Agenda item

TOM review, pilot project at the three City of London Schools - People management - Greater Local Delegation

Report of the Director of Human Resources.

Minutes:

The Board considered a report of the Director of Human Resources outlining people management delegations to the Heads of the three City of London Independent Schools acting in their capacity as Chief Officers that would be piloted as part of the Target Operating Review pilot project at the City of London School and the following points were made:

 

  • The Target Operating Review pilot project had commenced in April 2021 and was working well with four areas of people management approval that would previously have required confirmation from the City of London Corporation’s Director of Human Resources delegated to the Heads of the three City of London Independent Schools acting in their capacity as Chief Officers, including Honoraria payments and starting salary points for external appointments.  An evaluation of the pilot scheme would be undertaken in Autumn 2021 and reported to the next meeting of the Board of Governors on 14 October 2021 prior to the possible rolling out of similar delegations to other City of London Corporation institutions.

 

  • The Chairman welcomed the increased delegation of responsibility to the City of London Independent Schools.  The Deputy Chairman flagged that whilst it was important to apply delegations consistently across the three City of London Independent Schools it should be noted that the three Schools did not necessarily have comparable levels of financial affordability and that this should be taken into account as part of any delegation process.

 

RESOLVED – That:

 

·         The areas identified to pilot local delegation to the three Heads of the City of London Independent Schools acting in their capacity as Chief Officers be endorsed in relation to the starting point for external appointments; incremental progression - additional awards and Honoraria payments including the calculation for partial acting ups payments;

 

  • The pilot commences with immediate effect to provide a full term to pilot the delegations and report back with findings in Autumn 2021; and,

 

  • The findings of a review and evaluation of the pilot scheme be reported to the next meeting of the Board of Governors on 14 October 2021.

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