Decision details

Establishment of a 24 Month Fixed Term Technology Officer post within the Joint ICT service

Decision Maker: Managing Director

Decision status: Recommendations Approved

Is Key decision?: No

Is subject to call in?: No

Decision:

To establish a 24-month fixed term Technology Officer Post and to recruit to the post within the Joint ICT team.

Reasons for the decision:

To establish a 24-month fixed term Technology Officer post and to recruit to the post.

State how the decision complies with the Council Plan.

The Joint ICT service is unable to fulfil the current demands on the service without additional technical resources.

The cost of this temporary post will cost approximately £108,000 for the two years and will be funded by reserves in the Joint ICT Budget. This is proportionally funded by the three authorities, Bolsover, Derbyshire Dales and North East Derbyshire District Councils.

Alternative options considered:

Do nothing - will put the Service at risk of not being able to deliver the Joint ICT SLA and putting the Council at an increased risk of a cyber-attack.

Appoint a permanent post – This will take longer to approve and cause delays to the recruitment.

Publication date: 11/09/2025

Date of decision: 05/09/2025