Senior Governance Officer

Hackney is one of the UKs highest performing local authorities serving one of Londons best places to live and work. We have achieved a huge amount: our services our schools our public spaces are all amongst the very best. We have changed the reputation not just of the Council but of Hackney itself. Bringing jobs and investment into the borough securing the legacy from the 2012 Games and making this a place of which we can all be proud.

We are looking for a Senior Governance Officer to deliver excellent governance services to the Council. You will be responsible for ensuring that consistent high quality governance support is provided to a full range of executive and non-executive decision making bodies across the Council.

This is a varied role that will see you supporting both elected members and senior leaders at the Council so that Hackneys governance processes reflect the organisations values and model best practice from across the sector. You will be critical in building confidence and credibility across senior stakeholders in respect to the Councils governance arrangements. Supervising a team of five Governance Officers alongside the Team Leader - Governance you will be responsible for driving the principles and ethos of continuous improvement which is a hallmark of the Legal & Governance Service.

You will work closely with the Team Leader - Governance Head of Legal and Governance and Director of Legal Democratic and Electoral Services to embed new ways of working and develop the partnerships that ensure an effective governance environment.

We are ideally looking for someone with experience in a governance / democratic services environment. You will be a confident politically aware and proactive individual with excellent work prioritisation capabilities. You will possess sound research analysis and communication skills and have the confidence to support the Councils various meetings including Council and Cabinet. A knowledge of committee management systems is essential.

This role would suit an effective and experienced manager used to delivering high quality high profile public services. Alternatively for the right candidate this could be your first managerial role. However you must have experience in independently carrying out duties effectively.

You will need to be a highly motivated proactive individual with strong organisational and communication skills and the ability to work with members and officers across all parts of the organisation. Experience of working under pressure and at a high level is desirable.

If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents please click on the apply button below.

The recruitment process is anonymous. Therefore we do not accept supporting statements or CVs.

When applying there will be a number of questions relating to the post on the application form. It is essential that you complete the application questions responding to each using examples of your skills knowledge and experience.

Closing date for applications: 09 October 2022

Interviews: w/c 17 October 2022 in person at Hackney Town Hall

We are also working towards our vision which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued included and order to achieve this we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of race religion gender gender identity sexual orientation disability pregnancy and maternity age and marital status. We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.

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