should move on from the longlist. Councillor Huw Thomas was elected Chair. The committee agreed that six of the 23 applicants should go forward to the assessment centre, a later stage of selection.

1. Longlisting candidates for Director, Strategy and Transformation

   Decided

   Six candidates, numbered 85022, 85015, 85001, 84989, 84982 and 84946, were put forward to the assessment centre.

   Why

   Longlisting means choosing a first group of candidates from all the applications. The committee reviewed the 23 applications and considered how each candidate met the essential competencies in the Behavioural Competencies Framework and Role Profile. It then identified which candidates should go to the assessment centre, a later stage where candidates are assessed further.

   Based on the minutes

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1. 1

   Election of Chair

   Decision as recorded

   RESOLVED: That Councillor Huw Thomas be appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee.

   Minute

   RESOLVED: That Councillor Huw Thomas be appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee.

   Part of an issue followed across 10 meetings

2. 2

   Apologies for absence

   Minute

   There were no apologies.

3. 3

   Declarations of Interest

   Minute

   None received.

4. 4

   Terms of Reference

   Decision as recorded

   RESOLVED: To note the Terms of Reference for the Appointment Committee. To discharge the functions of the authority in respect of the appointment and dismissal of Chief Officers and Deputy Chief Officers (as defined in the Local Authorities 9standing Orders) (Wales) Regulations 2006) and the statutory Head of Democratic Services, in accordance with the Employment Procedure Rules and other relevant Council policies and procedures.

   Minute

   RESOLVED: To note the Terms of Reference for the Appointment Committee. To discharge the functions of the authority in respect of the appointment and dismissal of Chief Officers and Deputy Chief Officers (as defined in the Local Authorities 9standing Orders) (Wales) Regulations 2006) and the statutory Head of Democratic Services, in accordance with the Employment Procedure Rules and other relevant Council policies and procedures.

5. 5

   Exclusion of the public

   Decision as recorded

   RESOLVED: That the public be excluded during the discussion on the following item of business on the grounds that, if members of the public were present during the discussion, because of the nature of the business to be transacted there would be disclosure to them of the exempt information as defined in Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and as described below: Paragraph 12 – Information relating to an applicant to become an employee of the Authority; and Paragraph 13 – Information which was likely to reveal the identity of an individual

   Minute

   RESOLVED: That the public be excluded during the discussion on the following item of business on the grounds that, if members of the public were present during the discussion, because of the nature of the business to be transacted there would be disclosure to them of the exempt information as defined in Part 4 of Schedule 12A of the Local Government Act 1972 and as described below: Paragraph 12 – Information relating to an applicant to become an employee of the Authority; and Paragraph 13 – Information which was likely to reveal the identity of an individual

6. 6

   Appointment of Director, Strategy and Transformation

   Decision as recorded

   RESOLVED: That candidates 85022, 85015, 85001, 84989, 84982,84946 be put forward to the Assessment centre.

   Minute

   The Appointment Committee was convened to consider the longlisting of candidates for the appointment to Director Strategy and Transformation. The Committee reviewed the 23 applications received and considered how the candidates met the essential competencies from the Behavioural Competencies Framework and Role Profile, and identified if the candidates be recommended to go forward to the Assessment Centre. RESOLVED: That candidates 85022, 85015, 85001, 84989, 84982,84946 be put forward to the Assessment centre.

   Part of an issue followed across 4 meetings

   Papers: Longlisting Notes, Behavioural Competency Framework, Recruitment Pack
7. 7

   Date of Next Meeting - 26 February 2026

   Minute

   To be confirmed.

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• Chris Weaver, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Jayne Cowan, Committee MemberConservativePresent
• Kate Carr, Committee MemberLabourPresent
• Rodney Berman, Committee MemberLiberal DemocratPresent

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