Details on advertisements for Chief Executive Officer post in 2016

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Dear West Sussex County Council,

Please provide me with the details of all the places where the vacancy in 2016 for West Sussex County Council’s Chief Executive Officer post was advertised, and please send me a copy of that or those vacancy notices in full.

Yours faithfully,

Andrew Rowson

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Kerry Rickman

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Dear Andrew Rowson

Ref: WSCC$1484272 FOI 1082251/LVC-AR-HR (Media)

I refer to your request dated 14/11/2018, which has been dealt with under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

Your request was for:\

Please provide me with the details of all the places where the vacancy in 2016 for West Sussex County Council’s Chief Executive Officer post was advertised, and please send me a copy of that or those vacancy notices in full.

We have now completed a search for the information which you requested and I confirm the Authority holds information relevant to the request.

Please find below (and attached) our response

The role of Chief Executive was advertised in the Municipal Journal (MJ) (in print), and on-line adverts appeared on the following websites/job-boards: LocalGov, The Sunday Times and Exec Appointments.

The advert is attached.

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