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.