Members of the Isle of Wight council’s Employment sub-committee are recommending current Deputy Managing Director, John Metcalfe, for the role of Chief Executive Officer.
As reported last week, the Employment Committee met on Thursday to make their final deliberation on who should be recommended for the role.
Recruitment consultants, Gatenby Sanderson, who, at a cost of £19,000, were brought in by the council to find the right person for the job, received 26 applications for the post.
The recruitment campaign went out to the open market, following a decision by the full council in September.
Recommended by current MD
Current Managing Director, Dave Burbage, shared the news with staff in his weekly newsletter, say the County Press.
It was Dave who’d originally recommended John Metcalfe for the role, when the changes to senior staff structures were approved in April. At that point, Dave announced he would leave the council in March 2016.
MD resigned early
However, he told councillors later in the year that if they voted to go out to the open market to find his replacement rather than promote the current deputy, he’d leave at Christmas 2015 instead.
Dave resigned from his post at the end of September.
Dave Burbage told OnTheWight today,
“I am delighted that following a rigorous recruitment process culminating in interviews by the Employment Sub-committee, on Thursday it was agreed to recommend that John Metcalfe, our deputy managing director, should be offered the post of chief executive.
“The recommendation goes to Full Council next Wednesday 25 November. John is a very able officer and I know will make a great success of the role.”
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