Senior Democratic Services and Governance Officer

7 days ago


Croydon, United Kingdom Croydon Council Full time

We are looking to appoint a Senior Democratic Services and Governance Officer to join our high performing democratic services (committees) and scrutiny team in Croydon. With excellent administrative and organisation skills you will need to be self-motivated with strong attention to detail and drive to complete competing tasks to a high standard.

As part of the Democratic Services team, you will have significant experience in governance, developing strong relationships and winning the confidence of Members, officers, and other stakeholders.

You will be a Senior Officer in the democratic services team which is responsible for managing formal decision-making within the Council, and ensuring the operation runs smoothly, effectively and supports the wider goals of the organisation. There is also a general responsibility across the team to support each other as a whole.

Initially the post holder will have a focus on supporting Council and/or Cabinet Executive Meetings - overseeing the agenda management, publication, and coordinating the report clearance process, which is cleared by the Corporate Management Team and Executive Members. Key functions of the post holder include;
- Ensuring logistics of the Council’s various Committees meetings run smoothly and are compliant with local government regulations, this will include producing accurate and good quality minutes.
- Ensuring that the formal decision-making processes are made correctly and are compliant with local government regulations.
- Giving guidance and support on statutory and procedural issues to Councillors and officers.
- Working with officers and Councillors to ensure statutory deadlines and requirements are met in relation to all decision making processes.
- Working closely with the Chairs of Council/Committees/Executive meetings to ensure the work programme and scheduled meetings are properly constituted and run effectively throughout the municipal year.
- Helping to ensure implementation of key corporate projects and strategies meet the relevant statutory requirements around decision making and other considerations.
- Proactively working and liaising across departments to manage committee work programmes.

Closing date 12th April at 11:59pm

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