Agenda and draft minutes

Appointments Committee - Wednesday, 15th July, 2026 9.00 am

Venue: JR Clynes Building, Cultural Quarter, Greaves Street, Oldham, OL1 1AL

Contact: Constitutional Services  Email: Constitutional.Services@oldham.gov.uk

Items
No. Item

1.

Election of Chair

The Panel is asked to elect a Chair for the duration of the meeting.

Minutes:

Resolved:

That Councillor Woodvine be elected Chair for the duration of the meeting.

2.

Apologies For Absence

Minutes:

Apologies for absence were received from Councillors Al-Hamdani and Quigg.

3.

Urgent Business

Urgent business, if any, introduced by the Chair

Minutes:

There were no items of urgent business received.

4.

Declarations of Interest

To Receive Declarations of Interest in any Contract or matter to be discussed at the meeting.

Minutes:

There were no declarations of interest received.

5.

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The Minutes of the meeting of the Appointments Committee held on 5th February 2026 are attached for approval.

Minutes:

Resolved:
That the minutes of the meeting, of the Appointments Committee, held 5th February 2026, be approved as a correct record.

6.

Exclusion of the Press and Public

To consider that the press and public be excluded from the meeting for the following item of business, pursuant to Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that discussions may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information, under paragraphs 1 and 2 as defined in the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, to the Local Government Act 1972 and public interest would not be served in publishing the information.

Minutes:

Resolved:

That the press and public be excluded from the remainder of the meeting pursuant to Section 100A(4) of the Local Government Act 1972 on the grounds that discussions may involve the likely disclosure of exempt information, under paragraphs 1 and 2 as defined in the provisions of Part 1 of Schedule 12A of the Act, to the Local Government Act 1972 and public interest would not be served in publishing the information.

7.

Executive Director of Resources and review of salary point for the Executive Director of Place (Deputy Chief Executive)

Minutes:

The Appointments Committee considered a confidential report of the Assistant Director of Workforce and Organisational Culture which advised on the appointment of a chief officer and significant proposed changes on matters relating to a Chief Officer’s post.

 

Resolved:

1.    That the Appointments Committee approves the recruitment of the Executive Director of Resources based on the job description and person specification detailed at Appendix 1 to the submitted confidential report, delegating any further changes to the job description and person specification to the Chief Executive Officer.

2.    That the Appointments Committee approves the use of an external specialist recruitment partner, following conclusion of a procurement exercise and agrees to the arrangements for longlisting, shortlisting and interviewing for the post as detailed in the submitted confidential report.

3.    That the Appointments Committee agrees to a revised salary point for the Executive Director of Place (Deputy Chief Executive) based on an internal review of all Executive roles.