Opportunities

This is an exciting, varied and rewarding opportunity to provide strategic leadership and management for the highly committed staff team and support for councillors in a large parish serving a growing semi-rural community of eleven thousand residents adjoining the City of Salisbury. Our community has changed dramatically over recent years due to the building of new housing developments at Bishopdown Farm, Riverdown Park, Old Sarum and Longhedge, a trend likely to continue if the Wiltshire Council Local Plan is adopted.

The Clerk to the Parish Council will lead the staff team and be accountable to the Council for the effective conduct of the council’s work. The clerk is under a statutory duty to carry out all the functions, and in particular to serve or issue all the notifications required by law of a Parish Council’s Proper Officer. The Clerk will be wholly responsible for ensuring that the instructions of the Council in connection with its function as a Parish Council are carried out. The Clerk is expected to advise the Council on, and assist in the formation of, overall policies to be followed in respect of the Council’s activities and, in particular to produce all the information required for making effective decisions and to implement all decisions constructively.

The successful candidate must have effective leadership and interpersonal skills in order to guide the council in its decision-making process and demonstrate the ability to lead, manage and develop a small team of council staff. Core duties will include managing staff, property/land management and event organisation. The ideal candidate will be a CiLCA qualified clerk, although consideration will be given to applicants who can demonstrate relevant experience and who are willing to work towards the CiLCA qualification.

The person appointed will be accountable to the Council for the effective management of all its resources and will report to them as and when required. The Clerk will line manage all staff, including the Responsible Financial Officer who is responsible for all financial records of the Council and the careful administration of its finances.

Informal enquiries about this vacancy should be addressed to Trudi Deane: [email protected]

Applications must be made on the Parish Council’s application form which accompanies the application pack below. Please do not submit a CV: any CV submitted will be disregarded for the purposes of this recruitment.

Click here to download an application pack

Completed applications should be sent to [email protected]

Please ensure that your application addresses how you meet the requirements of the job description and the person specification.

The parish council website can be found at: https://laverstockford-pc.gov.uk

Closing date for applications is midnight on Sunday 4 May 2025 and interviews are likely to be held during week commencing 19 May 2025.