Agenda item

Report of the Director of Human Resources.

The Committee considered a Report of the Director of Human Resources concerning the Tackling Racism Taskforce staffing workstream.

Whilst supportive of the recommendations, Members asked the Director of Human Resources to go back and identify an explicit funding source and/or de-prioritise something else in order to afford the recruitment of the proposed Coordinator.

If an internal funding source wasn’t available, then an appeal to Policy & Resources should be made for additional funding.

RESOLVED – that the Committee:

·         Approved the proposed targeted work experience/internship scheme that will

complement the current offers by targeting not only students from BAME, and lower

socio-economic backgrounds, but also those from the most underrepresented

groups across the City Corporation (Disability, LGBT and Women). This programme

will be offered to our academies as a first priority and the Corporation will work with

external organisations wherever possible to widen its reach.

·         Requested the Director of Human Resources go back and identify an explicit funding source and/or de-prioritise something else in order to afford the recruitment of the proposed Coordinator.

If an internal funding source wasn’t available, then an appeal to Policy & Resources should be made for additional funding at its meeting on 13^th June.

·         Endorsed the proposed changes to the way that current training budgets are

allocated and accessed in that all departmental training budgets are put into a

central holding account until costed development plans are agreed and the monies

can be reallocated. This will be proposed to the Policy and Resources Committees

on the 13 June 2021 for approval. Development pathway programmes will be

developed during 2021 combining internal and external providers. External

providers being subject to procurement under the City of London Procurement

Code of Practice.