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STATES OF JERSEY
JERSEY APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION: RE-APPOINTMENT OF MEMBER
Lodged au Greffe on 25th June 2013 by the Chief Minister
STATES GREFFE
2013 Price code: A P.79
PROPOSITION
THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion
in accordance with Article 18(7) of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, which is concerned with the re-appointment of Commissioners to the Jersey Appointments Commission, to re-appoint Mr. Julian Rogers, as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission until 23rd February 2014.
CHIEF MINISTER
REPORT
Introduction
The Jersey Appointments Commission is established under the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, Part 4.
The duty of the Jersey Appointments Commission is to oversee the recruitment of States' employees and States' appointees, in order to ensure that appointments are fair and conducted in accordance with best practice principles.
The Commission consists of a Chairman and 4 other Commissioners. The Commissioners are required to meet 4 times per year, to contribute to the production of guidelines that will apply to States' employees or States' appointees, to audit recruitment and to oversee recruitment to senior posts.
The purpose of this report is in reference to Article 18(7) of this Law that permits the re-appointment of a Commissioner if the total period appointed is less than 8 years.
The Chief Minister wishes to recommend to the States of Jersey the re-appointment of Mr. Julian Rogers as a Commissioner, for a second term, until 23rd February 2014. Mr. Rogers will have been appointed for a total period of 4 years and 10 months in 2014.
On 23rd May 2013, the Chief Minister gained the approval of the States Employment Board to the re-appointment of Mr. Julian Rogers and concluded that there would be merit in the timescale for this re-appointment coinciding with the expiry date of the current Chairman's term of office.
Background
The membership of the Jersey Appointments Commission, their periods of office to date and expiry of their current appointments, are –
Name | Role | Period of office to date | Expiry date |
Mr. Brian Curtis | Chairman | 7 years (including 1 as Chair) | February 2014 |
Mr. Julian Rogers | Commissioner | 4 years | April 2013 |
Mr. Kenneth Soar | Commissioner | 6 years | April 2015 |
Professor Edward Sallis | Commissioner | Appointed 2013 | February 2014 |
Mr. James Morris | Commissioner | 3 years | February 2014 |
Mr. Julian Rogers, MA, MBA has been resident in Jersey since 1975 and owns and runs a software company working with a wide range of clients. He developed and ran early adult IT Training courses while a full-time lecturer with the Business Studies department at Highlands.
He has been Chairman of the States Members Remuneration Review Body since 2004 and held roles with the University of the Third Age, Jersey and the Probus Club of Jersey
He is a commercially-endorsed Yacht Master.
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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 re-appoint Mr. Julian Rogers as a Commissioner of the Jersey Appointments Commission for a period until 23rd February 2014.