About The Role

Are you highly organised, detail-driven, democratic services professional with strong knowledge of local government law, governance, constitutional arrangements and committee management? If you are passionate about local democracy and thrive in a fast paced, public facing environment, this is an excellent opportunity to play a key role at the heart of the council.

What you’ll be getting up to

• Working with councillors and officers, at all levels
• Providing support to members to carry out their role
• Organizing meetings, creating agendas, ensuring correct sign off of reports via reports management
• Supporting meetings, giving advice on procedure and minute taking
• Working with teams across the councils, including Digital Services

Who we’re looking for

• A high degree of political sensitivity to be able to work with, advise and influence members and officers
• Capable of expressing information and ideas orally and in writing which is logical, well structured, timely, accurate and meaningful to the audience
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal supervision, prioritising and organising to ensure business needs are met
• Strong organisational skills
• Use of Mod.gov or another committee management system and Microsoft packages
• The ability to work flexibly outside usual office hours
• This is a politically restricted post

Other requirements

• This role requires some travel around our boroughs. You should have a valid driving licence or the equivalent mobility.

Our Benefits

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (and Christmas shutdown)
• Hybrid/agile working from day one
• Local Government pension
• Healthcare Cash Plan for cash back on health treatments
• Cashback website access for savings on brands you love
• Volunteering days
• Free parking

About Us

[Employer hidden] is dedicated to providing first-class services and promoting the well-being of the local community. Our staff are our greatest resource, at the heart of everything we do, and are crucial to the delivery of excellent services for our residents. At [Employer hidden], we’re always striving to make our borough the best to live, work and visit.

Working Together
We share a number of our services with South Ribble Borough Council. This allows for improved resilience across both councils and provides numerous benefits to our operations. Whilst some staff and back-end processes are shared between the Councils, both Councils still retain sovereignty and have separate strategies and corporate plans.