Team Leader, Democratic Services

Job Description

Promote and deliver the key objectives in relation to those identified within the Governance Plan and the Community Plan – Provision of a quality Committee service and support service to Council, Cabinet and Committees, Panels and related meetings.

Lead a professional team to ensure the provision of a high quality Committee service.

Lead a professional team to provide a high quality service in relation to grant funding in respect of the Renewable Energy Fund and the 9CC Group.

Requirements

We follow the national guidance in relation to pre-employment checks namely “Safer Recruitment Through Better Recruitment”. With regards to requests for references and in line with this guidance, during your application process you should provide details of a minimum of two appropriate and relevant references, one of which should be from your current or most recent employer. It is also a requirement that the reference from your current or most recent employer is from an appropriate senior manager and it is not a reference from a former peer operating at the same level.

Responsibilities

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The Individual

This is a permanent full time post with an admin base at Council Headquarters, London Road, Kilmarnock. Normal office hours are Monday - Thursday 9am - 5pm & Friday 9am - 4pm.

The full time annual salary for this post is between £47,848 - £52,325 per annum.

The workstyle for this post is ‘Mobile’ - 20-49% of your time in an office or other work location. You will work at your administrative base or another agreed office location between 1 to 2.5 days per week and the remainder of the week at home or other work locations as required.  It is the expectation that all office-based employees (with the exception of those working in schools) will work to the higher end of their allocated workstyle in terms of time spent in the office or at other work locations.

If you require further information, please contact Julie McGarry at julie.mcgarry@east-ayrshire.gov.uk.