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)
  2. Accredited Training and Skills
    (Report by Chief Executive)
  3. Gaelic Specific Grant Funded Posts
    (Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)
  4. Gaelic Evaluation and Information Officer
    (Report by Team Leader Heritage and Culture)
  5. Principal Teacher for Gaelic: Sir E Scott School
    (Report by Chief Officer, Education and Children’s Services)
  6. Establishment of FTE Assistant Cook, Taigh Shiphoirt
    (Report by Head of Partnership and Community Services)

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.