Interim Senior Democratic Services Officer
Location: South East England
Job type: Contract
Salary: Up to £375 per day / approximately £52 per hour
Discipline: Local Government & Public Sector Legal Recruitment Specialist
Reference: J96897
Locum Senior Democratic Services Officer – Full Time – Initial 3 Months+ – South East based Local Authority – Up to £375 per day
Venn Group’s specialist Public Sector Legal & Governance team are currently recruiting for a Locum Senior Democratic Services Officer to join a Local Authority on an interim basis.
This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Democratic Services professional to take responsibility for a varied committee workload, provide procedural and constitutional advice and support the wider delivery of the authority’s democratic functions.
Role Details:
Position: Locum Senior Democratic Services OfficerWorking Arrangement: Full Time, hybrid working with office attendance approximately twice per weekDuration: Initial 3 months+, with potential for extensionStart Date: ASAPRate: Up to £375 per day, approximately £52 per hour
Duties may include:
- Acting as lead officer for allocated committees, panels, scrutiny groups and other formal meetings
- Preparing and coordinating agendas, reports, minutes, work programmes and statutory notices
- Attending committee and other meetings, including some evening meetings, to provide procedural and clerking support
- Providing high-quality constitutional and procedural advice to Members, officers and other stakeholders
- Supporting non-committee decision-making processes
- Drafting briefing papers, reports, policies and recommendations for Member consideration
- Undertaking research on governance and democratic services matters
- Supporting Member training, development and induction programmes
- Building effective working relationships with elected Members, senior officers, partner organisations and members of the public
- Supporting wider Democratic Services responsibilities, including complaints, petitions, information requests and project work where required
- Supervising and mentoring junior colleagues and deputising for senior team members where required
- Maintaining awareness of developments in local government governance and democratic practice
- Supporting elections and wider corporate responsibilities where required
Candidate Requirements:
- Previous Local Government Democratic Services experience
- Strong committee management and clerking experience
- Good knowledge of local authority governance, constitutional arrangements and decision-making processes
- Experience providing procedural advice to elected Members and officers
- Strong report writing, minute taking and research skills
- Ability to manage multiple meetings and competing deadlines independently
- Confident stakeholder management and communication skills
- Experience supervising or mentoring junior staff would be advantageous
- Flexibility to attend evening meetings where required
Job Reference: J96897
For more information, please contact Ryan Warren or Samuel Williams on #removed# , or email #removed#
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications from all candidates.
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