This meeting was to consider which candidates for the post of Director of Regeneration, Housing Supply and Assets should progress to the next stage of the recruitment process. The Appointment Sub-Committee was scheduled to agree a 'longlist' of candidates to be invited for their first, technical interviews.

Longlisting Options for the Director of Regeneration, Housing Supply and Assets

Penna, the recruitment consultants, provided a report containing recommendations of which candidates to progress to the next stage of recruitment for the role of Director of Regeneration, Housing Supply and Assets. The Appointment Sub-Committee was asked to agree to a longlist of candidates, as recommended by Penna, to be invited for first-stage (technical) interviews. The report included the CVs and supporting statements of each of the candidates. No alternative options for making the appointment, or for not making the appointment were considered in the report.

The Committee was told that the position of Director of Regeneration, Housing Supply and Assets had been covered via an interim arrangement since October 2024. The position was advertised along with three other roles in the Housing and Regeneration Directorate and the Director of Public Realm, in December 2024. The advert closed on the 30th of January 2025.

The position was advertised extensively via the council’s website https://recruitment.towerhamlets.gov.uk/, the recruitment consultants’ website Penna Exec Search, the MJ and social media, including LinkedIn.

A targeted executive search was also undertaken by Penna.

The Committee was told that the council was committed to equalities.

The Council’s commitment to equalities includes an undertaking to achieve a workforce that can best serve and reflect the community at all levels in the organisation and such considerations will be part of the recruitment process.

All posts are recruited to on merit.