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Lowestoft College Corporation - Committees
It is the responsibility of the Corporation to strategically determine the education character of the College and to ensure that the resources that it is responsible for are used effectively efficiently and with probity. This means that there are a wide range of issues to be considered from teaching for learning strategies to personnel planning and financial budgeting and forecasting. To help members of the Corporation carry out these responsibilities and duties more effectively sub-committees, some a statutory requirement, have been established to concentrate on specific aspects of College life. They enable members to use their skills and knowledge to review, monitor and evaluate issues in depth so that appropriate action can be taken, and relied on, by the board as a whole.
These committees are the:
• Audit Committee – required by statute and responsible for ensuring that there are appropriate systems and controls in place for effective and efficient operations. There is a requirement that Corporation appoint a firm of internal auditors (currently Bentley Jennison) and financial statements auditors (KPMG) to carry out the necessary tests and work closely with the Audit Committee which monitors their performance.
• Search Committee – also required by statute and, as its name suggests, is responsible for ensuring that membership of the Corporation is maintained in line with the requirements of the Instruments and Articles of Government and is supported by appropriate skills and experience.
• Personnel Committee - concentrates on all aspects of human resource management and planning.
• Estates and Finance – which looks closely at financial, budgetary and issues of expenditure which relate to buildings and equipment.
• LOWES LTD – the College Company which specifically deals with all commercial activity, non LSC funded, carried out by the College.
• Remuneration – the Corporation is responsible for all aspects of employment and conditions of service relating to Senior Post Holders in the College. This committee advises on such matters. Currently the Senior Post Holders are the Principal, the Vice-principals and the Clerk to the Corporation. The Principal has delegated authority to deal with all other staff on behalf of the Corporation.
For more detailed terms of reference for each committee please refer to Section in Standing Orders
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