24 April 2025

Human Resources Sub-Committee - 24 April 2025

Notice of Meeting

There will be a Meeting of the Human Resources Sub-Committee in Committee Room 1, Council Offices, Stornoway on Thursday 24 April 2025 at 11.30am. 

Date published: 16 April 2025

* It is recommended that, under the terms of Section 50A (4) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 the public, including the press, be excluded from the meeting during consideration of the following items on the grounds that exempt information as defined in Schedule 7A of the Act would be disclosed:

Items 3 to 21 and 23 to 24
Paragraph 1 – Information relating to a particular employee, former employee or applicant to become an employee of, or a particular officer holder or former office holder, or applicant to become an officer holder under, the Comhairle.

Agenda

Minute

  1. Minute of Meeting of 30 January 2025
  2. Declarations of Interest

Establishment of Post/Conditions of Service

  1. Establishment of Post – Technical Scanning/ Clerical Assistant
    Report by Chief Officer, Assets and Infrastructure
  2. Corporate IT – Extension of Temporary Posts
    Report by Chief Officer, Assets and Infrastructure
  3. Secondment to Children’s Services
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services
  4. Request to Extend Children’s Services Support Worker Posts through the Whole Family Wellbeing Fund (WFWF)
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services
  5. Extension of Post – ICT Support Officer Digital Services
    Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services
  6. Establishment of a Trainee Social Worker
    Report by Chief Social Work Officer
  7. Transition of Service User form Mainland Placement
    Report by Chief Officer, Partnership Services and Community Care
  8. Workforce Priorities – Uist Care Homes
    Report by Chief Officer Partnership Services and Community Care
  9. Establishment of Administrative Assistant Post and Increase Hours for Laundry Assistants at Harris House
    Report by Chief Officer Partnership Services and Community Care
  10. Partnership Service and Community Care Management Structure
    Report by Chief Officer Partnership Services and Community Care
  11. Extension of Post – Temporary Cleansing Labourer x2 – Uist
    Report by Head of Municipal Services
  12. Garage and Stores Administrator – Marybank Depot
    Report by Head of Municipal Services
  13. Gaelic Communities Officer
    Report by Chief Officer, Economic and Community Regeneration
  14. Economic Development Service Review
    Report by Chief Officer, Economic and Community Regeneration
  15. Building Standards Technical Support Officer
    Report by Chief Planner
  16. Temporary Staffing Arrangements to Facilitate Rebuild of Finance Systems
    Report by Chief Financial Officer
  17. Community Key Project Support Officer/ UK Shared Prosperity Fund
    Report by Chief Executive
  18. Economic and Community Regeneration – Workforce Plan 2025-26
    Report by Chief Officer, Economic and Community Regeneration
  19. HR and Performance Workforce Plan 2025/26
    Report by Chief Executive

Human Resources

  1. Employee Engagement Survey Results 2024
    Appendix

    Report by Chief Executive

Performance Monitoring

  1. Reports Outstanding
    Report by Chief Executive

Urgent Items

  1. Corporate and Schools IT Restructure Update
    Report by Chief Officer, Assets and Infrastructure

Membership

  • Mr Duncan MacInnes MBE (Chair)
  • Mr Iain M Macleod
  • Mr Paul Steele
  • Mr Uisdean Robertson
  • Mr Kenneth Macleod
  • Dr Frances Murray
  • Mr Norman Macdonald

Minute of Meeting

Minute will be published when available.