Jersey Appointments Commission: appointment of Commissioners.

STATES OF JERSEY

JERSEY APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION: APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS

Lodged au Greffe on 30th March 2015 by the Chief Minister

STATES GREFFE

2015   Price code: B  P.33

PROPOSITION

THE STATES are asked to decide whether they are of opinion

in  accordance  with  Article 18(1)  of  the  Employment  of  States  of  Jersey Employees  (Jersey)  Law  2005,  to  appoint  the  following  persons  as Commissioners of the Jersey Appointments Commission, each appointment being for the period stated against their name in the table below –

New appointments

Mr. Richard Plaster Ms. Louise Read

Mrs. Jennifer Carnegie

Re-appointment

Professor Ed Sallis, O.B.E.

3 years 4 years 4 years

18 months.

CHIEF MINISTER

REPORT

Introduction

Under Part 4 of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, The Jersey Appointments Commission is established. The Commission consists of a Chairman and not more than 4 other Commissioners. The purpose of this proposition is in reference to paragraph 18(1) of this Law, under which the Chief Minister wishes to appoint 4 Commissioners.

An open and robust recruitment process was conducted and, on 23rd March 2015, the States  Employment  Board  agreed  to  recommend  the  appointment  of  3 new Commissioners and the re-appointment of an existing Commissioner. The persons selected and their periods of appointment are –

Background

Currently the membership of the Jersey Appointments Commission and the expiry dates for their periods of office are –

The Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005, Part 4, allows for Commissioners to serve a maximum of 8 years. Current Commissioners eligible for re-appointment were entitled to apply.

The Appointments Panel comprised Connétable J. Gallichan of St. Mary , the Rt. Hon. Dame  Janet  Paraskeva,  Chair  of  the  Jersey  Appointments  Commission,  and Mr. Richard  Stevens,  Director of  Human  Resources  and  Executive  Officer to  the Jersey Appointments Commission.

An open, transparent and robust appointments process was conducted in accordance with  the  Appointments  Commission's  Code  for  Recruitment  to  Autonomous  and Quasi-Autonomous Bodies and Tribunals. There was a local advertisement placed in the Jersey Evening Post and the vacancy notice was posted on the States of Jersey government  website.  The  search  for  candidates  was  supported  by  a  local  agent, Rosy Dessain, and Charles Clarke of Thomas and Dessain.

At the onset of the recruitment process, the Panel determined that it would seek to appoint as diverse a field of Commissioners as possible, and the recruitment campaign was planned with the aim of achieving this.

Twenty-nine people applied for the role and, on 24th February, the Panel reviewed all applications and shortlisted 8 candidates to be invited to an interview. One of the current  Commissioners  applied  and  was  shortlisted.  One  candidate  subsequently withdrew her application. As part of the interview process, candidates wrote a report on  a  proposed  audit  procedure  the  Jersey  Appointments  Commission  plans  to introduce.

The  Appointments  Panel  held  interviews  with  the  7 candidates  on  2nd,  3rd  and 4th March 2015, and concluded that 5 candidates were suitable for appointment.

The  candidates  selected  for  appointment  have  a  range  of  experience,  including previous involvement in local independent bodies at a senior level, strong Human Resources  experience,  knowledge  of  the  States,  audit  expertise  and  excellent transferrable general skills.

Successful candidates Richard Plaster

Richard is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Management and a Chartered Director of the Institute of Directors.

He  is  currently  a  Director  of  Law  at  Work  C.I.  Ltd.  and  was  previously  the Commercial and Human Resources Director at Jersey Electricity.

Richard  is  an  experienced  Chartered  Director,  Human  Resource  professional  and accredited Dispute mediator, with significant strategic, operational, human resource and commercial leadership experience. He has wide experience in the fields of public relations and media, business and government. Richard previously served 3 years as Deputy Chairman and 3 years as Chairman of the Jersey Employment Forum, and 5 years as Chairman of the Jersey Skills Board.

Louise Read

Louise is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants and holds the Institute of Directors' Certificate and Diploma in Company Direction. She trained in accountancy at   Price waterhouseCoopers  Jersey  and  held  the  position  of  Group  Financial Accountant at Jersey Post.

Louise is currently the Director and Secretary to the Board of the C.I. Competition and Regulatory Authorities and is an experienced Board Director with skills in strategy development, corporate governance and risk management. As a former Finance and Operations  Director,  Louise  has  experience  in  key  decision-making  in  complex regulatory and political environments, as well as developing teams, implementing strategy and organisational transformation.

Jennifer Carnegie

Jennifer  is  a  senior  global  director  with  experience  in  the  development  and management of talent across diverse geographies, cultures and businesses. She has insight into the critical interaction between learning and development and business performance, founded on commercial and operation experience. Her expertise spans project stakeholder and resource management, combined with tactical leadership.

Jennifer is currently a Director and Co-Founder of Amicus Ltd., a global strategic leadership consultancy. She was previously the Global Director for Mars Incorporated, and set up Mars Corporate University, working closely with its Chairman. In the past, Jennifer was an NVQ Assessor, an Investors in People' Assessor, and a part-time lecturer teaching business studies, business law and international marketing.

Jennifer is returning to Jersey from Bermuda, to join her husband Joe, who is the Emergency Planning Officer for the States.

Professor Ed Sallis, O.B.E.

Professor Sallis has been a  member of the Jersey Appointments Commission for 2 years, and previously held senior leadership roles in colleges in London, Berkshire, Somerset,  Surrey  and  Bristol  before  moving  to  Jersey  17 years  ago  to  become Principal of Highlands College.

He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and Fellow of the Institute of Directors. Since retiring from Highlands, Professor Sallis has held a portfolio of non- executive and consultancy roles in Jersey and the UK, and holds a Financial Times post-graduate Non-Executive Director diploma.

Current  roles  include –  Chairman  of  the  Education  and  Training  Foundation's Making Maths and English Work for All' Review, a major review of vocational basic skills  qualifications  commissioned  by  the  UK  Minister  of  State  for  Skills;  and Chairman of the Register Advisory Board of the British Association for Counselling and  Psychotherapy,  a  professional  body  with  charitable  status,  which  has 40,000 members.  Professor  Sallis  is  a  Trustee  of  Jersey  Heritage  and  a  Visiting Professor  at  Plymouth  University.  He  has  written  a  number  of  management  and leadership  publications,  and  gained  awards  and  honours including  the  O.B.E.  for Services to Education in the 2010 New Year Honours List.

Financial and manpower implications

The States Employment Board agreed in January 2015 that the method of payment of Commissioners would be changed to an annual payment of £5,000, as opposed to the current method of remuneration based on days and hours worked. The expenditure on these Commissioners' fees will be a total of £20,000 per annum funded from within the existing budget.