Feeble Worst Street

takes easy way out

and downgrades job

Not for the first time, Boston Borough Council is parading its ability to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory – this time with a Sits Vac job advert on its website.

Regular readers will recall that back in January, Worst Street advertised a newly-created top job for a Head of Service: Economic Development and Growth – “a high profile appointment … (with) responsibility for providing strategic, visionary and organisational leadership in all aspects of inward investment, growth and wider regeneration and economic development for the Borough.”

Not just a high profile job either – a highly-paid one at £65,000.

As is so often the case, though, the rot set in almost before the ink on the advert was dry.

Worst Street appointed a high-powered recruitment firm to find the right candidate – but with the advert appearing so soon after Christmas there were no takers.

Undaunted, the council told the head hunters to look for a head with a smaller hat size – and came up with three candidates who might do the job at a pinch.

After months of agonising, the chosen candidate changed his mind, leaving the council back at square zero.

But there were some benefits from the exercise – for the recruitment company Veredus … which charged Worst Street more than £16,000 for advertising and its time.

Now, Boston Borough Council is at it again – with a new job advert for a lower grade post at a salary of £25,000 below the original – a paltry £40,000 …“to lead on economic development”

Whilst it is still “a high profile role” it is also being referred to as “an exciting opportunity to be stretched and develop new skills”

The advert claims that “Boston Borough Council is developing a clear vision for the future development of our Borough that will see us address potential for economic growth as well as housing need and celebrating our rich heritage” – but somehow, we can’t see that coming off.

Closing date for applicants is midnight on 17^th July.

But from what we’ve heard, the plan is to appoint someone who is already on the staff – which seems to be the rule rather than the exception with top jobs in Worst Street.

Consider the hillbilly clans of Kentucky.

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