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Decision Maker: Leader of the Council
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: No
To endorse the proposals and recommendations of the Chief Executive on the new senior management structure.
The Chief Executive is
reorganising the senior management of the Council and has been consulting
staff. The Senior Management Review proposals are integral to the Council’s
transformation programme - Our Cambridge. This report provides the scrutiny
committee with an overview of the consultation feedback and revisions to the
proposals.
The foreword to the consultation is
at Annex A. The consultation document is a separate attachment. The key
elements of the proposals include:
·
Re-arranging the management of council teams
into five groups to create a flatter structure, improve collaboration, and
increase efficiency.
·
Reducing the cost of senior management by 20 per
cent through a reduction in the number of posts.
·
Achieving around £0.3m net savings per annum
once the new structure is fully implemented.
The Civic Affairs Committee will
consider changes to the senior officer pay structure on 8 Feb 2023 which
implement aspects of the proposals. The Employment (Senior Officer) Committee
is responsible for recommending severance packages over £100k to Council.
Decision of the Leader of the Council recommended to
Council:
· That
the Council approves the restructuring proposals set out in this report:
a) the deletion of the
following posts at Director level: Director of Communities and Neighbourhoods;
and Director Enterprise and Sustainable Development; and
b) the creation of the
following new posts at Director level: Director, Communities; Director, City
Services; Chief Operating Officer.
c) the deletion of the
following posts at Head of Service level:
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Head of Commercial Services
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Head of Community Services
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Head of Corporate Strategy / Assistant Chief
Executive
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Head of Environmental Services
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Head of Housing Maintenance and Assets
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Head of Housing Services
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Head of Human Resources
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Head of Property Services
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Head of Transformation
d) the creation of the
following new posts at Assistant Director level, which will be composed of 2
levels:
-
Assets and Property (AD2)
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Assistant Chief Executive (AD2)
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Housing and Homelessness (AD1)
e) to note that the following posts will be subject to slotting-in
arrangements with new post titles:
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Head of Finance to Chief Finance Officer (AD1)
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Head of Housing Development Agency to Assistant
Director, Development (AD1)
f) the creation of a new Head of People and a Head of Transformation
on 2-year Fixed Term contracts at Band 11, while future leadership arrangements
for ‘Transformation, Digital and HR’ are considered.
g) that the Chief Executive is given delegated powers to take all steps
necessary to implement the new structure (other than those delegated to the
ESOC) including final determination of the Council's staffing structure below
Director level, and
H) where specific changes to the
Constitution are required the
Chief Executive and Monitoring Officer should make such changes.
That the Council
notes:
h) the Head of 3C Shared Legal Services (Head of Service) and Council’s
Monitoring Officer becomes an Assistant Director grade (AD1) in the new grade
structure.
i) the Head of Building Control (Head of Service) post will be reviewed
once the Greater Cambridge Shared Planning Service management restructure has
been fully implemented.
j) changes proposed to the senior officer Leadership Behaviours
following feedback from the consultation (see Annex B).
k) that the transitional Group structure will provide staff with
certainty about line management arrangements and are a starting point for each
Group organisational redesign (Annex C).
Reason for the Decision
As set out in the Officer’s
report.
Any Alternative Options
Considered and Rejected
Not applicable.
Scrutiny Considerations
The Chief Executive introduced the report.
The Chief Executive said the following in response to
Members’ questions:
i.
Portfolio division is a decision for Members.
ii.
There had been comprises made in regard to the
naming of groups, however there will be more work done on the group structure
over time.
iii.
It will be possible to reduce to four groups if
this was something that needs to be done in future.
iv.
The Head of HR is proposing some changes to pay
for recruitment and retention. A report was going to the Civic Affairs
Committee on the 8th of February about this.
The scrutiny committee unanimously approved the
recommendations.
The Leader of the Council approved the recommendations.
Conflicts of interest declared by the Executive
Councillor (and any dispensation granted)
No conflicts of interest were declared by the Executive Councillor.
Publication date: 19/04/2023
Date of decision: 30/01/2023