Decision details

Department of Finance - Staffing of IT Services

Decision Maker: Employment and Appointments Committee

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: Yes

Is subject to call in?: No

Decisions:

The Director of Finance submitted a report on changes to the establishment of the IT Services Division following the release of employees through the Early Voluntary Retirement and Voluntary Severance (EVR/VS) scheme. Due to these staff leaving, some of which were at senior management level, it had been necessary to restructure IT Services (ITS) to continue to provide essential services. As part of this restructure it was proposed to create the post of IT Services Manager at grade EPO 14(£67,400).

 

The deletion of two EPO9 posts as part of the EVS/VS exercise had saved £124,100. The introduction of an IT Services Manager post at EPO14 would cost £67,400 but the deletion of the successful candidate's post would save an additional £54,500 or £62,000 resulting in an overall saving in excess of £111,000.

 

The Director submitted appendices to the report which showed the previous structure of the division and the proposed structure.

 

Responding to comments from Members, the Head of HR and Organisational Development reported that an Equality Impact Assessment had not been carried out in respect of this restructure as it was not a wider change across the department and service delivery, whereas the restructure of the Children and Young People’s Department was across the whole department with the impact on service delivery to be assessed.

 

The Director stated that the total savings made from the IT Services restructure was £500,000.

 

Resolved – That the creation of an IT Services Manager, grade EPO 14, within the Division be approved with the post being filled by ring-fencing applications to the remaining senior managers within IT Services. That the post be partly funded by deleting the post of the successful candidate, EPO9(£62,000) or EPO2(£54,500); the balance being realised by deleting posts further down the structure as part of the overall restructure of ITS.

Publication date: 17/08/2011

Date of decision: 11/08/2011

Decided at meeting: 11/08/2011 - Employment and Appointments Committee

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