Cabinet Warrants Of Office

Deputy - Lifelong Learning Services Brief The Deputy is responsible for all matters relating to the Council's affairs in respect of the lifelong learning services brief. As such, the deputy is responsible for liaising with other members of the Cabinet, particularly where matters within the brief affect other aspects of Council business or affect the Borough. The Deputy is responsible for ensuring appropriate consultation with partners and the community on matters within the lifelong learning services brief. The Deputy will work closely with a designated Cabinet Secretary with specific responsibilities under the lifelong learning services brief.

Councillor Gerald Cooney Cabinet Deputy (Lifelong Learning Services)

Terms of Reference

• To have overall responsibility for;
  • general education services policy
  • special education needs
  • application and management of the Buildings Register
  • internal schools QA and advisory service
  • libraries and lifelong learning
  • Cultural Services (via Project Head - Heritage and Tourism)
  • responsible for programme and financial monitoring of all related activities
  • to oversee the conduct of the Local, Parliamentary and European Elections
  • and act as the Head of Lifelong Learning Services.
• In consultation with the Executive Leader, to represent and act as an ambassador for the Authority.
• To represent the Council's views on matters of corporate or strategic policy and any other matters which are within the Deputy's terms of reference.
• To request or commission research and other studies on any matters of policy or service provision within these terms of reference.
• To appoint or nominate the Authority's representatives on outside bodies/organisations that fall within these terms of reference.
• To adopt and review on an annual basis the service plans for lifelong learning services covered by these terms of reference.
• To take up corporate membership of any appropriate body or organisation whose objectives are considered to be beneficial to the pursuit of the Authority's own activities.
• To take urgent provisional decisions on matters which fall within the Deputy's terms of reference.
• To work with other Cabinet members on matters, as directed by the Executive Leader.
• To submit to the Cabinet;
  • proposals on how to agree annual budget allocations between services covered by these terms of reference
  • recommendations in respect of strategic policy concerning matters covered by these terms of reference
  • all responses to consultation papers, relating to these terms of reference, issued by the Government and outside organisations
  • annual estimates of expenditure and income in respect of services covered by these terms of reference
  • all policy and/or operational matters which have corporate implications or which cross the remits of other individual deputies
• To lead on energy savings and reduction in carbon emissions within the terms of reference with particular emphasis re energy use in schools and awareness amongst children in schools.