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Dear Great Yarmouth Borough Council,

Human Resources

Please inform me what questions were used in the interview for the Monitoring Officer/Head of Legal/Deputy Head of Legal roles?

Please inform me of the guided/model answers for the above interview?

Please inform me about what the interview comprised i.e. interview and presentation? psychometric testing?

Was an external organsiation instructed to carry out the above process?

Yours faithfully,

Linsey Preston

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Please note that my FOI relates to the role of Head of Legal or Chief Solicitor (or similar senior legal role within the Council)

Yours faithfully,

Linsey Preston

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Dear Linsey

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 – INFORMATION REQUEST – FOI-2021-704

 

Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is below.

 

Q. Please inform me what questions were used in the interview for the
Monitoring Officer/Head of Legal/Deputy Head of Legal roles?

A.

·       What attracted you to this role and what knowledge and experience
do you have that you will bring to this role?

·       Where are your knowledge gaps in leading the range of services
covered by this role?

·       What contributions will the service areas you lead make to the
corporate priorities?

·       How will you bring difficult employees or members on board? Give
us an example of when you have had to do this.

·       What would you do if you felt a service which was reporting to one
of your colleagues was not performing?

·       How would you promote a culture of effective performance and
financial management?

·       What key information/data would you expect to come across your
desk on a regular basis and what would you expect to report to the
Executive Leadership Team (ELT) and members on a regular basis?

·       How will you assess service performance in your own area of
responsibility, particularly given the contract arrangements with NpLaw?

·       What do you see as the particular challenges in this role and how
would you overcome them? Please give examples of where you have done this
previously.

·       You will regularly need to report to Council and Members, how will
you build the confidence of Members in undertaking this role?

·       Do you see yourself as a compliance officer or an enabler? Are the
two complementary?

 

Q. Please inform me of the guided/model answers for the above interview?

A. There were no model answers

 

Q. Please inform me about what the interview comprised i.e. interview and
presentation? psychometric testing?

A. A written application, presentation and panel interview.

 

Q. Was an external organisation instructed to carry out the above process?

A. No, the process was run by Great Yarmouth Borough Council.

 

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Yours sincerely

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Tina Bunn
Senior Democratic Services Officer
Corporate Services
Legal and Governance
Great Yarmouth Borough Council

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