Scrutiny Support Officer

2 weeks ago

Dorchester, United Kingdom Dorset Councils Full time

Organisation
- Dorset Council
- Location
- Dorchester, United Kingdom
- Reference
- 61057421a
- Occupational group
- Legal & Democratic
- Salary details
- £31,099 - £35,411

Job term
- Full Time
- Appointment type
- Permanent
- Contact
- Marc Eyre
- Contact telephone
- +441305224358
- Closing Date
- 28 August 2023 11:00 PM

**Scrutiny Support Officer**

**37 hours per week - Permanent**

**Salary £31,099 - £35,411 per annum**

**County Hall, Dorchester**

**What’s in it for you**:
Would you like the opportunity to work with our members and officers to help shape the democratic decision making process and ensure that debate at committees are comprehensive and focussed?

The Scrutiny Support Officer will work within the Assurance Service, which is part of the Legal and Democratic Service. The Assurance Service has responsibility for a number of functions: emergency planning; complaints; information compliance; governance and scrutiny (including the lead role on the Dorset Police and Crime Panel). This particular post will also work closely with Senior Democratic Services Officers.

The role is based at County Hall in Dorchester but with the opportunity to work flexibly from home when work/allocated tasks will allow. Although our service prides itself on being flexible to allow family-friendly hours, there will be a regular requirement to work from the office, for this specific role, when attending and supporting committee meetings, sub-committees, policy review groups, chair briefings and other meetings.

We are seeking someone who is pro-active, motivated, and flexible in their approach to work, confident in using their own initiative and able to prioritise their workload to meet deadlines. Attention to detail, accuracy, excellent IT skills and a digital mindset are also a requirement of the role. This role provides an opportunity to get a good understanding of the wide range of services that the Council provides, interacting with the full range of departments.

**What you can expect to be doing**:
The role will work closely with Senior Democratic Service Officers in developing work programmes for committees, including developing training programmes and building effective relationships with committee members, executive members and senior officers. You will work alongside a range of Dorset Council Committees including:

- People and Health Overview Committee;
- Place and Resources Overview Committee;
- People and Health Scrutiny Committee;
- Place and Resources Scrutiny Committee;
- Audit and Governance Committee;
- Dorset Police and Crime Panel

A key element of the role will involve working with committee members to develop key lines of enquiry for items on the committee work programme, to ensure that officer reports are focussed on the needs of the committee.

You will lead on informal Task and Finish Groups undertaking large scale reviews, including scoping, setting up meetings and inviting witnesses, research and writing the final review reports for submission to the Committees. You will also guide and support members in forming recommendations on strategic policy development and service improvement, ensuring that they are provided with comprehensive and efficient support and advice.

**About you**:
Good organisational skills including the ability to assess and manage conflicting work demands, frequently reprioritising and often at short notice is essential. You should have first class communication and interpersonal skills, both oral and written, when dealing with individuals including the ability to challenge views in order to influence them. This can include the views of committee members and senior managers.

You will be helpful and have a proactive approach to working within a team but also work effectively / independently with little supervision where required.

You would ideally have experience of undertaking research and/or scrutiny. All training required will be provided on the job and we are a big supporter of investing in people. If you therefore think you would be an asset to our team please apply

**Contact details**:
Marc Eyre

+441305224358

**Dorset Council: A great place to work**

We’re passionate about making Dorset a great place to live, work and visit. Working for us should be no exception.

At Dorset Council we:

- provide more than 450 services to over 300,000 residents
- have ambitious aspirations
- are excited about our future
- care about Dorset and all the people who live here
- know that all roles make a difference and that our employees are key to our success

You will:

- have access to a range of employee benefits
- be part of an organisation that supports each other to grow and succeed
- have access to range of training opportunities which will help with your personal development and career progression

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Employer. We offer an interview to everyone who declares a disability and meets the essential criteria for the role.

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