Applications for the permanent chief executive post at Pembrokeshire County Council will be considered next week.

The council’s senior staff committee is due to meet on Monday, February 8 to consider a long-list of applications submitted for the position left vacant by Ian Westley’s departure late last year.

An interim chief executive, the authority’s Richard Brown, was appointed before Christmas to cover the role until a permeant replacement is found.

A job description and advertisement schedule was agreed by the committee at a meeting on December 2, with recruitment company GatenbySanderson implementing the media schedule and specific adverts.

An advert in the Municipal Journal (MJ) was approved, costing £5,550, as well as a Sunday Times advert costing £2,800.

A high impact social media campaign was launched, at a cost of £950 along with a ‘microsite’ advertising vacant positions, which cost £2,800.

GatenbySanderson’s fees of £14,850 were also approved by the committee at that meeting.

The applications will be discussed in private by the committee.