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Worstead Parish Council is seeking an enthusiastic and self-motivated individual to take on the role of Parish Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer (RFO) to work alongside our team of Parish Councillors.

Worstead is a small parish with an electorate of around 780 with an active and enthusiastic group of Parish Councillors.

The position, which is mostly home based, involves working a contracted 5 hours per week, including attendance at Parish Council meetings, but this is flexible. The meetings are held in the evenings ten times a year, usually on the fourth Tuesday of the month (no meeting August or December). The Clerk is expected to attend all meetings. There is occasionally the need for an occasional extraordinary meeting to be called.

Duties will include, but are not limited to:

• Organising and attending Council meetings, preparing and publishing agendas and writing minutes

• Advising the Council members on procedure.

• Updating the Parish Council website and village noticeboards

• Maintaining/updating files and documents, moving to an electronic file storage system

• Actioning the Council’s decisions

• Attending to all correspondence including, telephone calls, letters and emails

• Distributing relevant information to Councillors

• Acting as the Responsible Financial Officer, managing and reporting on the Parish Council’s finances, including HMRC PAYE, annual budget preparation, preparation of payment of invoices, reclaiming VAT and preparing the accounts for annual audit

• Acting as the Data Protection Officer for the Parish Council

• Monitoring planning applications and circulating to the Council

• Liaising with District and County Councillors

• Assisting with the administration of Worstead Charities.

The successful candidate should be suitably qualified (ideally with or be willing to obtain the CiLCA - Certificate in Local Council Administration qualification), have good IT, numerical and organisational skills.

Salary will be paid in accordance with NALC guidelines, from the scales given on the Local Government Services Pay Agreement 2024 and also according to experience.

To apply please submit your CV stating work experience, qualifications and the qualities you would bring to the job with a short supporting statement letter to Parish Council Chairman, John Bacon, via the Clerk at the email address; clerk@worsteadparishcouncil.gov.uk

The closing date for applications is Friday 17thJanuary 2025 and we hope to interview for the post at a mutually convenient time in the W/C 27th January 2025.