Role Summary & Benefits

The Town Clerk will be the Proper Officer of the Council and as such 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 local authority’s Proper Officer. The Clerk will be totally responsible for ensuring that the instructions of the Council in connection with its function as a Local Authority 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 Authority’s activities and in particular to produce all the information
required for making effective decisions and to implement constructively all decisions. 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.

Key Responsibilities

 Town Clerk – Are you looking for a job which makes a difference? Where you can play a key role in delivering services and events which matter to a local community? Do you have experience managing a team and working to deliver a wide variety of projects? If so, you could be the person we’re looking for to fill our Town Clerk vacancy.  Closing date for the vacancy of Town Clerk is midday, Thursday 01 May 2025.  Please follow the application process below.

Town Clerk Job Description & Person Specification April 2025

The normal working week is 37 hours, which will include attendance at evening meetings of the Council and its committees and some outside bodies, as well as the Council’s civic and ceremonial events. Time off in lieu (TOIL) may be taken subject to the exigencies of the service and in line with Council policies.
Normal office hours are 8:45 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday to Thursday and 8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, with 45 minutes for lunch.

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