Transformation and Assurance Board

Purpose:

The purpose of the Board is set out in the Ministerial Directions to the Council of January 2025.  The Board will work with the Ministerial Envoys to:

•         provide the additional scrutiny, external challenge, advice and monitoring which is needed to oversee the improvements.

•         continue to review and improve leadership, governance and scrutiny arrangements, to ensure members and officers are empowered to challenge.

•         build on continuous cultural improvement, including increasing trust and respect between members and officers.

•         Build on existing improvement work to ensure realisation of programmes of cultural change and political mentoring.

 

This will involve:

•         providing regular advice, challenge, and support to the Council on improvement activities.

•         working with the Council to agree an exit strategy to ensure success measures have been validated and that there is a common understanding of what ‘good’ looks like.

•         regularly monitoring progress against key target improvement indicators, to ensure delivery of the ministerial directions is achieved within 3 years.

•         Assuring delivery against the Ministerial Directions through deep dives and workshops.