Agency appointed to recruit next shire ceo

A recruitment agency has been engaged to assist Baw Baw Shire find a new chief executive officer.

However, the process is expected to take four to six months.

Council has engaged Davidson Executive Recruitment to undertake the recruitment campaign to fill the vacant ceo position.

Estimated cost for the recruitment process is $35,000.

Shire ceo Helen Anstis announced her resignation in January and finished with the organisation on February 8.

Council’s community assets director Phil Cantillon has since been appointed interim ceo.

The shire’s human resources manager Andrew Mifsud facilitated the interview process of recruitment agencies, which occurred on February 23.

Davidson Executive Recruitment was appointed after receiving a unanimous consensus from councillors.

Mayor Joe Gauci said all nine councillors were comfortable with the agency selection after conducting an exhaustive and thorough shortlisting and selection process.

“Having the right agency to conduct the recruitment campaign is critical to ensure our future ceo has the right attitude, skill set and experience to best steer the organisation for the next five years.

“Davidson Executive Recruitment has been selected to head the recruitment campaign based on their extensive experience in corporate level human resourcing and will be inviting applications on behalf of council for the ceo role.

“We now look forward to getting the process underway and working closely with Davidson Executive Recruitment to find the best possible candidate to lead our organisation into the future,” Cr Gauci said.

Acting corporate and community services director Malcolm Lewis said they anticipated the recruitment process will take between four to six months.

“This estimated timeframe is dependent on the number of applications received for the role,” he said.

Mr Lewis said the $35,000 cost reflected an accepted industry practice in order to recruit a high calibre ceo.