Jersey Appointments Commission: Commissioner: Re-Appointment

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A decision made 21 June 2013:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2013-0054
Decision Summary Title :	Jersey Appointments Commission – Re- Appointment of a Commissioner		Date of Decision Summary:	14th June 2013
Decision Summary Author:	Senior Human Resources Manager, Chief Minister’s Department		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?	Written		Person Giving Oral Report:	N/A
Written Report Title :	Re- Appointment of Commissioner to Jersey Appointments Commission		Date of Written Report:	14th June 2013
Written Report Author:	Senior Human Resources Manager, Chief Minister’s Department		Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Subject: Jersey Appointments Commission – Re-Appointment of Julian Rogers, Jersey Appointments Commission until 23rd February 2014
Decision(s): The Deputy Chief Minister approved the report and proposition recommending Mr Julian Rogers is re-appointed for a second term as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission for the period until 23rd February 2014.
Reason(s) for Decision: Re-appointments for a second term are in accordance the Jersey Appointments Commission Code of Practice on Appointments to Autonomous and Quasi-Autonomous Public Bodies and Tribunals and the requirements in the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005. On 23rd May 2013, the States Employment Board approved the Chief Minister’s recommendation to re-appoint Mr Julian Rogers as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission for the period until 23rd February 2014.
Resource Implications: There are no financial nor manpower implications associated with this decision.
Action required: The Greffier of the States to be requested to lodge ‘au Greffe’ the Proposition for debate by the States at the earliest opportunity.
Signature:		Position: Deputy Chief Minister
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Jersey Appointments Commission: Commissioner: Re-Appointment

PROPOSITION

The STATES are asked to decide whether they are of the opinion –

In accordance with Article 18 (7) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, which is concerned with the re-appointment of Commissioners to the Jersey Appointments Commission, to re-appoint Mr Julian Rogers, as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission until 23rd February 2014..

Senator I Gorst

Chief Minister

REPORT

Jersey Appointments Commission:

Re-Appointment of a Commissioner

Introduction:

The Jersey Appointments Commission is established under the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005 Part 4.

The duty of the Jersey Appointments Commission is to oversee the recruitment of States’ employees and States’ appointees, in order to ensure that appointments are fair and conducted in accordance with best practice principles.

The Commission consists of a Chairman and 4 other commissioners. The Commissioners are required to meet 4 times per year, to contribute to the production of guidelines that will apply to States’ employees or States’ appointees, to audit recruitment and to oversee recruitment to senior posts.

The purpose of this report is in reference to paragraph 18(7) of this Law that permits the re-appointment of a Commissioner if the total period appointed is less than 8 years.

The Chief Minister wishes to recommend to the States of Jersey the re-appointment of Mr Julian Rogers as a Commissioner, for a second term, until 23rd February 2014. Mr Rogers will have been appointed for a total period of 4 years and 10 months in 2014.

On 23rd May 2013 the Chief Minister gained the approval of the States Employment Board to the re-appointment of Mr Julian Rogers and concluded that there would be merit in the timescale for this re-appointment coinciding with the expiry date of the current Chairman’s term of office.

Background:

The membership of the Jersey Appointments Commission, their periods of office to date and expiry of their current appointments, are:

Name	Role	Period of office to date	Expiry date
Mr Brian Curtis	Chairman	7 years (including 1 as Chair)	February 2014
Mr Julian Rogers	Commissioner	4 years	April 2013
Mr Kenneth Soar	Commissioner	6 years	April 2015
Professor Edward Sallis	Commissioner	Appointed 2013	February 2014
Mr James Morris	Commissioner	3 years	February 2014

Mr Julian Rogers, MA, MBA has been resident in Jersey since 1975 and owns and runs a software company working with a wide range of clients. He developed and ran early adult IT Training courses while a full-time lecturer with the Business Studies department at Highlands.

He has been Chairman of the States Members Remuneration Review Body since 2004 and held roles with the University of the Third Age, Jersey and The Probus Club of Jersey

He is a commercially-endorsed Yachtmaster.

Financial and manpower implications:

This proposal does not have any additional resource implications, as confirmed below –

Manpower: Nil

Property: Nil

ICT: Nil

Law Drafting: Nil

There are no additional financial implications arising from this proposal, as there is already a budget in place for the costs associated with the running of the Appointments Commission.

Recommendation:

The Chief Minister requests that the States approves his recommendation to re-appoint Mr Julian Rogers as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission for a period until 23rd February 2014.

SC/HRD/12/12/12