Democratic & Governance Officer

Truro - UK

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Description

The Service & Team:

Democratic Services is part of the Legal and Assurance Service and sits at the centre of the Councils democratic decision making process through its support of the wide range of Council Committees. The team has a wide range of customers including elected Members; senior officers of the Council; partners stakeholders and the public. It also provides the independent clerking service for education admission appeals; manages the Members Allowances Scheme; facilitates and coordinates Member induction and development and provides lead support to the civic function of the Council and the Lord Lieutenant.

The Role:

As Democratic and Governance Officer you will be responsible for providing comprehensive support to elected Members and officers involved in executive decision making by the Cabinet and the delivery of the Overview and Scrutiny and Audit functions. This will include preparing agendas reports and minutes; providing constitutional and other procedural advice both outside and during Committee meetings; supporting work programming through managing events and subsequent publication of work programmes; managing working relationships between the Cabinet/Overview and Scrutiny and Audit functions; enabling public and stakeholder participation in meetings and developing and delivering training relevant to your areas of responsibility.

This is a public/customer-facing role where the statutory English language requirement for public sector workers applies.

Working Pattern:

The post is a full time position 37 hours a week Monday to Friday. The worker style is based anywhere and comprises hybrid working both from home and the office. Attendance in person is required for formal Committee meetings; team meetings and other collaboration events.

Flexible working options are available for this role such as compressed hours.

What youll need to succeed:

You will need to demonstrate wide ranging experience of the democratic process in a similar role including working knowledge of relevant legislation including the Local Government Act 2000. Advanced knowledge and skills to prepare format organise and dispatch agendas is vital to the delivery of the role as is the ability to provide procedural advice to elected Members officers and the public. Experience in making presentations and the delivery of training are also important to the delivery of the role.

You will need a degree or equivalent in an appropriate subject and proven IT experience.

Please read the role profile for the full details of this role attached below in this advert

What youll get in return:

An in-house induction and ongoing training will be provided to support the delivery of the role.

Cornwall Councils ambition is to be an employer of choice a high performing Council and a learning organisation. We commit to providing a reward and benefits package to attract motivate and reward our employees. We offer a range of flexible working options to our staff. This helps provide our employees with a greater work/life balance. Whilst still ensuring that service needs are met.

Our core employee rewards and benefits include:

a competitive salary.

a defined benefit pension scheme based on your career average earnings. This includes the option for extra voluntary contributions

a generous annual leave entitlement with the potential to purchase additional leave.

A national award-winning employee health and wellbeing programme

Employee benefits scheme giving employees access to a wide range of discounts to local and national goods and services.

Additional Information:

Cornwall Council is unable to offer visa sponsorship or transfer existing sponsorship for this role.

The full role profile is attached here

We recommend saving a copy of this to refer to if you are invited to an interview.

For more information or an informal chat about the role please contact Anita Serby -

Application Process

Please attach a supporting statement to your application you can add your Education & Qualifications details manually using the application form timeline or you can upload your CV. Remember to demonstratewhy you are suitable against each of the points marked as Application on the Role Profile using examples from your experience or transferable skills. This might be through qualifications or descriptive examples from your work / personal experience which clearly illustrates what you did and the effect it had. Guidance on how to complete your application can be found here The application process.

Please note that applications cannot be edited after they have been submitted please contact if you have any queries or require assistance with your application.

Existing employees must apply using their Cornwall Council email address through the Opportunity Marketplace on Oracle.

Required Experience:

Unclear Seniority

DescriptionThe Service & Team:Democratic Services is part of the Legal and Assurance Service and sits at the centre of the Councils democratic decision making process through its support of the wide range of Council Committees. The team has a wide range of customers including elected Members; senior...