Appointment of ICT Project Manager
Minutes:
The Head of Worcestershire Regulatory Services (WRS) provided the Committee with a verbal update. Members were informed that the position of ICT Project Manager had been advertised via the local government frameworks following advice provided by Bromsgrove District Council’s Procurement Team.
Approximately 14 businesses had been invited to tender for the ICT Project Manager position with only one response received, that was way over budget. Therefore phase two had been initiated with recruitment agencies and local companies contacted and provided with details of the job description and person specification. This process would close on 2nd December 2011 with interviews taking place around 12th December 2011. The Head of WRS and representatives from the Management Board would sit on the interview panel. The implications in the delay in appointing an ICT Project Manager were that WRS had hoped to have someone in place fairly quickly in order for a project plan to be completed in December and submitted to the February meeting of the Joint Committee via the Management Board. The Head of WRS reassured the Committee that they would still receive a project plan in February.
The Head of WRS responded to questions from Members with regard to the possibility of ‘buying in’ an ICT Project Manager from a member authority, salary details and advertising.