Jersey Appointments Commission: Appointment of Commissioner

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A decision made on 19 October 2012:

Decision Reference: MD-C-2012-0103
Decision Summary Title :	Jersey Appointments Commission – Appointment of a Commissioner		Date of Decision Summary:	19/10/2012
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:
Written Report Title :	Appointment of Commissioner to Jersey Appointments Commission		Date of Written Report:	19/10/2012
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 – Appointment of Commissioner
Decision(s): The Chief Minister approved the report and proposition recommending Professor Edward Sallis OBE, as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission for four years.
Reason(s) for Decision: The position of Commissioner became vacant in June 2012. An appointment process has been completed in accordance with the requirements of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005. The States Employment Board approved the Chief Minister’s recommendation to appoint Professor Sallis as a Commissioner and agreed that for the first year of the appointment Professor Sallis should have no involvement in any appointment process relating to the Education, Sport and Culture Department.
Resource Implications: None
Action required: Proposition to be forwarded to the Assistant Greffier of the States to arrange for it to be lodged “au Greffe” for consideration by the States as soon as possible.
Signature:		Position:
Date Signed:		Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

Jersey Appointments Commission: Appointment of Commissioner

PROPOSITION

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

In in accordance with Article 18 (1) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, ~~which is concerned~~ ~~with the appointment of Commissioners to the Jersey Appointments Commission,~~ to appoint Professor Edward Sallis OBE, as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission for a period of four years.

Senator I Gorst

Chief Minister

REPORT

Jersey Appointments Commission:

Appointment of a Commissioner

Introduction:

Under the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, Part 4, The Jersey Appointments Commission is established. The Commission consists of a Chairman and not more than 4 other commissioners. The purpose of this report is in reference to paragraph 18(2) and (3) of this Law and the Chief Minister’s wish to appoint a replacement Commissioner and make this recommendation to the States of Jersey.

On 16th October 2012 the Chief Minister gained the approval of the States Employment Board to the appointment of Professor Edward Sallis OBE, as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission for a term of 4 years, with immediate effect from the date this appointment is agreed by the States Assembly. The Chief Minister and States Employment Board have agreed that for the first year of the appointment Professor Sallis should have no involvement in any appointment process relating to the Education, Sport and Culture Department

Background:

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

Name	Role	Period of office to date	Expiry date
Mr Brian Curtis	Chairman	6 years	February 2014
Mr Kenneth Soar	Commissioner	5 years	April 2015
Mr Julian Rogers	Commissioner	3 years	April 2013
Mr James Morris	Commissioner	2 years	April 2014

A competitive open appointment process was undertaken which complied with the Appointment Commission’s Code for Recruitment to Autonomous and Quasi-Autonomous Bodies and Tribunals.

The appointment panel was Senator Paul Routier, Assistant Minister Chief Minister’s Department, Mr Brian Curtis, Chairman of the Jersey Appointments Commission and Mr Mark Sinclair, HR Director and Executive Officer to the Jersey Appointments Commission.

The vacancy was advertised in Jersey and four candidates were invited to be considered for the Commissioner role. Two declined and in September 2012 two candidates were interviewed and assessed against the role description and person specification for the roles.

Professor Sallis OBE was assessed as a suitable candidate for the role.

Professor Sallis has operated at senior management and board level in the education sector, most recently in Jersey where he held the role of Principal and Chief Executive of Highlands College from 1997 to his retirement date in the summer of 2012.

Professor Sallis has further board experience with, amongst others, the Jersey Electoral Commission, Chairman of the Registration Board of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Trustee of the Jersey Heritage Trust, States of Jersey/Bretagne Groups de Travail, establishing closer economic and cultural relationships between Jersey and the Conseil General D’Ille et Vilaine (2006-2012), and previously Chairman of the British-Irish Council Digital Initiative (2002-2005).

Professor Sallis is a Fellow of the Institute of Directors and holds the Financial Times Non-Executive Director Certificate (2012)

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 appoint Professor Edward Sallis OBE as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission for a period of 4 years. For the first year of the appointment, Professor Sallis should have no involvement in any appointment process relating to the Education, Sport and Culture Department.

SC/HRD/181012