Assistant Committee Officer - City Chambers

Assistant Committee Officer
City Chambers

Salary: £33,287 - £39,129
Hours: 36 per week

Committee Services provides specialist professional and administrative support to ensure a transparent, democratic and efficient decision-making structure. The team delivers a high quality, accurate, prompt and politically neutral service to elected members, officers, partnership organisations and members of the public with the aim of promoting efficient, visible and democratic decision making. The post holder will work closely with elected members and colleagues at all levels of the organisation.

Applicants will be expected to be enthusiastic, innovative, team players who are committed to excelling at their work. They should have excellent communication skills, both written and oral, and be skilled in summarising complex information. The post will appeal to those looking to start a career in governance, working within a key area of the Council. Attendance at meetings in the City Chambers and other venues in Edinburgh is required.

The successful candidate will be subject to a basic disclosure check.

We're committed to creating a workplace culture where all our people feel valued, included and able to be their best at work, and we recognise the benefits that a diverse workforce with different values, beliefs, experience, and backgrounds brings to us as an organisation.

As part of our goal to improve our organisational culture and create a great place to work together for the people of Edinburgh, we want to make sure that we're bringing the best people into our roles, not just in their skills and experience but also in their approach to work.

To help achieve this, we're changing the way we interview and assess candidates by moving from a competency-based interview approach to a behavioural and technical (skills for the job) based approach. This new way of interviewing will allow us to assess how you think and how you would bring Our Behaviours of Respect, Integrity and Flexibility into your ways of working.

You can find out more on Our Behaviours web page Our Behaviours - The City of Edinburgh Council

Our salary range typically reflects the initial starting salary and annually increases until it reaches the top of the range.

Happy to talk flexible working.

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