Democratic Services ManagerCouncil

Hours: 37 Hours per week

Salary: SK20A (£54,693 per annum) 

Contract: Permanent

To lead the Council’s Democratic Services and Land Charges Teams and support the Director of Law and Governance (Monitoring Officer) in developing a strong governance culture and structure for the Council.

The postholder will champion democratic governance and the role of elected Members across the Council and ensure the provision of a support service to the Council, Cabinet, Overview and Scrutiny and Regulatory Committees and other constituted bodies of the Council.

Other managerial responsibilities will include line-management of the Council’s Legal Services team and the Council’s relationship with Legal Services Lincolnshire as part of a shared service arrangement, together with line-management of the Authority’s Land Charges Team.

It is also desirable that postholder have the skill-set and desire to serve as one of the Council’s Deputy Monitoring Officers should they called upon to do-so. In such an event the postholder would be entitled to receive the prevailing rate of honorarium for the additional responsibilities in addition to their base salary.

This role is politically restricted.

This vacancy may close earlier depending on applications received.