Decision Maker: Executive

Outcome: For Determination

Is Key Decision?: Yes

Is Callable In?: Yes

Date of Decision: February 11, 2025

Purpose: To consider joint executive support team

Content: The Executive RESOLVED to:   (i)            approve the creation of 1.5 full time equivalent new Personal Assistant posts to support the recent growth of three new Joint Assistant Directors, subject to budget approval by Council;   (ii)           Subject to approval of the creation of two further new Joint Assistant Directors, approve the creation of 1 full time equivalent further Personal Assistant posts to support those posts, subject to budget approval by Council;   (iii)          Subject to consultation with affected staff and Unions, designate all existing and new posts within the Executive Support Team as Joint Posts from 1 April 2025;   (iv)          Approve honorarium payments from 2021 (or the start of their employment, whichever is the later) to existing Officers in the Executive Support Team in accordance with paragraph 11.3 of this report, at a cost of approximately £50,000 to Waverley Borough Council;   (v)           Recommend to Council that the Executive Support function be a joint function with Guildford Borough Council and that Waverley Borough Council agree to the exercise of this function on behalf of Guildford Borough Council;   (vi)          Recommend to Council that the Strategic Director of Democracy, Law & People be given delegated authority, in consultation with the Joint Chairs of the Joint Governance Committee, to include the shared Executive Support service in any Inter-Authority Agreement.