Issue - meetings

(i)            to approve the revised job profile attached at Appendix 1 of the report;

(ii)          to note the indicative timeline for the recruitment and selection process;

(iii)         to approve the proposed selection process set out within the report;

(iv)         to establish a temporary Committee of the IJB, to be called an Appointment Panel, constituting the Chair and Vice Chair of the IJB and the Chief Officer (who will act as Chair of the Appointment Panel), to interview candidates and make an appointment;

(v)          to agree that in the absence of the Chair or Vice Chair of the IJB, that the IJB agrees that a voting member of the IJB from the relevant constituent body, substitutes for the Chair or Vice Chair of the IJB at the Appointment Panel;

(vi)         to agree that the appointment of the Chief Finance Officer shall be determined by the Appointment Panel, subject to the approval of the IJB;

(vii)        to agree that the Chief Officer makes arrangements for an Interim Chief Finance Officer should they consider it necessary to do so; and

(viii)       to instruct the Chief Officer to update the members of the IJB on any interim appointment.

The Board had before it a report prepared by the People and Organisational Development Manager, Aberdeen City Council, outlining the proposed approach to recruiting a replacement for the outgoing Chief Finance Officer of the Integration Joint Board (IJB) (Aberdeen City Health and Social Care Partnership).

The report recommended:-

that the Board:

(a)           approve the revised job profile attached at Appendix 1 of the report;

(b)           note the indicative timeline for the recruitment and selection process;

(c)           approve the proposed selection process set out within the report;

(d)           establish a temporary Committee of the IJB, to be called an Appointment Panel, constituting the Chair and Vice Chair of the IJB and the Chief Officer (who will act as Chair of the Appointment Panel), to interview candidates and make an appointment;

(e)           agree that in the absence of the Chair or Vice Chair of the IJB, the IJB agrees that a voting member of the IJB from the relevant constituent body, substitutes for the Chair or Vice Chair of the IJB at the Appointment Panel;

(f)             agree that the appointment of the Chief Finance Officer shall be determined by the Appointment Panel, subject to the approval of the IJB;

(g)           agree that the Chief Officer make arrangements for an Interim Chief Finance Officer should they consider it necessary to do so; and

(h)           instruct the Chief Officer to update the members of the IJB on any interim appointment.

The Board resolved:-

to agree the recommendations.