Governance Officer Rbkc616158

Governance Officer RBKC616158

Job Summary:

Salary range: £37,575 - £41,286 per annum
Work location: London
Hours per week: 36
Contract type: Permanent
Closing date: 28th May 2024
Interview date: 6th June 2024

About Us:

Can you help us deliver open and transparent decision-making?

The Council is committed to ‘Putting Residents First’ which, in governance terms, means we work hard to factor the needs and aspirations of local people into decision-making and scrutiny, and to provide responsive support to the councillors who represent them. We look to ensure that stakeholders can, at an early stage, influence decisions and issues that affect them and that such decisions are taken in an open and transparent way.

The Role:

As a member of the Governance Team, you will be a key player in delivering high-quality decision-making and scrutiny arrangements. Working in our supportive and well-connected team at the heart of this busy local authority, your commitment to local democracy will help ensure that the Council’s governance and councillor support arrangements evolve and remain ’fit for purpose’ and that we grasp new opportunities to involve local people.

Your varied responsibilities will include preparation and publication of agendas and reports for committee meetings; writing minutes and tracking progress; supporting committee chairs and scrutiny councillors; administering the Forward Plan of Decisions; and giving advice to senior colleagues and councillors.

These are high-profile functions that will quickly put you in contact with senior councillors and officers across the Council, so you will always need to demonstrate impartial professionalism, confidence and develop an instinctive feel for how best to support councillors and resolve problems. You will also play an important role in embedding IT solutions that will better support new ways of meeting and committee management.

Please refer to the Job Description for more information.

About You:

We’re looking for someone with excellent written and spoken English, good IT, and organisational skills, plus an enthusiasm for local democracy - someone who is confident and relishes the challenge of ‘getting things done’ and of supporting democratically elected councillors to deliver for local people. You needn’t have had previous experience in a governance role, but we are looking for someone who has some previous administrative experience, sound organisational and interpersonal skills, and a willingness to learn. You will thrive here if you are someone who enjoys finding solutions to problems; who can quickly adapt to change; and who wants actively to pursue opportunities for professional development.

In return, you can look forward to a package that includes a competitive salary, a high-quality pension scheme and a generous annual leave entitlement.

You’ll be based in modern, well-equipped offices at Kensington Town Hall, but we encourage hybrid/flexible working. Please note that this role will involve some evening work as our committee meetings are mostly held at 6.30 pm.

Please apply online explaining how you meet the requirements set out in the person specification and job description. CV’s alone will not be considered for this role. 

We reserve the right to extend or close this vacancy early without warning subject to the volume of suitable applicants.

Application process

Please do not upload any documents, including CVs/Covering Letters or supporting statements, as these documents will not be reviewed and could result in your application not being shortlisted.

You should describe how you meet the person specification requirements for the position you are applying for in Section G of the application form.

Additional information

We are committed to promoting equality and respecting diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Employer – committed to ensuring that our recruitment and selection process is inclusive and accessible.

We engage our staff with a variety of learning types including face-to-face and virtual learning because we want to ensure our staff understand our values and behaviours, grow their skills and develop their careers.

This post is covered by the Fluency Duty, as outlined in the Code of Practice on the English language requirements for public sector workers.

We do not accept speculative CVs from any source.

Please note, that we will primarily contact candidates by e-mail throughout the recruitment process, please monitor your email junk/spam folder as our system-generated emails may be allocated to these folders by your email settings.

If you experience difficulties with the recruitment application process, please contact the recruitment team by email: recruitment@rbkc.gov.uk