Overview & Scrutiny Officer

2 weeks ago


Brighton and Hove, United Kingdom Brighton & Hove City Council Full time

**Overview & Scrutiny Officer**: Posted on 5 March 2024 Apply
- Directorate BHCC: Governance, People & Resources
- Salary £37336 - £40221
- Contract Permanent

**Location**:
Hove Town Hall

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**Job Summary**:
- Job reference
- orbis/TP/14694/39520- Positions available
- 1- Working hours
- 37- Closing date
- 6 May 2024- Job category
- Democratic Services- Organisation
- Brighton & Hove City Council

**Job introduction**:
We are looking for an O&S Officer to manage and coordinate the work of the O&S committees, working directly with elected members and senior officers to develop and deliver a workplan that furthers the council’s policy priorities as well as providing robust challenge to executive decision-making.

For an informal discussion, please contact Giles Rossington - Policy, Partnerships & Scrutiny Team Manager on 01273 295514.

**About the role**:
Are you passionate about helping cities to be fairer and more sustainable? Do you want to help shape the future of one of the most dynamic, diverse and vibrant UK cities? Brighton and Hove Council are looking for an Overview & Scrutiny Officer to work in the corporate Policy, Partnerships and Scrutiny team to lead on the development and management of a new scrutiny system that will play an integral role in supporting and challenging the Council’s decision-making.

**This role is politically restricted. For further information on what this means for employees in post, please click on the document attachment below.**

**Additional information**:
Your starting salary will be pro rata if the above position is less than 37 hours or term-time only.

We are a workplace that supports flexibility and employee wellbeing in the way we work whilst providing the best service for our customers. Team and service working arrangements are designed to support both employee work life balance and team collaboration. These would be part of your individual working arrangements alongside any personal preference agreed with your manager in advance of joining. Your contractual location will be the designated council office for your team and travel to and from your contractual location would be at your own expense.

For more information about our values and the benefits of working at the council, visit Why work for us (brighton-hove.gov.uk)

**Company information**:
**Encouraging a diverse workforce**

Find out more about our commitment to being a fair and inclusive place to work where everyone can achieve their potential by reading about our fair and inclusive actions, our anti-racism strategy and the work we are doing to encourage a diverse workforce (brighton-hove.gov.uk).



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