Quality of MHKs

[2112]

@Roger Mexico would the outcomes be any different if the recruitment process, in particular for executive and ceo roles etc were handled by a specialist off island recruitment company, especially one’s experienced in recruitment for UK councils and public and local authority bodies? They should know what to look for on a CV, and what their client wants and needs?

[StrangeBrew]

35 minutes ago, Roger Mexico said:

 

The interesting thing (also raised in the Moulton discussion) is why Malone was confirmed so quickly - it took DJ Dan three and a half years at DHA to move from being 'acting', Malone was less than a month.  Presumably Greenhow's influence was important.

I think the time it took to appoint a permanent CEO of DHA may have been down to uncertainty over the future of DHA than anything else. There was talk of it being dismantled. They only went out to recruit a permanent CEO when the decision to keep DHA was made. 

Edited May 29, 2022 by StrangeBrew
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[Roger Mexico]

21 minutes ago, 2112 said:

@Roger Mexico would the outcomes be any different if the recruitment process, in particular for executive and ceo roles etc were handled by a specialist off island recruitment company, especially one’s experienced in recruitment for UK councils and public and local authority bodies? They should know what to look for on a CV, and what their client wants and needs?

I think it might actually make it worse - to some extent the HR problems are caused by them mimicking the UK HR guidelines anyway.  As with so many British management positions the aim with such LA posts in the UK seems to be to get people who use the right jargon and fit in with the corporate ethos, rather than anyone who can actually do the specific job.  Anyone who follow Private Eye's Rotten Boroughs column will know how that often turns out.  Reading any LA website and looking at the job titles is usually depressing enough.

And it's also true that to some extent the Island is 'different'.  Any role here will both reflect the smaller size of population but greater potential autonomy.  We ought to attract people who want to try new things and sometimes we do with people like Ranson (and hopefully Cope) but there is clearly opposition from those who like to think of themselves as nationally important (and be paid accordingly) but consider all they need to do is blindly follow England.

[Roger Mexico]

41 minutes ago, StrangeBrew said:

I think the time it took to appoint a permanent CEO of DHA may have been down to uncertainty over the future of DHA than anything else. There was talk of it being dismantled. They only went out to recruit a permanent CEO when the decision to keep DHA was made. 

That was certainly the excuse being used, though it was wearing thin.  It was never clear what they wanted to replace it with and there would need to be a lot of legislation to change anything.  Whether the two expansionary empires of the AG's Office and Cabinet Office were both eyeing it is possible.