Democratic Services Officer

8 months ago

Huntingdon, United Kingdom Cambridgeshire County Council Full time

About the role
We are seeking someone who is proactive and self motivated to join Cambridgeshire County Council's high performing Democratic and Members' Services Team managing the Council's governance process.

You will be involved in the efficient and effective servicing of various Council meetings and provide support for elected Members in their role as representatives of the community.

You must have the ability to interpret and explain complex guidance and be confident in providing advice to a range of people. Attention to detail and the ability to work to deadlines and manage a varied workload is essential.

Good written skills are an important part of this role so the interview will involve a short written test.

What will you be doing?
Please see Job Description.

About you
Please see Person Specification.

About us
Cambridgeshire is a great place to work and live with a diverse population, an urban centre in Cambridge, historic Isle of Ely, Huntingdon and St Ives as well as more rural landscapes.

Our four values are central to our culture, driving everything we do.

Our Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, along with our employee network 'IDEAL' and self-organised peer support groups help us to foster an inclusive, supportive and safe working environment where people feel valued, respected, and empowered. We collect relevant diversity data for monitoring as part of the recruitment process to understand the diversity of our applicants and monitor any trends throughout the recruitment processes so that we can take meaningful action.

Visit our jobs and careers section to find out more about our wide range of learning and development opportunities; apprenticeships; our wellbeing package; staff benefits; our commitment to equality, diversity and Inclusion.

Our benefits
We value our colleagues in Cambridgeshire County Council and have developed a number of benefits:

- Flexible working
- Flexible Bank Holidays
- A comprehensive wellbeing package
- Our Cambs Rewards employee discounts
- A comprehensive pension scheme
- IDEAL staff equality, diversity and inclusion network.
- Camweb our staff intranet helping to keep you informed
- An employee recognition scheme

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