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Jersey Appointments Commission: re-appointment of Commissioner

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STATES OF JERSEY

JERSEY APPOINTMENTS COMMISSION: RE-APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONER

Lodged au Greffe on 17th October 2016 by the States Employment Board

STATES GREFFE

2016  P.106

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 re-appoint Professor Edward Sallis, O.B.E. as  a  Commissioner  of  the  Jersey  Appointments  Commission,  until 31st October 2017.

STATES EMPLOYMENT BOARD

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REPORT

Introduction

The Jersey Appointments Commission is established under Part 4 of the Employment of States of Jersey Employees (Jersey) Law 2005 ("the Law").

The  function  of  the  Jersey  Appointments  Commission ("JAC") is  to oversee  the recruitment of States' employees and States' appointees, so as to ensure that, as far as practicable, appointments are fair, efficient and conducted in accordance with best practice principles and are made on merit.

The  Commission  consists  of  a  Chairman  and  4  other  Commissioners.  The Commissioners are required to meet at least 4 times each 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.

Article 18 of the Law ("Membership of Commission") (see paragraphs (1), (5) and (7)) allows for Commissioners to serve for a maximum of 8 years.

The current membership of the JAC (including the expiry dates of their appointments) is as follows –

 

Name

Role

Appointment start date

Appointment expiry date

Dame Janet Paraskeva

Chairman

September 2014

September 2018

Ms. Gailina Liew

Commissioner and Deputy Chairman

December 2015

December 2018

Mrs. Louise Read

Commissioner

May 2015

April 2019

Mr. Richard Plaster

Commissioner

May 2015

April 2018

Professor Edward Sallis, O.B.E.

Commissioner

2013

October 2016

Background

Professor Sallis has been a member of the JAC for a period of 3 years and 9 months. He has previously held senior leadership roles in colleges in London, Berkshire, Somerset, Surrey and Bristol, before moving to Jersey in 1997 to become Principal of Highlands College, a role which he held until his retirement in the summer of 2012.

Professor Sallis is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a Fellow of the Institute  of  Directors,  and  holds  a  Financial  Times  post-graduate  Non-Executive Director Diploma. He was awarded an O.B.E. for his services to Education in the 2010 New Year's Honours List.

Since retiring from Highlands, Professor Sallis has held a portfolio of non-executive and consultancy roles in both Jersey and the U.K. He is Chairman of Jersey Heritage and a Visiting Professor at Plymouth University. He has written a number of management and leadership publications.

Financial and manpower implications

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.

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