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Dear Doncaster Borough Council,
I would like to request the following information:-

1) A copy of the national advert for the recent appointment of Director of Learning, Opportunity, Skills and Culture. I would like to know how many people were shortlisted and interviewed and who by. If this is not available please provide an explanation
2) How many people applied, were shortlisted and interviewed for the Attendance Service Manager post. Please specify the job title and grades of the interview panel.
3) Please provide details of the process used to engage DKC Associates, including and supporting documents for the tender process and a decision record for the initial work and subsequent work.

Yours faithfully,

Angel Cooke

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Dear Angel,

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

During the coronavirus outbreak the council has diverted resources to other essential services. We therefore will not be responding to your request for information at this time. We will register your request and respond when resources are available.

Yours Sincerely

Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
Doncaster Council

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Dear Freedom of Information Requests,
Please can you advise me in what way resources have been redirected. This is a question for Human Resources, who are still working in Human Resources and therefore have not been redeployed elsewhere. They are no busier than they usually are. I'd like a proper response to enable me to decide whether to go to the ICO.

Yours sincerely,

Angel Cooke

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Dear Ms Cooke,

The Council’s priority at this time is responding to the issues facing its residents and supporting them therefore some members of staff are currently working in different roles and assisting other teams so that essential services within the council can remain available. As a result of the current situation the Council has had to take the decision to prioritise its efforts and pause the provision of some services, including Freedom of Information (FOI) and divert its resources towards Front line provision.

We will of course respond to your request for information when resources are available.

I hope this clarifies the current situation regarding your FOI request.

Kind regards

Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
Doncaster Council

Address Floor Two, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU Website www.doncaster.gov.uk

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Dear Freedom of Information Requests,
I note that the Council is now resuming its 'functional realignment' of services which is to include reductions in posts. Therefore if a fullscale restructure can be carried out this indicates you have the resources to respond to my FOI request. If you fail to do so by 23rd June I will inform the ICO citing the relevant business as usual process which are continuing, such as recruitment, redundancies, 60+ senior managers in a senior management meeting at once.

Yours sincerely,

Angel Cooke

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

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Ms Cooke, please find attached letter and supporting documents  in
response to your recent FOI request.

Regards

Julie Murphy
FOI Lead Officer / Senior HR&OD Officer

Corporate Resources

Doncaster Council

Phone       01302 737618

Address    Floor One, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU

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Website     [2]www.doncster.gov.uk

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Dear Ms Murphy
Thank you for your response. However for question 1 I wanted a copy of the national advert. The document presented was a word document and does not provide evidence that the post was advertised nationally. Please provide evidence of this.

Secondly, could I ask why (1) there were only 2 people on the interview panel for the Attendance Service Manager post when there should be 3. I have also been previously told that the panel should only consist of people who are a grade higher than post being interviewed for. Please advise on this and provide information on the decision making process including a copy of the approved recruitment form.

Thirdly, CPR waivers are generally not supported in the Council and I don't accept that the reasons for the waiver. I also understand that Mr Coulson, is now working in a different role (not advertised), therefore please supply the ODR for this decision and an explanation for my points.

Yours sincerely,

Angel Cooke

Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Dear Angel,

Re: Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000

Thank you for your request for information.

I can confirm your request has been passed to the relevant department who will endeavour to search for any information held and provide you with a response as soon as is possible. This will be within 20 working days and in any case by the 29th July 2020.

Please note that some service areas within the Council are still working on the response to Covid-19 and therefore may not be available to respond to your request at this time. Should this be the case with regard to your request, please be assured we will contact you to advise you further.

Yours sincerely

Craig Miller
Information Governance Officer
Information Governance Team
Corporate Resources
Doncaster Council

Address Floor Two, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster DN1 3BU Website www.doncaster.gov.uk

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Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Dear Ms Cooke, with regards to your email below I just want to update you on what is happening with your queries:

Point 1 - you requested: A copy of the national advert for the recent appointment of Director of Learning, Opportunity, Skills and Culture. I would like to know how many people were shortlisted and interviewed and who by. If this is not available please provide an explanation.
My response was that the advert (pdf version supplied) appeared on Doncaster Council’s recruitment website during March 2020. One person was shortlisted and interviewed. The interview was carried out by members of the Chief Officer Appointments Committee.
As it now appears that you want to see the actual advert in print (i.e. on the website), I have liaised with Rotherham Council who administer the job adverts on our behalf. The website in question is accessible by anyone who has access to the Internet. From the applications made via this website, shortlisting was then done (as detailed above). Once I receive Rotherham's response as to whether they can retrieve the advert information I will update you further.

Points 2 and 3 - the team that administers our FOI's have recorded this as a new FOI and a response will be sent to you within the appropriate timescales.

I hope this helps
Kind regards
Julie Murphy
Senior HR&OD Officer
Corporate Resources
Phone: 01302 737618

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From: Angel Cooke <[FOI #667271 email]>
Sent: 01 July 2020 12:38
To: Freedom of Information Requests <[email address]>
Subject: Re: FOI 63696 Cooke

Dear Ms Murphy
Thank you for your response. However for question 1 I wanted a copy of the national advert. The document presented was a word document and does not provide evidence that the post was advertised nationally. Please provide evidence of this.

Secondly, could I ask why (1) there were only 2 people on the interview panel for the Attendance Service Manager post when there should be 3. I have also been previously told that the panel should only consist of people who are a grade higher than post being interviewed for. Please advise on this and provide information on the decision making process including a copy of the approved recruitment form.

Thirdly, CPR waivers are generally not supported in the Council and I don't accept that the reasons for the waiver. I also understand that Mr Coulson, is now working in a different role (not advertised), therefore please supply the ODR for this decision and an explanation for my points.

Yours sincerely,

Angel Cooke

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Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

Dear Ms Cooke, following on from my email below I have now received information from Rotherham Council.
Please see the link below which should take you to the avert that was published for the post in question.
https://ce0351li.webitrent.com/ce0351li_...
I trust this meets with your request.
Regards
Julie Murphy
FOI Lead Officer / Senior HR&OD Officer Corporate Resources Doncaster Council
Phone       01302 737618
Address    Floor One, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU
Email         [email address]
Website     www.doncster.gov.uk Follow MyDoncaster on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news
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Freedom of Information Requests, Doncaster Borough Council

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Please find attached response and supporting documents for your recent FOI
request.

Regards

Julie Murphy
FOI Lead Officer / Senior HR&OD Officer

Corporate Resources

Doncaster Council

Phone       01302 737618

Address    Floor One, Civic Office, Waterdale, Doncaster, DN1 3BU

Email         [1][email address]

Website     [2]www.doncster.gov.uk

Follow MyDoncaster on Twitter and Facebook for the latest news

 

Please treat this e-mail as confidential. If you have received this e-mail
and it is not addressed to you, please accept my apologies and inform me
as soon as possible

 

 

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