Chief officer of CYPES announces his departure date

THE chief officer of the CYPES department has told colleagues that he will be leaving his role in two weeks’ time. Rob Sainsbury, who took charge of Children, Young People, Education and Skills in October 2021 in an interim capacity and was appointed to the role permanently in December 2022, ended a period of uncertainty about his future yesterday, saying he would finish work on 31 October. Mr Sainsbury, who initially moved to Jersey in February 2018 as director of the General Hospital, told colleagues that he needed to give full attention to important family matters, which would require him to spend more time in the UK.

Leaving CYPES would also allow Mr Sainsbury to take up some work in his previous career in nursing, he told staff. The JEP has asked CYPES what arrangements are in place for the period after Mr Sainsbury’s departure..