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12/6/2017 CAO RECRUITMENT STRATEGY REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 4, 2017 Selecting a chief administrator is perhaps the most important decision that elected local officials will make for their community International City /County Management

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CAO RECRUITMENT STRATEGY

REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 4, 2017

“Selecting a chief administrator is perhaps the most important decision that elected local officials will make for their community”

International City /County Management Associaition (ICMA)

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AGENDA

KEY COMPONENTS OF THE RECRUITMENT PROCESS
OPTIONS FOR CONDUCTING THE RECRUITMENT
STAKEHOLDER INPUT
TIMEFRAMES
COST ESTIMATE TO SELECTION OF PREFERRED CANDIDATE

RECRUITMENT PROCESS

FRONT END PREPRATION

Development of CAO profile
Compensation and Contract Framework

ATTRACTING CANDIDATES

Community and organization information package
Attraction campaign
Applicant relations

SELECTION PROCESS

Review of applications
Shortlist of candidates
Interviewing candidates
Selection and reference checking

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OPTIONS CONSIDERED FOR CONDUCTING THE RECRUITMENT

In house
Outside expertise (recruitment firm)
Hybrid

PROCESS FRAMEWORK

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PROCESS ELEMENT ACTIVITIES OPTIONS FOR DELIVERY DECISION POINT FOR CITY COUNCIL FRONT END PREPARATION Development of “ideal candidate” profile

Attributes, skills,

knowledge and experience Determine the needs of City Council and the

rganization

In house Recruitment firm Hybrid Consensus of Council on final profile Compensation and contract framework

Market survey
Develop salary range

and terms of merit adjustments

Develop terms of the

employment agreement prior to negotiations (term, duties and authority, termination etc.) In house – committee with assistance from HR Approval by City Council

ANALYSIS SUMMARY cont.

PROCESS ELEMENT ACTIVITIES OPTIONS FOR DELIVERY DECISION ATTRACTING CANDIDATES

Develop candidate

information packet (consistent message

n job profile,
rganization,

community etc) Internal with directional support from recruitment firm CAO Search Committee

Search strategy –

determining the mix of techniques to be used in generating list of qualified candidates Recruitment firm CAO Search Committee to approve strategy

Managing applicant

relations (candidate status notification, confidentiality) Recruitment firm

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PROCESS ELEMENT ACTIVITIES OPTIONS FOR DELIVERY DECISION SELECTION PROCESS Review of applications and selection of candidates for interviews CAO Search Committee Recruitment Firm Hybrid CAO Search Committee Interviewing

Structuring the

interview

Selecting interview

questions As above City Council Selection of preferred candidate City Council Reference checking

STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FOR DEVELOPING CAO PROFILE

STAKEHOLDER OPTIONS FOR PROVIDING INPUT RESPONSIBILITY City Staff

Interviews
Survey

Recruitment firm Interest groups and individual citizens

CIC (Jan. 15/18)
Online survey

City Council Recruitment firm

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NEXT STEPS

Circulate request for proposals for recruitment support ‐ response by

third week January, 2018

Interview and selection of support consultant first week February,

2018

Timeline to selection target mid‐April