Purpose

The needs of the Buy Doncaster team have been
analysed, and it was felt that there was more of an operational
need for the Traded Services Technical Officer, as due to the work
of the previous Training Coordinator and the capabilities of the
Buy Doncaster website, training providers have become far more
self-sufficient. The
Traded Services Technical Officer will act as the main
administrator for the website, and further promote this culture of
self-sufficiency with both our Providers and Customers.
Having this role in place to coordinate all operational activity,
means that theBusiness Development Manager will have more time to
work strategically, working with providers to develop business
cases and business plans, increase/ adapt their service offer and
grow markets and market share, which is very much needed during
this difficult financial period, providing sustainability for
services and increased
income generation potential for the Council.
The Traded Services Technical Officer post has been evaluated as a
G6. The savings achieved from reducing from a G7 post to a G6 post
will put Buy Doncaster in a better position for achieving a
break-even position on the CK051 budget.The post needs to be
established and recruited to as soon as possible, as due to
vacancies and sickness absence, there is currently only the
Business Development Manager working in the service. This means
that, at times, there is no business

Content

Decision to establish and recruit to the
position of Traded
Services Technical Officer within Buy Doncaster team.

A decision has been taken to establish and recruit to a
Traded
Services Technical Officer within the Buy Doncaster team; this post
will be in place of the currently vacant G7 Training Coordinator
post, which will be subsequently deleted. The Training Coordinator
post has core budget assigned and this budget will be allocated to
pay for the Traded Services Technical Officer post, Financial
Management are aware of this.