Senior Electoral Services Officer

Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils are looking to recruit two flexible and highly motivated Senior Electoral Services Officers to join our Electoral Services Team. To be successful, you will and share our values, commitment and motivation to make a difference for our residents, clients, and communities. You will join us on a part time (18.5 or 30 hours per week), permanent basis. The successful candidates will earn a competitive salary of £29,269 - £33,945 per annum (pro rata for part time)

Job share opportunities will be considered.

About the Senior Electoral Services Officer role:

• Are you passionate about responding to changing requirements and delivering efficient solutions to problems?
• Can you work successfully across several different projects?
• Do you have great attention to detail?

If so, this role in our forward-thinking Electoral Services team might interest you!

You will be responsible for delivering in-depth electoral registration and election processes and providing opportunities to improve working practices as we deliver safe election results and react to legislative changes.

The service operates a hybrid working model with officers splitting their week between home and our modern open plan offices in Ipswich.

During busy periods, such as during elections, you will be expected to work predominantly from the office and possibly undertake additional hours. This could include evenings, weekends and bank holidays. Annual leave may be restricted during busy periods.

As our Senior Electoral Services Officer:

We are seeking a flexible and proactive team player with proven experience in being organised, customer focused and applying processes.

You will have the ability to understand situations, develop solutions to problems and use your initiative with accuracy.

Confident working as part of a team and independently, you will manage a busy workload across the Electoral Services team.

You will:

• have excellent customer service, written and verbal communication skills and be able to deal with people at all levels
• have a can do attitude, be able to multitask and manage and prioritise a variety of tasks to strict deadlines
• be proactive and have a measured approach to responding effectively to enquiries
• be computer literate, with experience in using excel spreadsheets and Microsoft Outlook. Attention to detail, alongside the ability to manage data and maintain accurate records is key for this role

Benefits you'll receive as our Senior Electoral Services Officer:

• Great opportunities for learning and development
• Generous leave entitlement (equivalent to 26 days a year, increasing to 31 days after 5 years service, plus bank holidays)
• Competitive Local Government Pension Scheme
• Wellbeing Support Program
• Employee Assist Program
• Health Care Options.

About us:

Working together across our councils and with our partners in the public, private and voluntary sectors, we provide excellent services to our 190,000 residents across Babergh and Mid Suffolk.

We are proud of the role we play in creating the environment, economy, and communities for our districts. We believe that the heart of Suffolk is an incredibly special place to live and work. With picturesque market towns, 60 conservation areas and with two Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) within our districts, it is little wonder that we are consistently within the top 50 places to live in the UK.

Our ways of working

Work is what we do, not where we go! We are committed to working in a more Hybrid way, with a mix of office, home, and remote based working (Business needs permitting). This has worked well for us and is something we will be continuing with.

We are committed to supporting equality and diversity, Babergh and Mid Suffolk District Councils provide opportunity and ambition for all, supporting and enabling our people to deliver the best possible service for our residents.

Closing date: 5pm, 14 February 2024.

If you think you have what it takes to be successful in this Senior Electoral Services Officerrole, even if you don t meet all the requirements, please apply. We would appreciate the opportunity to consider your application.

This authority is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. DBS checks or police vetting will be required for relevant posts.