Opportunities

Salary: (SCP 18 – 23 – £14.21 – £15.67 per hour)

Hours: Part-time (15 hours per week)

The Parish Council is seeking highly organised and committed applicants to undertake this key role which is responsible for all day-to-day organisation and management of the Council’s services, facilities and finances. You will need therefore to be enthusiastic, flexible and community-focussed with excellent leadership, management, administrative, inter-personal, accounting and IT skills in order to work successfully with staff, Councillors, external organisations, stakeholders and the community.

You will ensure that all legal, statutory, financial and other governing provisions relating to the Council are observed, all Council meetings are properly administered and decisions effectively implemented whilst developing healthy working partnerships with key local and regional bodies.

The ideal candidate would be suitably qualified (CiLCA – the Certificate in Local Council Administration), highly motivated, enthusiastic and community focused, who would bring sound leadership, administrative, communication, IT, financial and organisational skills and be flexible in approach and able to meet deadlines.

The Parish Council would consider appointing 2 individuals, one to the Clerk role and one to the RFO role.  The Council would consider an applicant who did not have the CiLCA qualification but was working towards it.  In that case the Council would be interested in appointing a CiLCA qualified mentor to assist the Clerk or Clerk/RFO for a limited number of hours per week.  In these scenarios the Council would be flexible as to hours and salary scales.

We offer excellent nationally based terms and conditions of employment for this post/these posts which may involve working evenings.

Please call Clive Martin on 07511 603016 for an informal discussion or email [email protected] for a recruitment pack and an application form.

Closing date for applications:  Monday 11 September 2023

Bishops Lydeard and Cothelstone Parish Council is an Equal Opportunity Employer and welcomes applications from all sections of the community.