Issue - meetings

·         IT Training Needs Proposal

·         Support of Councillor IT Proposal

·         Customer Service Plan;

·         Joint IT Steering Group Terms of Reference.

The Strata IT Director presented the report proposing the introduction of a roving IT training resource to enable authorities to deliver a more professional approach to IT and enabling skills shortages to be identified and addressed. It would be an effective way of bringing in a training resource without one single authority having to carry the full cost. Using the existing defined processes for recruitment, it was intended to identify and shortlist suitable candidates for this role. The intention was for a suitable resource to be in place by 1 September 2018.

Members emphasised the vital need for this resource to also be made available to Councillors of all three authorities.

Strata Joint Scrutiny Committee supported the report.