Slick video to lure £80,000 Shropshire Council venture boss
The search has begun for an £80,000-a-year managing director to lead the new company which will run many Shropshire Council services at a profit.
http://youtu.be/MDbUymOc0AI
The search has begun for an £80,000-a-year managing director to lead the new company which will run many Shropshire Council services at a profit.
Adverts appeared in the national press last weekend and the slick recruitment video above has also been posted online.
The successful applicant will be in charge of setting up the new company, Inspiring Partnerships and Enterprise.
The company will run a number of council services for profit, eventually employing thousands of people who currently work for the council.
It will be owned by Shropshire Council and a share of its profits will be returned to the authority.
Council leader Keith Barrow, also unpaid chairman of ip&e group, said: “I look forward to seeing applications from outstanding individuals with clear ambitions to progress our company in the future.
“The salary for the job will be £80,000, with performance related pay, and although this is maybe much lower than for other similar positions of this type, we are sure that we will be able to attract an experienced, high calibre professional.”
Further details on the job and what it involves can be seen at www.ipande.co.uk
Meanwhile, Shropshire Council was meeting today to decide if Councillor Barrow should be given special dispensation to carry out his role as leader of the council and chairman of ip&e.
Comments for: "Slick video to lure £80,000 Shropshire Council venture boss"
Powys Geezer
That music is so annoying! And I didn't notice any mention of Shropshire at all!
eva land
For starters the advert looked like the concept, written on the back of a fag packet or your son's old exercise book from school.
Secondly what will happen to Kim Ryley's well paid job?
Thirdly, does this mean we will all be paying more for council services so that a private company can pocket the money raised.
As taxpayers we pay for our council so presumably we will be paying twice.
Will councillors have any role at all?
They used to be paid expenses only in the past, so now they earn allowances that constitute an income for performing this role. If they now want it to be handed to a private company why are we being expected to pay for it?
Presumably the services will be those private companies struggle to run as businesses but with the backing of the tax payers combined with very low salaries it's a win win situation, except for Joe Public.
ph7
How much di that cost in these cash strapped times. At least two officer salaries I bet.
eagle
Having worked for local government during the period of CCT, in house contracts were always treated as an arm’s length company, which operated quite separately allowing the Direct Service Operations to run with very little influence from Councillors
The approach to appoint Cllr Barrow in a two hated role will only lead to the private enterprise being undermined and subjected to the Red Tape of Local Authority Work. It is also wrong for a two hated approach which could lead to untold pressures on dedicated staff, by threats that all ties with the Council will be cut unless profits are made. Bullying at its best.
I do ask when the legislation was changed to allow Councils to operate in the private sector putting at risk Council Tax Revenue in other words, our money, if losses are occurred on private initiatives
Other concerns over the new company, its overheads, will they be forced to pay for services within the Council or allowed the freedom to seek support from the private sector, also will the enterprise be responsible for paying for Local Democracy, i.e. Councillors Expenses. If this enterprise is allowed to seek help from the private sector how many staff will be made redundant.
Finally how many staff will be working for Shropshire Council in a client capacity with the same remit as now, but then being transferred to a new role of contract preparation and monitoring, which in the past has seen more officers monitoring contracts than managers running them.
Powys Geezer
"The approach to appoint Cllr Barrow in a two hated role ..."
Very good, Eagle, Freudian slip no doubt.