Purpose

Approval of a new post of Joint Chief of
Staff

Content

Decision:

1.       
To approve the creation of a permanent new role of
Joint Chief of Staff reporting directly to the Joint Chief
Executive, subject to budget approval by full Council, and subject
to the deletion of the Head of Business Improvement
post.

2.       
To delegate authority to the Joint Chief Executive
to make any changes to the role, following the outcome of
consultation with staff and the Union.

3.       
To agree that the post of Joint Chief of Staff will
be a shared post with Waverley Borough Council and will be governed
by the existing principles of the Inter-Authority
Agreement.
Reasons:

1.       
To respond to the need to better align the current
role of GBC Head of Business Improvement created in May 2024, which
reports directly to the Joint Chief Executive, with the work that
Waverley will need to do as we move towards a review of their
business by SOLACE, and to support wider improvement between both
Councils.

2.       
To recognise that the current GBC Head of Business
Improvement postholder is already undertaking tasks more aligned to
a Chief of Staff post and this will clarify responsibilities for
postholders and the Council as a whole. This would mean the current
GBC Head of Business Improvement post would be deleted in the light
of this new joint post being created.

3.       
To ensure that the Joint Chief
Executive has additional capacity in liaison with the Corporate
Leadership Board and Joint Leadership Team given the additional
work associated with undertaking Head of Paid Services
responsibilities for two sovereign councils.
Other options considered and rejected by the
Executive:
Option 1 – do nothing.
Details of any conflict of interest declared by
the Leader or lead councillors and any dispensation
granted:
None.